1926 - Today
Ben Roy Mottelson (9 July 1926 – 13 May 2022) was an American-Danish nuclear physicist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Roy Mottelson has received more than 143,337 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Ben Roy Mottelson is the 149th most popular physicist (up from 157th in 2019), the 636th most popular biography from United States (up from 722nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Physicist.
Ben Roy Mottelson is most famous for his contributions to the field of astrophysics. He was one of the first scientists to propose that the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy. He also made significant contributions to understanding the structure of the sun and solar system.
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Among physicists, Ben Roy Mottelson ranks 149 out of 717. Before him are Felix Bloch, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Karl Schwarzschild, Hans Bethe, William Shockley, and Johann Jakob Balmer. After him are Martin Lewis Perl, Rudolf Mössbauer, Hans Geiger, Peter Grünberg, Val Logsdon Fitch, and Nicolaas Bloembergen.
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 143
1742 - 1799
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 144
1873 - 1916
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 145
1906 - 2005
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 146
1910 - 1989
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 147
1825 - 1898
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 148
1926 - Present
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 149
1927 - 2014
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 150
1929 - 2011
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 151
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 152
1939 - 2018
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 153
1923 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 154
1920 - 2017
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 155
Among people born in 1926, Ben Roy Mottelson ranks 31. Before him are Harper Lee, Ivan Illich, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Jerry Lewis, Clifford Geertz, and David Attenborough. After him are Leopoldo Galtieri, Donald A. Glaser, Margot Frank, Jack Brabham, Vivian Maier, and Richard Crenna.
1926 - 2016
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 25
1926 - 2002
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 26
1926 - Present
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 27
1926 - 2017
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 28
1926 - 2006
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 29
1926 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 30
1926 - Present
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 31
1926 - 2003
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 32
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 33
1926 - 1945
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 34
1926 - 2014
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 35
1926 - 2009
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 36
1926 - 2003
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 37
Among people born in United States, Ben Roy Mottelson ranks 636 out of 18,182. Before him are Raquel Welch (1940), Talia Shire (1946), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), John Browning (1855), Michael Crichton (1942), and Martha Graham (1894). After him are Edgar Cayce (1877), Jimmy Wales (1966), Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Martin Cooper (1928), Hulk Hogan (1953), and John Cazale (1935).
1940 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 630
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 631
1913 - 1975
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 632
1855 - 1926
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 633
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 634
1894 - 1991
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 635
1926 - Present
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 636
1877 - 1945
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 637
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 638
1927 - 2014
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 639
1928 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 640
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 641
1935 - 1978
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 642
Among physicists born in United States, Ben Roy Mottelson ranks 17. Before him are Owen Chamberlain (1920), Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921), Percy Williams Bridgman (1882), Ernest Lawrence (1901), Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839), and Robert Coleman Richardson (1937). After him are Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Val Logsdon Fitch (1923), Hugh Everett III (1930), Michio Kaku (1947), Murray Gell-Mann (1929), and Steven Weinberg (1933).
1920 - 2006
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 11
1921 - 2011
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 12
1882 - 1961
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 13
1901 - 1958
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 14
1839 - 1903
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 15
1937 - 2013
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 16
1926 - Present
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 17
1927 - 2014
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 18
1923 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 19
1930 - 1982
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 20
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 21
1929 - 2019
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 22
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 23