1879 - 1955
Albert Einstein ( EYEN-styne; German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʔaɪnʃtaɪn] (listen); 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He is best known to the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Einstein has received more than 40,116,076 page views. His biography is available in 209 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 205 in 2019). Albert Einstein is the 2nd most popular physicist, the 3rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular German Physicist.
Albert Einstein is most famous for his theory of relativity. He developed the theory in 1905 and it is now one of the most important theories in modern physics. The theory states that time and space are not absolute and that they are relative to the observer. It also states that the speed of light is constant.
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Among physicists, Albert Einstein ranks 2 out of 721. Before him are Isaac Newton. After him are Marie Curie, Stephen Hawking, Michael Faraday, Wilhelm Röntgen, Max Planck, Alessandro Volta, Niels Bohr, James Prescott Joule, André-Marie Ampère, and Ernest Rutherford.
1643 - 1726
HPI: 96.84
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1879 - 1955
HPI: 94.79
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1867 - 1934
HPI: 90.85
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1942 - 2018
HPI: 89.32
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1791 - 1867
HPI: 88.23
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1845 - 1923
HPI: 87.99
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1858 - 1947
HPI: 86.63
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1745 - 1827
HPI: 86.22
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1885 - 1962
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 9
1818 - 1889
HPI: 85.04
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1775 - 1836
HPI: 84.98
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1871 - 1937
HPI: 84.88
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Among people born in 1879, Albert Einstein ranks 1. After him are Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, Paul Klee, Kazimir Malevich, Franz von Papen, Otto Hahn, Emperor Taishō, Emiliano Zapata, Max von Laue, Owen Willans Richardson, and Alma Mahler. Among people deceased in 1955, Albert Einstein ranks 1. After him are Alexander Fleming, Thomas Mann, James Dean, Dale Carnegie, Fernand Léger, José Ortega y Gasset, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Charlie Parker, Sadako Sasaki, Arthur Honegger, and Helmuth Weidling.
1879 - 1955
HPI: 94.79
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1879 - 1953
HPI: 92.61
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1879 - 1940
HPI: 87.77
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1879 - 1940
HPI: 82.23
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1879 - 1935
HPI: 82.00
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1879 - 1969
HPI: 79.88
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1879 - 1968
HPI: 78.68
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1879 - 1926
HPI: 78.52
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1879 - 1919
HPI: 78.15
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1879 - 1960
HPI: 76.98
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1879 - 1959
HPI: 76.11
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1879 - 1964
HPI: 76.00
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1879 - 1955
HPI: 94.79
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1881 - 1955
HPI: 86.31
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1875 - 1955
HPI: 86.00
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1931 - 1955
HPI: 82.00
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1888 - 1955
HPI: 79.92
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1881 - 1955
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1883 - 1955
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1881 - 1955
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1920 - 1955
HPI: 75.97
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1943 - 1955
HPI: 75.89
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1892 - 1955
HPI: 75.40
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1891 - 1955
HPI: 75.24
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Among people born in Germany, Albert Einstein ranks 3 out of 5,289. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven (1770) and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685). After him are Martin Luther (1483), Karl Marx (1818), Johannes Gutenberg (1394), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Albrecht Dürer (1471), Otto von Bismarck (1815), Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770), and Richard Wagner (1813).
1770 - 1827
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1685 - 1750
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1879 - 1955
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1483 - 1546
HPI: 94.31
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1818 - 1883
HPI: 93.23
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1394 - 1468
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1844 - 1900
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1749 - 1832
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1471 - 1528
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1815 - 1898
HPI: 89.69
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1770 - 1831
HPI: 89.62
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1813 - 1883
HPI: 89.39
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Among physicists born in Germany, Albert Einstein ranks 1. After him are Wilhelm Röntgen (1845), Max Planck (1858), Werner Heisenberg (1901), Georg Ohm (1789), Heinrich Hertz (1857), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821), Otto von Guericke (1602), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), Max von Laue (1879), and Johannes Stark (1874).
1879 - 1955
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1845 - 1923
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1858 - 1947
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1901 - 1976
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1789 - 1854
HPI: 83.33
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1857 - 1894
HPI: 82.92
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1821 - 1894
HPI: 78.99
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1602 - 1686
HPI: 78.16
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1887 - 1975
HPI: 77.24
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1804 - 1891
HPI: 77.02
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1879 - 1960
HPI: 76.98
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1874 - 1957
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 12