Brian Cox

Quick Facts

Full Name	Brian Cox
Occupation	Physicist
Date Of Birth	Mar 3, 1968(1968-03-03)
Age	56
Birthplace	Oldham, England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Pisces

Brian Cox Biography

Brian Cox is one of the most popular and richest Celebrity who was born on March 3, 1968 in Oldham, England, England, United Kingdom. Physicist, professor and media personality most famous as the presenter of numerous educational TV shows, such as Wonders of Life. In the scientific community, he is known for his work on projects like the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland.

He was the scientific adviser for the 2007 science fiction film Sunshine, directed by Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle.

Brian Edward Cox OBE, FRS (born 3 March 1968) is an English physicist who serves as professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester. He is best known to the public as the presenter of science programmes, especially the Wonders of… series and for popular science books, such as Why Does E=mc²? and The Quantum Universe. He has been the author or co-author of over 950 scientific publications.

In the 1980s and early 90s, Cox was a keyboard player with the rock band Dare. Dare released two albums with Cox – Out of the Silence in 1988 and Blood from Stone in 1991. He joined D:Ream, a group that had several hits in the UK charts, including the number one “Things Can Only Get Better”, later used as a New Labour election anthem, although he did not play on the track.

He married fellow TV presenter Gia Milinovich in 2000. The couple has two sons, George and Moki.

Brian Cox Net Worth

Brian Cox is one of the richest Physicist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brian Cox 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He finished his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Manchester.

He played keyboards for the dance-pop band D:Ream, who released successful singles like “Things Can Only Get Better,” in the 90’s.

Cox was born on 3 March 1968 in the Royal Oldham Hospital, later living in nearby Chadderton from 1971. His parents worked for Yorkshire Bank, his mother as a cashier and his father as a middle-manager in the same branch. He recalls a happy childhood in Oldham that included pursuits such as dance, gymnastics, plane and bus spotting. He attended the independent Hulme Grammar School in Oldham from 1979 to 1986. He has stated in many interviews and in an episode of Wonders of the Universe that when he was 12, the book Cosmos by Carl Sagan was a key factor in inspiring him to become a physicist. He said on The Jonathan Ross Show that he performed poorly on his maths A-level exam: “I got a D … I was really not very good … I found out you need to practise.”

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Brian Cox height 5′ 9″ Brian weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Brian Cox Dating?

According to our records, Brian Cox married to Nicole Ansari-Cox (m. 2002), Caroline Burt (m. 1968–1986). As of December 1, 2023, Brian Cox’s is not dating anyone.

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Since November 2009 Cox has co-presented a BBC Radio 4 “comedy science magazine programme”, The Infinite Monkey Cage with comedian Robin Ince. Guests have included comedians Tim Minchin, Alexei Sayle, Dara Ó Briain, and scientists including Alice Roberts of the BBC show The Incredible Human Journey, and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Cox also appeared in Ince’s Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People. He is a regular contributor to the BBC 6 Music Breakfast Show with Shaun Keaveny, with a weekly feature. He appeared on 24 July 2009 episode of Robert Llewellyn’s CarPool podcast series.

Facts & Trivia

Brian Ranked on the list of most popular Celebrity. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Brian Cox celebrates birthday on March 3 of every year.

Cox has received many awards for his efforts to publicise science. In 2002 he was elected an International Fellow of The Explorers Club and in 2006 he received the British Association’s Lord Kelvin Award for this work. He held a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship (an early-career Research Fellowship scheme) from 2006 to 2013. A frequent lecturer, he was keynote speaker at the Australian Science Festival in 2006, and in 2010 won the Institute of Physics Kelvin Medal and Prize for his work in communicating the appeal and excitement of physics to the general public. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s 2010 Birthday Honours for services to science. On 15 March 2011, he won Best Presenter and Best Science/Natural History programme by the Royal Television Society for Wonders of the Universe. On 25 March 2011, he won twice at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards for ‘Best Performer’ in a non-acting role, while Wonders of the Solar System was named best documentary series of 2010.

What is Brian Cox IQ?

One of the astonishing capabilities of prof Cox is translating extremely complex and esoteric concepts of physics into ‘plain english’ in a way accessible to us ordinary masses. I find it very very difficult to believe ,he has a IQ 183 ,He would have been a child prodigy and he barely passed his maths A’Level.

What is Brian Cox most famous for?

Born 1968. The pop idol turned science idol, Professor Brian Edward Cox is a British physicist and professor of particle physics at the University of Manchester. He is best recognized as the presenter of science programs for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Did Brian Cox work on the Hadron Collider?

Physicist Brian Cox has two jobs: working with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN , and explaining big science to the general public. He’s a professor at the University of Manchester.

Is Brian Cox vegetarian?

I’m not a vegetarian , but always more steak anyway…

Who has highest IQ ever?

Marilyn Vos Savant (IQ – 228) Louis, Missouri in 1946 when Marilyn Vos Savant was 10 years old, in an adult level Stanford-Binet Test found out that her IQ is 228. Due to this record-breaking result, her name was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records.