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Andrei Sakharov

Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist

1921 - 1989

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His biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2024). Andrei Sakharov is the 63rd most popular physicist (down from 34th in 2024), the 65th most popular biography from Russia (down from 51st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Physicist.

Andrei Sakharov was a Russian nuclear physicist and human rights activist who is most famous for his work in nuclear weapons research and development. He was a key figure in the development of the Soviet Union's hydrogen bomb and became an outspoken critic of the Soviet Union's nuclear arms race with the United States.

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Andrei Sakharov ranks #10 among 1,032 notable people born in Moscow, Russia, inside the top 1% by HPI.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, Andrei Sakharov ranks 63 out of 863. Before him are Sheldon Lee Glashow, Patrick Blackett, Henry Cavendish, Otto Stern, Leo Szilard, and Wolfgang Pauli. After him are Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Max Born, Charles Glover Barkla, Paul Dirac, Léon Foucault, and Norman Foster Ramsey Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Andrei Sakharov ranks 9. Before him are Alexander Dubček, Charles Bronson, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Michael I of Romania, Kocheril R. Narayanan, and Suharto. After him are Astor Piazzolla, Stanisław Lem, Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Yves Montand, Fahd of Saudi Arabia, and Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Among people deceased in 1989, Andrei Sakharov ranks 13. Before him are Samuel Beckett, Konrad Lorenz, Ted Bundy, Georges Simenon, Sergio Leone, and Zita of Bourbon-Parma. After him are George Beadle, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Elena Ceaușescu, János Kádár, Andrei Gromyko, and Lee Van Cleef.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andrei Sakharov ranks 65 out of 4,534. Before him are Rurik (830), Peter Kropotkin (1842), Frederick I of Prussia (1657), Otto Wallach (1847), Yaroslav the Wise (978), and Andrei Tarkovsky (1932). After him are Boris Spassky (1937), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899), Turhan Hatice Sultan (1627), Vladimir the Great (958), Rudolf Nureyev (1938), and Mikhail Kutuzov (1745).

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Among Physicists In Russia

Among physicists born in Russia, Andrei Sakharov ranks 3. Before him are Gustav Kirchhoff (1824), and Wilhelm Wien (1864). After him are Mikhail Lomonosov (1711), Arnold Sommerfeld (1868), Pavel Cherenkov (1904), Ilya Frank (1908), Igor Tamm (1895), Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (1928), Pyotr Kapitsa (1894), Vitaly Ginzburg (1916), and Nikolay Basov (1922).

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