François Englert: key obituary facts
Is François Englert dead? Yes. François Englert died on June 18, 2026, at age 93.
Cause of death: François Englert's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was François Englert known for?
He was known as Belgian theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize laureate.
More about François Englert
Born: 6 November 1932.
Place of birth: Etterbeek.
Gender: male.
Occupation: physicist, university teacher, theoretical physicist.
Nationality: Belgium.
Education: Free University of Brussels.
Employer: Cornell University, Université libre de Bruxelles, Tel Aviv University, Chapman University.
Awards: Wolf Prize in Physics, Francqui Prize, Nobel Prize in Physics, Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, High Energy and Particle Physics Prize, Sakurai Prize, Honorary doctor of the University of Mons, honorary doctor of the Peking University.
Known for: Higgs mechanismHiggs bosonSpontaneous symmetry breaking.
François Englert, the Belgian theoretical physicist who shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 93.
Born in Etterbeek, near Brussels, on November 6, 1932, he studied at the Free University of Brussels and went on to teach and conduct research at the Université libre de Bruxelles, where he became professor emeritus and worked in the Service de Physique Théorique. Englert also held appointments at Tel Aviv University and Chapman University.
His work helped shape understanding of the Higgs mechanism, spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Higgs boson, and his career brought further honors including the Wolf Prize in Physics, the Francqui Prize, the Sakurai Prize and the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.