- Georges Charpak was born on August 8, 1924 in Dabrowica, Wolynskie, Poland [now Dubrovytsia, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Les palmes de M. Schutz (1997), Ex Libris (1988) and 7 sur 7 (1981). He was married to Dominique Vidal. He died on September 29, 2010 in Paris, France.
- SpouseDominique Vidal(1953 - September 29, 2010) (his death, 3 children)
- He was awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing a device to sift through the billions of hurtling subatomic particles liberated by collisions in atom smashers, opening the way for discoveries on the nature of matter.
- He joined the CERN or European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland from 1959 until 1991.
- His family moved to Paris, France in 1932. After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940, his family obtained false identity papers under the name, Charpentier. During World War II, he was active in the French resistance to Nazi occupiers and was imprisoned by pro-Nazi French Government in 1943. In 1944, he was transferred to the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, Germany.
- He earned a bachelor's degree in mining engineering from the Ecole Des Mines and a Ph.D. from the College of France. During his doctoral studies, he worked in the laboratory of Frederic Joliot-Curie, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
- He became a French citizen after World War II.
- At the first camp during World War II: prisoners took two spoonfuls of the think broth they received to give to the 'weakest and sickest among us. It was a gesture that gave us a sense of great dignity.
- On being awarded the Nobel Prize in 1992: I hoped to buy a pair of shoes that afternoon but I guessed I would not have had time.
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