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James Franck

German physicist

1882 - 1964

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His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2024). James Franck is the 134th most popular physicist (down from 120th in 2024), the 335th most popular biography from Germany (up from 388th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Physicist.

James Franck is most famous for his work with Max Planck in the field of quantum physics.

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James Franck's biography appears in 84 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 92% of all Physicists.

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James Franck shares a August 26 birthday with Mother Teresa, Antoine Lavoisier, and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, James Franck ranks 134 out of 851. Before him are William Rowan Hamilton, Arthur Compton, Simon van der Meer, James Rainwater, Carl Zeiss, and Hans Bethe. After him are Robert Coleman Richardson, Emilio Segrè, Emil Lenz, George Gamow, C. V. Raman, and Arno Allan Penzias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, James Franck ranks 21. Before him are Percy Williams Bridgman, Abdullah I of Jordan, Kurt von Schleicher, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Melanie Klein, and Abd el-Krim. After him are Fiorello La Guardia, Edward Hopper, Zoltán Kodály, Lili Elbe, Getúlio Vargas, and Emmerich Kálmán. Among people deceased in 1964, James Franck ranks 9. Before him are Douglas MacArthur, Herbert Hoover, Victor Francis Hess, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Paul of Greece, and Hans von Euler-Chelpin. After him are Alma Mahler, Rachel Carson, Norbert Wiener, Gerhard Domagk, Ian Fleming, and Vasily Grossman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, James Franck ranks 335 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), Wilhelm Frick (1877), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Gustav Stresemann (1878), and Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884). After him are Carol I of Romania (1839), Henry the Lion (1129), Klaus Schwab (1938), Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868).

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Among Physicists In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, James Franck ranks 20. Before him are J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), Walther Bothe (1891), Ernst Ruska (1906), Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), and Carl Zeiss (1816). After him are Arno Allan Penzias (1933), Rudolf Mössbauer (1929), George Paget Thomson (1892), Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922), Gerd Binnig (1947), and Ernst Abbe (1840).

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