Victor Franz Hess was an Austrian–American experimental physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Carl David Anderson for his discovery of cosmic rays. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1936, announced November 12, 1936. Victor F. Hess (1/2), “for his discovery of cosmic radiation”. Carl D. Anderson (1/2), “for his discovery of the positron”. Victor F. Hess: born 1883, Peggau, Austria. Carl D. Anderson: born 1905, New York, NY, USA. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).