Physicist

Gilbert Walker

British meteorologist

1868 - 1958

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Gilbert Walker

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gilbert Walker is the 546th most popular physicist (up from 747th in 2024), the 2,819th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,604th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Physicist.

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Gilbert Walker climbed 23,606 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #64,614 to #41,078.

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Gilbert Walker is the most memorable of the 15 notable people born in Rochdale, United Kingdom, ahead of Gracie Fields, Anna Friel, and Alan Geldard.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, Gilbert Walker ranks 546 out of 863. Before him are Ira Sprague Bowen, Joseph Larmor, Vladimir Steklov, Gerard K. O'Neill, Pief Panofsky, and Grote Reber. After him are John Robison, Ludvig Faddeev, Gunnar Nordström, Woldemar Voigt, Giovanni Battista Beccaria, and Gene Amdahl.

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HPI: 59.15
Rank: 540
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HPI: 59.14
Rank: 541
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Pief Panofsky
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Gilbert Walker
1868 - 1958
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 546
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HPI: 59.10
Rank: 547
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HPI: 59.06
Rank: 548
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HPI: 59.06
Rank: 549
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HPI: 59.01
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HPI: 58.96
Rank: 551
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HPI: 58.95
Rank: 552

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Gilbert Walker ranks 131. Before him are Camille Jenatzy, Arthur Gore, Delfim Moreira, Emilie Snethlage, Cuno Amiet, and Georges Lacombe. After him are Ozaki Kōyō, Filipp Makharadze, Mikhail Pokrovsky, Emil Racoviță, Émile Fisseux, and Sumner Paine. Among people deceased in 1958, Gilbert Walker ranks 99. Before him are Tommy Taylor, Paul Reinecke, Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini, Aarre Merikanto, Henry Kuttner, and Cândido Rondon. After him are Mark Jones, Marcel Pilet-Golaz, Evgeny Schwartz, Max Jakob Friedländer, Vittorio Ambrosio, and Mike Todd.

Others Born in 1868

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Camille Jenatzy
RACING DRIVER
1868 - 1913
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 125
Arthur Gore
TENNIS PLAYER
1868 - 1928
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 126
Delfim Moreira
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1920
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 127
Emilie Snethlage
BIOLOGIST
1868 - 1929
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 128
Cuno Amiet
PAINTER
1868 - 1961
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 129
Georges Lacombe
SCULPTOR
1868 - 1916
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 130
Gilbert Walker
PHYSICIST
1868 - 1958
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 131
Ozaki Kōyō
WRITER
1868 - 1903
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 132
Filipp Makharadze
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1941
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 133
Mikhail Pokrovsky
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1932
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 134
Emil Racoviță
BIOLOGIST
1868 - 1947
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 135
Émile Fisseux
ATHLETE
1868 - 1901
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 136
Sumner Paine
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1868 - 1904
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 137

Others Deceased in 1958

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Tommy Taylor
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 1958
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 93
Paul Reinecke
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1958
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 94
Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1876 - 1958
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 95
Aarre Merikanto
MUSICIAN
1893 - 1958
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 96
Henry Kuttner
WRITER
1915 - 1958
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 97
Cândido Rondon
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1865 - 1958
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 98
Gilbert Walker
PHYSICIST
1868 - 1958
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 99
Mark Jones
SOCCER PLAYER
1933 - 1958
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 100
Marcel Pilet-Golaz
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1958
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 101
Evgeny Schwartz
WRITER
1896 - 1958
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 102
Max Jakob Friedländer
HISTORIAN
1867 - 1958
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 103
Vittorio Ambrosio
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1879 - 1958
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 104
Mike Todd
PRODUCER
1909 - 1958
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 105