List of Famous people with last name Onnes

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

First Name Heike

Last Name Onnes

Born on September 21, 1853

Died on February 21, 1926 (aged 72)

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Groningen

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate. He exploited the Hampson–Linde cycle to investigate how materials behave when cooled to nearly absolute zero and later to liquefy helium for the first time, in 1908. He also discovered superconductivity in 1911.

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Menso Kamerlingh Onnes

First Name Menso

Born on February 25, 1860

Died on June 29, 1925 (aged 65)

Born in Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region

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Harm Kamerlingh Onnes

First Name Harm

Last Name Onnes

Born on February 15, 1893

Died on May 20, 1985 (aged 92)

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, South Holland

Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch portrait painter and ceramist, who also produced designs for stamps and stained-glass windows. He is best known for the small, humorous vignettes of everyday life.

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