Physicist

Ali Javan

Iranian-American Physicist

1926 - 2016

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Ali Javan

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Javan is the 673rd most popular physicist (down from 647th in 2024), the 399th most popular biography from Iran (down from 385th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Physicist.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, Ali Javan ranks 673 out of 851. Before him are Alexander Markovich Polyakov, Edith Clarke, Yoshiaki Arata, Brandon Carter, Kazuhiko Nishijima, and Stanley Mandelstam. After him are Orest Khvolson, Alvin M. Weinberg, Norris Bradbury, Edward Andrade, Francis Hauksbee, and Lisa Randall.

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Kazuhiko Nishijima
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Ali Javan
1926 - 2016
HPI: 55.74
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1962 - Present
HPI: 55.56
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Ali Javan ranks 364. Before him are Dharamvir Bharati, Leonie Rysanek, Erdal İnönü, Kazuhiko Nishijima, Egisto Pandolfini, and Ray McAnally. After him are Keith Michell, Garret FitzGerald, Metaksia Simonyan, Stef Wertheimer, Brita Borg, and Pedro Dellacha. Among people deceased in 2016, Ali Javan ranks 364. Before him are Caio Júnior, Rita Renoir, Françoise Mallet-Joris, Marcel Artelesa, Gardnar Mulloy, and Stanley Mandelstam. After him are Bobby Vee, Eddy Wally, Fritz Herkenrath, Gilbert Kaplan, Eva Šuranová, and Henning Enoksen.

Others Born in 1926

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Dharamvir Bharati
WRITER
1926 - 1997
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 358
Leonie Rysanek
SINGER
1926 - 1998
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 359
Erdal İnönü
POLITICIAN
1926 - 2007
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 360
Kazuhiko Nishijima
PHYSICIST
1926 - 2009
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 361
Egisto Pandolfini
SOCCER PLAYER
1926 - 2019
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 362
Ray McAnally
ACTOR
1926 - 1989
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 363
Ali Javan
PHYSICIST
1926 - 2016
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 364
Keith Michell
ACTOR
1926 - 2015
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 365
Garret FitzGerald
POLITICIAN
1926 - 2011
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 366
Metaksia Simonyan
ACTOR
1926 - 1987
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 367
Stef Wertheimer
POLITICIAN
1926 - 2025
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 368
Brita Borg
SINGER
1926 - 2010
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 369
Pedro Dellacha
SOCCER PLAYER
1926 - 2010
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 370

Others Deceased in 2016

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Caio Júnior
SOCCER PLAYER
1965 - 2016
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 358
Rita Renoir
ACTOR
1934 - 2016
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 359
Françoise Mallet-Joris
WRITER
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 360
Marcel Artelesa
SOCCER PLAYER
1938 - 2016
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 361
Gardnar Mulloy
TENNIS PLAYER
1913 - 2016
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 362
Stanley Mandelstam
PHYSICIST
1928 - 2016
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 363
Ali Javan
PHYSICIST
1926 - 2016
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 364
Bobby Vee
SINGER
1943 - 2016
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 365
Eddy Wally
SINGER
1932 - 2016
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 366
Fritz Herkenrath
SOCCER PLAYER
1928 - 2016
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 367
Gilbert Kaplan
BUSINESSPERSON
1941 - 2016
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 368
Eva Šuranová
POLITICIAN
1946 - 2016
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 369
Henning Enoksen
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2016
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 370

In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ali Javan ranks 399 out of NaN. Before him are Nusrat Bhutto (1929), Hossein Amanat (1942), Mardavij (890), Ali Mansur (1895), Fakhr-un-Nisa (1092), and Darius Khondji (1955). After him are Gholam Reza Azhari (1912), Fatemeh Pahlavi (1928), Hassan Habibi (1937), Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili (1926), Marshall Manesh (1950), and Mehdi Taremi (1992).

Others born in Iran

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Nusrat Bhutto
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2011
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 393
Hossein Amanat
ARCHITECT
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 394
Mardavij
POLITICIAN
890 - 935
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 395
Ali Mansur
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1974
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 396
Fakhr-un-Nisa
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1092 - 1178
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 397
Darius Khondji
POLITICIAN
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 398
Ali Javan
PHYSICIST
1926 - 2016
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 399
Gholam Reza Azhari
POLITICIAN
1912 - 2001
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 400
Fatemeh Pahlavi
POLITICIAN
1928 - 1987
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 401
Hassan Habibi
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2013
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 402
Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili
POLITICIAN
1926 - 2016
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 403
Marshall Manesh
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 404
Mehdi Taremi
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 405