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Adriaan Fokker

1887 - 1972

Adriaan Fokker

Adriaan Daniël Fokker (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːdrijaːn ˈdaːnijɛl ˈfɔkər]; 17 August 1887 – 24 September 1972) was a Dutch physicist. He worked in the fields of special relativity and statistical mechanics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adriaan Fokker has received more than 69,447 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Adriaan Fokker is the 604th most popular physicist (up from 613th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Indonesia (down from 48th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indonesian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Adriaan Fokker ranks 604 out of 717. Before him are William Astbury, Harold Agnew, Stuart Hameroff, Hertha Sponer, Heinrich Kayser, and Evelyn Fox Keller. After him are Theodore Lyman IV, Walther Müller, Paul Scherrer, Franco Rasetti, Ali Javan, and Tullio Regge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Adriaan Fokker ranks 188. Before him are Sigrid Fick, Louise Arner Boyd, Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, Gregorio Marañón, Alf Landon, and Kalle Anttila. After him are Jamini Roy, Alfonso Calzolari, René Maran, Amadeo García, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, and Rudolph Lewis. Among people deceased in 1972, Adriaan Fokker ranks 165. Before him are Ntare V of Burundi, Vera Karalli, Edmund Wilson, Kenny Dorham, Carlo Agostoni, and Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet. After him are Jamini Roy, Ferde Grofé, Jan Wils, Henry Dreyfuss, Jan Diddens, and Walter Lang.

Others Born in 1887

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Sigrid Fick
1887 - 1979
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 182
Louise Arner Boyd
1887 - 1972
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 183
Arcadio Larraona Saralegui
1887 - 1973
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 184
Gregorio Marañón
1887 - 1960
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 185
Alf Landon
1887 - 1987
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 186
Kalle Anttila
1887 - 1949
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 187
Adriaan Fokker
1887 - 1972
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 188
Jamini Roy
1887 - 1972
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 189
Alfonso Calzolari
1887 - 1983
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 190
René Maran
1887 - 1960
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 191
Amadeo García
1887 - 1947
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 192
Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
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Rudolph Lewis
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