The Most Famous
PHYSICISTS from Latvia
This page contains a list of the greatest Latvian Physicists. The pantheon dataset contains 851 Physicists, 2 of which were born in Latvia. This makes Latvia the birth place of the 40th most number of Physicists behind Mexico, and Finland.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Latvian Physicists of all time. This list of famous Latvian Physicists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Anatole Abragam (1914 - 2011)
With an HPI of 53.60, Anatole Abragam is the most famous Latvian Physicist. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.
Anatole Abragam (15 December 1914 – 8 June 2011) was a French physicist who wrote The Principles of Nuclear Magnetism and made significant contributions to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance. Originally from Griva, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire, Abragam and his family emigrated to France in 1925.
2. Juris Upatnieks (b. 1936)
With an HPI of 46.03, Juris Upatnieks is the 2nd most famous Latvian Physicist. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Juris Upatnieks (born 7 May 1936 in Riga) is a Latvian-American physicist and inventor, and pioneer in the field of holography.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Latvian physicists born between 1914 and 1936. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Latvian physicists include Juris Upatnieks. The most famous deceased Latvian physicists include Anatole Abragam.
