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Borys Paton

1918 - 2020

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Borys Yevhenovych Paton (Ukrainian: Бори́с Євге́нович Пато́н, Russian: Борис Евгеньевич Патон; 27 November 1918 – 19 August 2020) was a Ukrainian scientist and a long-time chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He was appointed to this post in 1962 and held it until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Borys Paton has received more than 83,296 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Borys Paton is the 129th most popular engineer (down from 121st in 2019), the 331st most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 288th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Engineer.

Boris Paton is most famous for his work on the theory of the electron. He was a Soviet physicist who was a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and the author of many books and articles.

Memorability Metrics

  • 83k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Borys Patons by language

Over the past year Borys Paton has had the most page views in the with 45,288 views, followed by Ukrainian (42,342), and English (8,453). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (3,730.00%), Romanian (106.05%), and Malagasy (86.10%)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Borys Paton ranks 129 out of 389. Before him are Eduard Totleben, Erik Dahlbergh, Christian Otto Mohr, Georges Leclanché, Hidesaburō Ueno, and Eliyahu M. Goldratt. After him are Erich Topp, Rory Byrne, Aurel Vlaicu, Flaminio Bertoni, J. Walter Christie, and Patrick Head.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Borys Paton ranks 107. Before him are Massimo Girotti, Kazu Naoki, Bebo Valdés, Ian Stevenson, Joseph Wiseman, and Aldo van Eyck. After him are Arthur Chung, George Lincoln Rockwell, Helmut Lent, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Robert Walker, and Bobby Riggs. Among people deceased in 2020, Borys Paton ranks 151. Before him are Claude Bolling, Joaquín Peiró, Pierre Nkurunziza, Jerry Rawlings, Pentti Linkola, and Frances E. Allen. After him are Edmund M. Clarke, Astrid Kirchherr, Mesut Yılmaz, Jean Raspail, Hans Tilkowski, and Viktor Ponedelnik.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Borys Paton ranks 331 out of 1,365. Before him are Nikolai Kibalchich (1853), Eugen Schauman (1875), Grigory Petrovsky (1878), Georgy Beregovoy (1921), Yevgeny Vuchetich (1908), and Mila Kunis (1983). After him are Tamara Smirnova (1935), Elisabeth Bergner (1897), Janina Lewandowska (1908), Maya Deren (1917), Hilarion of Kiev (990), and Nicolae Văcăroiu (1943).

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Among ENGINEERS In Ukraine

Among engineers born in Ukraine, Borys Paton ranks 5. Before him are Sergei Korolev (1906), Valentin Glushko (1908), Yuri Kondratyuk (1897), and Stephen Timoshenko (1878). After him are Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896), Arkhip Lyulka (1908), Markus Reiner (1886), Georgy Langemak (1898), and Sergey Volkov (1973).

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