1968 - Today
Brian Edward Cox (born 3 March 1968) is an English physicist and musician who is a professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester and The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. He is best known to the public as the presenter of science programmes, especially BBC Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage and the Wonders of... Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Cox has received more than 238,469 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Brian Cox is the 748th most popular physicist (down from 703rd in 2019), the 5,293rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,958th in 2019) and the 86th most popular British Physicist.
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Among physicists, Brian Cox ranks 748 out of 717. Before him are Seth Neddermeyer, John Houghton, Mary K. Gaillard, Werner Israel, Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, and Edwin Thompson Jaynes. After him are Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Norris Bradbury, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, Nima Arkani-Hamed, Yash Pal, and Herbert Goldstein.
1907 - 1988
HPI: 39.60
Rank: 742
1931 - 2020
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 743
1939 - Present
HPI: 39.56
Rank: 744
1931 - 2022
HPI: 39.55
Rank: 745
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 746
1922 - 1998
HPI: 39.44
Rank: 747
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 748
1932 - 2017
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 749
1909 - 1997
HPI: 38.80
Rank: 750
1886 - 1957
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 751
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 752
1926 - 2017
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 753
1922 - 2005
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 754
Among people born in 1968, Brian Cox ranks 429. Before him are Maurizio Ganz, Phill Lewis, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Kim Thúy, Marco Grassi, and Diego el Cigala. After him are Jens Weidmann, Diego Fuser, Leonid Agutin, Raquel Cassidy, Taylor Wane, and Chrystia Freeland.
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 423
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 424
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 425
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 426
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.17
Rank: 427
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 428
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 429
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.09
Rank: 430
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.07
Rank: 431
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.06
Rank: 432
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 433
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 434
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 435
Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Cox ranks 5,293 out of 7,765. Before him are Jemima Kirke (1985), Lawrence Hargrave (1850), Zuleikha Robinson (1977), Rupert Keegan (1955), Trevor Brooking (1948), and John Curry (1949). After him are Gillian Gilbert (1961), Martin Atkinson (1971), Cleo Laine (1927), John Waite (1952), Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954), and Mary Rand (1940).
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 5,287
1850 - 1915
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 5,288
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 5,289
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.12
Rank: 5,290
1948 - Present
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 5,291
1949 - 1994
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 5,292
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 5,293
1961 - Present
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 5,294
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 5,295
1927 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 5,296
1952 - Present
HPI: 39.06
Rank: 5,297
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 5,298
1940 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 5,299
Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Brian Cox ranks 86. Before him are Ronald Drever (1931), John Pendry (1943), Raymond Gosling (1926), C. V. Boys (1855), Jeffrey Goldstone (1933), and John Houghton (1931). After him are Edward Andrade (1887) and Jess Wade (1988).
1931 - 2017
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 80
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 81
1926 - 2015
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 82
1855 - 1944
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 83
1933 - Present
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 84
1931 - 2020
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 85
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 86
1887 - 1971
HPI: 36.55
Rank: 87
1988 - Present
HPI: 27.07
Rank: 88