1870 - 1926
Antonius Johannes van den Broek (4 May 1870, Zoetermeer – 25 October 1926, Bilthoven) was a Dutch amateur physicist notable for being the first who realized that the number of an element in the periodic table (now called atomic number) corresponds to the charge of its atomic nucleus. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonius van den Broek has received more than 48,859 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Antonius van den Broek is the 664th most popular physicist, the 745th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 22nd most popular Dutch Physicist.
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Among physicists, Antonius van den Broek ranks 664 out of 717. Before him are Valentine Telegdi, Arthur Schuster, Orest Khvolson, Max Tegmark, Stanley Mandelstam, and Brandon Carter. After him are Humberto Fernández-Morán, Vilho Väisälä, Julian Barbour, Ash Carter, Egon Orowan, and Pief Panofsky.
1922 - 2006
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 658
1851 - 1934
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 659
1852 - 1934
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 660
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 661
1928 - 2016
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 662
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 663
1870 - 1926
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 664
1924 - 1999
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 665
1889 - 1969
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 666
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 667
1954 - 2022
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 668
1902 - 1989
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 669
1919 - 2007
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 670
Among people born in 1870, Antonius van den Broek ranks 132. Before him are Hermann Harms, Herbert Ponting, George Eyser, Lilian Gibbs, John Marin, and Maxfield Parrish. After him are Lloyd Hildebrand, Frederick G. Donnan, DeLisle Stewart, Karel Kašpar, Jacques Cariou, and Verner Järvinen. Among people deceased in 1926, Antonius van den Broek ranks 101. Before him are Charles Montagu Doughty, José María Orellana, Paul Matschie, Princess Frederica of Hanover, Mariam Thresia Chiramel, and Zofka Kveder. After him are Anatole Le Braz, Albert Corey, Emily Hobhouse, Helen Allingham, René Boylesve, and Kristján Jónsson.
1870 - 1942
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 126
1870 - 1935
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 127
1870 - 1919
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 128
1870 - 1925
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 129
1870 - 1953
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 130
1870 - 1966
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 131
1870 - 1926
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 132
1870 - 1924
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 133
1870 - 1956
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 134
1870 - 1941
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 135
1870 - 1941
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 136
1870 - 1951
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 137
1870 - 1941
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 138
1843 - 1926
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 95
1872 - 1926
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 96
1861 - 1926
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 97
1848 - 1926
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 98
1876 - 1926
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 99
1878 - 1926
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 100
1870 - 1926
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 101
1859 - 1926
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 102
1878 - 1926
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 103
1860 - 1926
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 104
1848 - 1926
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 105
1867 - 1926
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 106
1852 - 1926
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 107
Among people born in Netherlands, Antonius van den Broek ranks 745 out of 1,427. Before him are Giovanni van Bronckhorst (1975), Louis Meijer (1809), C. George Boeree (1952), Jan Zwartkruis (1926), Marleen Gorris (1948), and Fred Rutten (1962). After him are Bas Paauwe (1911), Bep van Klaveren (1907), Pleun Strik (1944), Sef Vergoossen (1947), Hardwell (1988), and André Ooijer (1974).
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 739
1809 - 1866
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 740
1952 - 2021
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 741
1926 - 2013
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 742
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 743
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 744
1870 - 1926
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 745
1911 - 1989
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 746
1907 - 1992
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 747
1944 - 2022
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 748
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 749
1988 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 750
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 751
Among physicists born in Netherlands, Antonius van den Broek ranks 22. Before him are Samuel Goudsmit (1902), Dirk Coster (1889), Wander Johannes de Haas (1878), Willem Hendrik Keesom (1876), Jan Burgers (1895), and Balthasar van der Pol (1889). After him are Abraham Pais (1918) and Kees Schouhamer Immink (1946).
1902 - 1978
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 16
1889 - 1950
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 17
1878 - 1960
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 18
1876 - 1956
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 19
1895 - 1981
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 20
1889 - 1959
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 21
1870 - 1926
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 22
1918 - 2000
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 23
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 24