Ettore Majorana (; born August 1906; missing, presumed dead on 27 March 1938) was an Italian theoretical physicist who worked on neutrino masses. He disappeared suddenly under mysterious circumstances while going by ship from Palermo to Naples. The Majorana equation and Majorana fermions are named after him.
Read more about Ettore Majorana: Work With Heisenberg, Illness, Isolation, Disappearance At Sea and Suggested Explanations, Commemoration of Majorana's Centenary