PHYSICISTS from Estonia

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Estonian Physicists of all time. This list of famous Estonian Physicists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Emil Lenz (1804 - 1865)

With an HPI of 68.98, Emil Lenz is the most famous Estonian Physicist.  His biography has been translated into 50 different languages on wikipedia.

Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz (German: [ˈeːmɪl ˈlɛnts]; also Emil Khristianovich Lenz; Russian: Эми́лий Христиа́нович Ленц; 12 February 1804 – 10 February 1865), usually cited as Emil Lenz or Heinrich Lenz in some countries, was a Russian physicist who is most noted for formulating Lenz's law in electrodynamics in 1834.

2. Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770 - 1831)

With an HPI of 59.38, Thomas Johann Seebeck is the 2nd most famous Estonian Physicist.  His biography has been translated into 28 different languages.

Thomas Johann Seebeck (German: [ˈtoːmas ˈjoːhan ˈzeːbɛk]; 9 April 1770 – 10 December 1831) was a German physicist who observed a relationship between heat and magnetism. Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted later called this phenomenon the thermoelectric effect.

3. Georg Wilhelm Richmann (1711 - 1753)

With an HPI of 57.88, Georg Wilhelm Richmann is the 3rd most famous Estonian Physicist.  His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.

Georg Wilhelm Richmann (Russian: Георг Вильгельм Рихман; 22 July [O.S. 11 July] 1711 – 6 August [O.S. 26 July] 1753) was a Russian physicist of Baltic German origin who did pioneering work on electricity, atmospheric electricity, and calorimetry. He died by electrocution in St. Petersburg when struck by apparent ball lightning produced by an experiment attempting to ground the electrical discharge from a storm.