Otto Stern
- Otto Stern was also the pen name of German women's rights activist Louise Otto-Peters (1819–1895).
| Otto Stern | |
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| Stern, 1940s | |
| Born | 17 February 1888 | 
| Died | 17 August 1969 (aged 81) Berkeley, California, U.S. | 
| Alma mater | 
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| Known for | Stern–Gerlach experiment (1922) | 
| Relatives | Lieselotte Templeton (niece) | 
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1943) | 
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics | 
| Institutions | 
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| Doctoral advisor | Otto Sackur | 
Otto Stern (German: [ˈɔto ˈʃtɛʁn] ⓘ; 17 February 1888 – 17 August 1969) was a German-American physicist. He is the second most nominated person for a Nobel Prize, with 82 nominations during the years 1925–1945. In 1943, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton".