PHYSICIST
C. V. Raman
1888 - 1970
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C. V. Raman
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (; 7 November 1888 – 21 November 1970) was an Indian physicist known for his work in the field of light scattering. Using a spectrograph that he developed, he and his student K. S. Krishnan discovered that when light traverses a transparent material, the deflected light changes its wavelength. This phenomenon, a hitherto unknown type of scattering of light, which they called "modified scattering" was subsequently termed the Raman effect or Raman scattering. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of C. V. Raman has received more than 9,226,534 page views. His biography is available in 103 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 93 in 2019). C. V. Raman is the 125th most popular physicist (down from 99th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from India (down from 43rd in 2019) and the most popular Indian Physicist.
Raman was most famous for his discovery of the Raman Effect, which is the scattering of monochromatic light due to molecular vibrations.
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, C. V. Raman ranks 125 out of 851. Before him are K. Alex Müller, James Franck, Isamu Akasaki, Javier Solana, Isidor Isaac Rabi, and Julius von Mayer. After him are Val Logsdon Fitch, François Englert, Robert Coleman Richardson, Arno Allan Penzias, Frits Zernike, and Ernst Abbe.
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1927 - 2023
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 119
James Franck
1882 - 1964
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 120
Isamu Akasaki
1929 - 2021
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 121
Javier Solana
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 122
Isidor Isaac Rabi
1898 - 1988
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 123
Julius von Mayer
1814 - 1878
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 124
C. V. Raman
1888 - 1970
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 125
Val Logsdon Fitch
1923 - 2015
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 126
François Englert
1932 - Present
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 127
Robert Coleman Richardson
1937 - 2013
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 128
Arno Allan Penzias
1933 - 2024
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 129
Frits Zernike
1888 - 1966
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 130
Ernst Abbe
1840 - 1905
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 131
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1888, C. V. Raman ranks 19. Before him are Nestor Makhno, Jean Monnet, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Raymond Chandler, John Logie Baird, and Roland Garros. After him are Herbert Spencer Gasser, Frits Zernike, Alexander Friedmann, Eugene O'Neill, Richard E. Byrd, and Friedrich Fromm. Among people deceased in 1970, C. V. Raman ranks 24. Before him are Édouard Daladier, Paul Celan, Otto Heinrich Warburg, Rudolf Carnap, Semyon Timoshenko, and Leslie Groves. After him are Eric Berne, Jochen Rindt, Andrey Yeryomenko, Napoleon Hill, Vladimir Propp, and Artem Mikoyan.
Others Born in 1888
Go to all RankingsNestor Makhno
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1934
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 13
Jean Monnet
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1979
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 14
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
WRITER
1888 - 1964
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 15
Raymond Chandler
WRITER
1888 - 1959
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 16
John Logie Baird
INVENTOR
1888 - 1946
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 17
Roland Garros
PILOT
1888 - 1918
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 18
C. V. Raman
PHYSICIST
1888 - 1970
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 19
Herbert Spencer Gasser
PHYSICIAN
1888 - 1963
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 20
Frits Zernike
PHYSICIST
1888 - 1966
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 21
Alexander Friedmann
MATHEMATICIAN
1888 - 1925
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 22
Eugene O'Neill
WRITER
1888 - 1953
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 23
Richard E. Byrd
EXPLORER
1888 - 1957
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 24
Friedrich Fromm
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1945
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 25
Others Deceased in 1970
Go to all RankingsÉdouard Daladier
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1970
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 18
Paul Celan
WRITER
1920 - 1970
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 19
Otto Heinrich Warburg
PHYSICIAN
1883 - 1970
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 20
Rudolf Carnap
PHILOSOPHER
1891 - 1970
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 21
Semyon Timoshenko
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1895 - 1970
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 22
Leslie Groves
ENGINEER
1896 - 1970
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 23
C. V. Raman
PHYSICIST
1888 - 1970
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 24
Eric Berne
PSYCHOLOGIST
1910 - 1970
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 25
Jochen Rindt
RACING DRIVER
1942 - 1970
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 26
Andrey Yeryomenko
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1970
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 27
Napoleon Hill
WRITER
1883 - 1970
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 28
Vladimir Propp
CRITIC
1895 - 1970
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 29
Artem Mikoyan
ENGINEER
1905 - 1970
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 30
In India
Among people born in India, C. V. Raman ranks 52 out of 1,861. Before him are Ghalib (1797), Tipu Sultan (1750), Savitribai Phule (1831), Meera (1498), Augustus De Morgan (1806), and Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904). After him are Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856), Vallabhbhai Patel (1875), Harsha (590), Vyasa (-390), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), and Zubin Mehta (1936).
Others born in India
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WRITER
1797 - 1869
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 46
Tipu Sultan
POLITICIAN
1750 - 1799
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 47
Savitribai Phule
WRITER
1831 - 1897
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 48
Meera
WRITER
1498 - 1546
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 49
Augustus De Morgan
MATHEMATICIAN
1806 - 1871
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 50
Lal Bahadur Shastri
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1904 - 1966
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 51
C. V. Raman
PHYSICIST
1888 - 1970
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 52
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1856 - 1920
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 53
Vallabhbhai Patel
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1950
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 54
Harsha
POLITICIAN
590 - 647
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 55
Vyasa
PHILOSOPHER
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 56
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2018
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 57
Zubin Mehta
CONDUCTOR
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 58
Among PHYSICISTS In India
Among physicists born in India, C. V. Raman ranks 1. After him are Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), Anna Mani (1918), Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936), Homi J. Bhabha (1909), Vikram Sarabhai (1919), Jayant Narlikar (1938), Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893), Tom Kibble (1932), Raja Ramanna (1925), Daulat Singh Kothari (1906), and Abhay Ashtekar (1949).
C. V. Raman
1888 - 1970
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 1
Satyendra Nath Bose
1894 - 1974
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 2
Anna Mani
1918 - 2001
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 3
Abdul Qadeer Khan
1936 - 2021
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 4
Homi J. Bhabha
1909 - 1966
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 5
Vikram Sarabhai
1919 - 1971
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 6
Jayant Narlikar
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 7
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
1893 - 1972
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 8
Tom Kibble
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 9
Raja Ramanna
1925 - 2004
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 10
Daulat Singh Kothari
1906 - 1993
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 11
Abhay Ashtekar
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 12