Alex Ferguson vs Steven Chu
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Compare the life timelines of Alex Ferguson (1941–present) and Steven Chu (1948–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 78 years, from 1948 to 2026.
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Alex Ferguson (1941–present)
- — Born in Govan, Glasgow Verified
- — Began his playing career with Queen's Park Verified
- — Married Cathy Holding Verified
- — Transferred to Rangers as a player Verified
- — Appointed manager of Aberdeen Verified
- — Aberdeen won the European Cup Winners' Cup Verified
- — Appointed manager of Manchester United Verified
- — Won a first league title with Manchester United Verified
- — Manchester United completed the treble Verified
- — Knighted for services to football Verified
Steven Chu (1948–present)
- — Born in St. Louis, Missouri Verified
- — Graduated from the University of Rochester Verified
- — Doctorate in physics at the University of California, Berkeley Verified
- — Joined Bell Laboratories Verified
- — Demonstrated laser cooling of atoms in "optical molasses" Verified
- — Became a professor of physics at Stanford University Verified
- — Shared the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Verified
- — Sworn in as United States Secretary of Energy Verified
- — Returned to Stanford University as a professor Verified