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Arpad Elo

1903 - 1992

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Arpad Emmerich Elo (né Élő Árpád Imre August 25, 1903 – November 5, 1992) was a Hungarian-American physics professor who created the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess. Born in Egyházaskesző, Kingdom of Hungary, he moved to the United States with his parents in 1913. He obtained his BSc and MSc degrees in 1925 and 1928, respectively, both from the University of Chicago, where he also played chess in the Chicago Chess League. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arpad Elo has received more than 467,721 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Arpad Elo is the 418th most popular physicist (down from 373rd in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 213th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Hungarian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Arpad Elo ranks 418 out of 851. Before him are Henri Tresca, Fabiola Gianotti, Robert Serber, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Evelyn Fox Keller, and Yulii Khariton. After him are Leonard Susskind, Jacob Bekenstein, Louis Paul Cailletet, Johanna Budwig, Federico Faggin, and Saul Perlmutter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Arpad Elo ranks 114. Before him are Nikolai Voznesensky, Alexander Imich, Adelbert Schulz, Frank P. Ramsey, Kea Bouman, and Richard Thomalla. After him are Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Luigi Allemandi, Hans Litten, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Ma Bufang, and Flaminio Bertoni. Among people deceased in 1992, Arpad Elo ranks 89. Before him are Ajahn Chah, Muhammad Asad, Richard Brooks, Jean Dieudonné, Audre Lorde, and Wang Hongwen. After him are Josy Barthel, Fritz Leiber, Giorgio Perlasca, Jeff Porcaro, Yang Kyoungjong, and Suleiman Frangieh.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Arpad Elo ranks 248 out of 1,077. Before him are Nicholas Kaldor (1908), Ödön Lechner (1845), Marta Eggerth (1912), Miklós Kállay (1887), József Antall (1932), and Rosika Schwimmer (1877). After him are Eugene Ormandy (1899), Nicolaus Olahus (1493), Lajos Portisch (1937), Ferenc Plattkó (1898), David Schwarz (1850), and Anton Bernolák (1762).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Hungary

Among physicists born in Hungary, Arpad Elo ranks 7. Before him are Edward Teller (1908), Eugene Wigner (1902), Leo Szilard (1898), Dennis Gabor (1900), Georg von Békésy (1899), and Ferenc Krausz (1962). After him are Nicholas Kurti (1908), Zoltán Lajos Bay (1900), Valentine Telegdi (1922), and Egon Orowan (1902).

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