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Robert L. Forward

American physicist, science fiction writer

1932 - 2002

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His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert L. Forward is the 799th most popular physicist (down from 787th in 2024), the 11,669th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,122nd in 2019) and the 184th most popular American Physicist.

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Robert L. Forward's biography spans 16 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 51.03.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, Robert L. Forward ranks 799 out of 863. Before him are Edward C. Stone, Sverker Johansson, John Aitken, Conyers Herring, Kees Schouhamer Immink, and Werner Israel. After him are Daulat Singh Kothari, Mazlan Othman, Derek J. de Solla Price, Hedwig Kohn, He Jiankui, and William Penney, Baron Penney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Robert L. Forward ranks 538. Before him are Henry Taylor, W. Morgan Sheppard, Gennadiy Shatkov, Angela Mortimer, Nigel Lawson, and Mae Faggs. After him are Robert Reed, Gay Talese, Lamar Hunt, Malcolm Bradbury, Andrew Young, and Susan Oliver. Among people deceased in 2002, Robert L. Forward ranks 332. Before him are Aglaja Veteranyi, Salman Raduyev, Krishan Kant, Karolina Lanckorońska, W. T. Tutte, and Sam Snead. After him are George Alec Effinger, Ward Kimball, Jack Fairman, Pratima Barua Pandey, Adele Jergens, and Kees Mijnders.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert L. Forward ranks 11,669 out of 23,232. Before him are Mae Faggs (1932), Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (1964), Fred VanVleet (1994), Sam Snead (1912), Katherine MacDonald (1891), and Wanda Sykes (1964). After him are YG (1990), Richard Grenell (1966), Virginia Weidler (1927), Jaime King (1979), F. Gary Gray (1969), and Charles Manring (1929).

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Among Physicists In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Robert L. Forward ranks 184. Before him are Frank Press (1924), James M. Bardeen (1939), Robert Detweiler (1930), Erwin Hahn (1921), Edward C. Stone (1936), and Conyers Herring (1914). After him are Herbert Goldstein (1922), Stephen L. Adler (1939), Howard Georgi (1947), Arthur Wightman (1922), Daniel Kleppner (1932), and J. Richard Gott (1947).

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