Chen-Ning Yang vs Marlon Brando
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Marlon Brando (1924–2004) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 80 years, from 1924 to 2004.
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Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025)
- — Born in Hefei, Anhui Province, China Verified
- — Graduated from National Southwestern Associated University in Kunming Verified
- — Moved to the United States for graduate study Verified
- — Earned PhD from the University of Chicago Verified
- — Published Yang-Mills gauge theory with Robert Mills Verified
- — Proposed parity non-conservation in weak interactions with Tsung-Dao Lee Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Became founding director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook Verified
- — Returned to China to join Tsinghua University Verified
- — Died in Beijing, China Verified
Marlon Brando (1924–2004)
- — Born in Omaha, Nebraska Verified
- — Studied acting under Stella Adler in New York Verified
- — Starred on Broadway in A Streetcar Named Desire Verified
- — Reprised Stanley Kowalski in the film A Streetcar Named Desire Verified
- — Won his first Academy Award for On the Waterfront Verified
- — Starred as Vito Corleone in The Godfather Verified
- — Declined his second Academy Award for The Godfather Verified
- — Received the AFI Life Achievement Award Verified
- — Starred in Apocalypse Now Verified
- — Died in Los Angeles, California Verified