The Most Famous
PHYSICISTS from Spain
This page contains a list of the greatest Spanish Physicists. The pantheon dataset contains 851 Physicists, 2 of which were born in Spain. This makes Spain the birth place of the 34th most number of Physicists behind Iran, and New Zealand.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Spanish Physicists of all time. This list of famous Spanish Physicists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Javier Solana (b. 1942)
With an HPI of 67.61, Javier Solana is the most famous Spanish Physicist. His biography has been translated into 49 different languages on wikipedia.
Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga CYC (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko xaˈβjeɾ soˈlana ðe maðaˈɾjaɣa]; born 14 July 1942) is a Spanish physicist and PSOE politician. After serving in the Spanish government as Foreign Affairs Minister under Felipe González (1992–1995) and as the Secretary General of NATO (1995–1999), leading the alliance during Operation Allied Force, he was appointed the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council of the European Union and Secretary-General of the Western European Union and held these posts from October 1999 until December 2009.
2. José Celestino Mutis (1732 - 1808)
With an HPI of 49.98, José Celestino Mutis is the 2nd most famous Spanish Physicist. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
José Celestino Bruno Mutis y Bosio (6 April 1732 – 11 September 1808) was a Spanish priest, botanist and mathematician. He was a significant figure in the Spanish American Enlightenment, whom Alexander von Humboldt met with on his expedition to Spanish America. He is one of the most important authors of the Spanish Universalist School of the 18th century, together with Juan Andrés or Antonio Eximeno.
3. Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain (b. 1965)
With an HPI of 42.55, Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain is the 3rd most famous Spanish Physicist. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain (born 11 October 1965), known professionally as Ignacio Cirac, is a Spanish physicist. He is one of the pioneers of the field of quantum computing and quantum information theory. He is the recipient of the 2006 Prince of Asturias Award in technical and scientific research.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Spanish physicists born between 1732 and 1965. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Spanish physicists include Javier Solana, and Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain. The most famous deceased Spanish physicists include José Celestino Mutis.
