Eugene Paul Wigner was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who also contributed to mathematical physics. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles". The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963, announced November 5, 1963. Eugene Wigner (1/2), “for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles”. Maria Goeppert Mayer (1/4), “for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure”. J. Hans D. Jensen (1/4), “for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure”. Eugene Wigner: born 1902, Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary). Maria Goeppert Mayer: born 1906, Kattowitz, Germany (now Katowice, Poland). J. Hans D. Jensen: born 1907, Hamburg, Germany. Wiki link Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).