Physicist

Albert A. Michelson

American physicist

1852 - 1931

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Albert A. Michelson

His biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 92 in 2024). Albert A. Michelson is the 12th most popular physicist (up from 86th in 2024), the 8th most popular biography from Poland (up from 64th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Physicist.

Albert Michelson is most famous for measuring the speed of light.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, Albert A. Michelson ranks 12 out of 851. Before him are Wilhelm Röntgen, Michael Faraday, Niels Bohr, Hans Christian Ørsted, Max Planck, and Alessandro Volta. After him are Pierre Curie, André-Marie Ampère, Evangelista Torricelli, Erwin Schrödinger, Henri Becquerel, and J. J. Thomson.

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Wilhelm Röntgen
1845 - 1923
HPI: 87.15
Rank: 6
Michael Faraday
1791 - 1867
HPI: 86.08
Rank: 7
Niels Bohr
1885 - 1962
HPI: 85.49
Rank: 8
Hans Christian Ørsted
1777 - 1851
HPI: 85.42
Rank: 9
Max Planck
1858 - 1947
HPI: 85.41
Rank: 10
Alessandro Volta
1745 - 1827
HPI: 85.34
Rank: 11
Albert A. Michelson
1852 - 1931
HPI: 84.49
Rank: 12
Pierre Curie
1859 - 1906
HPI: 84.35
Rank: 13
André-Marie Ampère
1775 - 1836
HPI: 84.30
Rank: 14
Evangelista Torricelli
1608 - 1647
HPI: 84.27
Rank: 15
Erwin Schrödinger
1887 - 1961
HPI: 84.23
Rank: 16
Henri Becquerel
1852 - 1908
HPI: 84.07
Rank: 17
J. J. Thomson
1856 - 1940
HPI: 83.98
Rank: 18

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Albert A. Michelson ranks 2. Before him is Antoni Gaudí. After him are Henri Becquerel, Emperor Meiji, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Emil Fischer, William Ramsay, Henri Moissan, Charles Taze Russell, Gojong of Korea, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, and Francisco Tárrega. Among people deceased in 1931, Albert A. Michelson ranks 3. Before him are Thomas Edison, and Khalil Gibran. After him are Otto Wallach, Gustave Le Bon, Anna Pavlova, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Louise, Princess Royal, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Omar Mukhtar, Arthur Schnitzler, and Lili Elbe.

Others Born in 1852

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Antoni Gaudí
ARCHITECT
1852 - 1926
HPI: 86.92
Rank: 1
Albert A. Michelson
PHYSICIST
1852 - 1931
HPI: 84.49
Rank: 2
Henri Becquerel
PHYSICIST
1852 - 1908
HPI: 84.07
Rank: 3
Emperor Meiji
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1912
HPI: 82.26
Rank: 4
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
CHEMIST
1852 - 1911
HPI: 80.83
Rank: 5
Emil Fischer
CHEMIST
1852 - 1919
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 6
William Ramsay
CHEMIST
1852 - 1916
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 7
Henri Moissan
CHEMIST
1852 - 1907
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 8
Charles Taze Russell
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1852 - 1916
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 9
Gojong of Korea
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1919
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 10
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1852 - 1925
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 11
Francisco Tárrega
COMPOSER
1852 - 1909
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1931

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Thomas Edison
INVENTOR
1847 - 1931
HPI: 91.65
Rank: 1
Khalil Gibran
WRITER
1883 - 1931
HPI: 85.57
Rank: 2
Albert A. Michelson
PHYSICIST
1852 - 1931
HPI: 84.49
Rank: 3
Otto Wallach
CHEMIST
1847 - 1931
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 4
Gustave Le Bon
PSYCHOLOGIST
1841 - 1931
HPI: 77.78
Rank: 5
Anna Pavlova
DANCER
1881 - 1931
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 6
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
WRITER
1864 - 1931
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 7
Louise, Princess Royal
POLITICIAN
1867 - 1931
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 8
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca
POLITICIAN
1853 - 1931
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 9
Omar Mukhtar
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1858 - 1931
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 10
Arthur Schnitzler
WRITER
1862 - 1931
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 11
Lili Elbe
PAINTER
1882 - 1931
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 12