1912 - 2007
Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker (German: [kaʁl ˈfʁiːdʁɪç fɔn ˈvaɪtsɛkɐ] ; 28 June 1912 – 28 April 2007) was a German physicist and philosopher. He was the longest-living member of the team which performed nuclear research in Nazi Germany during the Second World War, under Werner Heisenberg's leadership. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker has received more than 311,849 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker is the 280th most popular physicist (down from 269th in 2019), the 1,169th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,098th in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Physicist.
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker is most famous for being a German physicist and philosopher. He is also known for his peace activism and his involvement in the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.
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Among physicists, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker ranks 280 out of 717. Before him are Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, Masatoshi Koshiba, Leo Esaki, Zhores Alferov, Otto Robert Frisch, and Jan Ingenhousz. After him are Antoine César Becquerel, Giovanni Battista Venturi, Ivar Giaever, George Smoot, Ernest Walton, and Ludwig Prandtl.
1754 - 1785
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 274
1926 - 2020
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 275
1925 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 276
1930 - 2019
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 277
1904 - 1979
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 278
1730 - 1799
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 279
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 280
1788 - 1878
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 281
1746 - 1822
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 282
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 283
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 284
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 285
1875 - 1953
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 286
Among people born in 1912, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker ranks 63. Before him are John Payne, Patrick White, Cornel Wilde, Isser Harel, Salvador Luria, and José Ferrer. After him are Hermann Graf, Duško Popov, Lev Gumilyov, Herbert C. Brown, Pat Nixon, and Julia Child. Among people deceased in 2007, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker ranks 41. Before him are Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Vladimir Kryuchkov, Arthur Kornberg, Paul Watzlawick, Jane Wyman, and Robert Jordan. After him are Jean-Claude Brialy, Gaston Thorn, Joe Zawinul, Oscar Peterson, Bob Denard, and Ettore Sottsass.
1912 - 1989
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 57
1912 - 1990
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 58
1912 - 1989
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 59
1912 - 2003
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 60
1912 - 1991
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 61
1912 - 1992
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 62
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 63
1912 - 1988
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 64
1912 - 1981
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 65
1912 - 1992
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 66
1912 - 2004
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 67
1912 - 1993
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 68
1912 - 2004
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 69
1932 - 2007
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 35
1924 - 2007
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 36
1918 - 2007
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 37
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 38
1917 - 2007
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 39
1948 - 2007
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 40
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 41
1933 - 2007
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 42
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 43
1932 - 2007
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 44
1925 - 2007
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 45
1929 - 2007
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 46
1917 - 2007
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 47
Among people born in Germany, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker ranks 1,169 out of 6,142. Before him are Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709), Maria Reiche (1903), Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575), Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1751), Albert of Riga (1165), and Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach (1724). After him are Theobald Boehm (1794), Werner Haase (1900), Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1831), Helmut Rahn (1929), Theodor Storm (1817), and Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1473).
1709 - 1759
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 1,163
1903 - 1998
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 1,164
1575 - 1612
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 1,165
1751 - 1805
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 1,166
1165 - 1229
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1,167
1724 - 1794
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1,168
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,169
1794 - 1881
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,170
1900 - 1950
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 1,171
1831 - 1867
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 1,172
1929 - 2003
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,173
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,174
1473 - 1541
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,175
Among physicists born in Germany, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker ranks 41. Before him are Georg Bednorz (1950), John B. Goodenough (1922), Theodor W. Hänsch (1941), Klaus Fuchs (1911), Rainer Weiss (1932), and Jack Steinberger (1921). After him are Ludwig Prandtl (1875), Ernst Chladni (1756), Friedrich Hund (1896), Horst Ludwig Störmer (1949), Christoph Scheiner (1575), and Pascual Jordan (1902).
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 35
1922 - 2023
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 36
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 37
1911 - 1988
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 38
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 39
1921 - 2020
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 40
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 41
1875 - 1953
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 42
1756 - 1827
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 43
1896 - 1997
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 44
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 45
1575 - 1650
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 46
1902 - 1980
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 47