Andrei Sakharov

Dead

Born: 5/21/1921 in Moscow, Russia, USSR
Died: 12/14/1989
Age: 68
Cause of death: irregular heartbeat

Full name: Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov
Noted For: physicist; developed the hydrogen bomb for the Soviet Union. Awarded a Nobel Peace Prize (1975) for advocating human rights. Exiled as a political dissident in the U.S.S.R. (1980), then released (1986).