PHYSICIST
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
1736 - 1806
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (, KOO-lom, -lohm, koo-LOM, -LOHM; French: [kulɔ̃]; 14 June 1736 – 23 August 1806) was a French officer, engineer, and physicist. He is best known as the eponymous discoverer of what is now called Coulomb's law, the description of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles-Augustin de Coulomb has received more than 833,024 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Charles-Augustin de Coulomb is the 24th most popular physicist (up from 25th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from France (up from 95th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Physicist.
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb is most famous for his law of electrostatics. This law states that the magnitude of the electric force between two point charges is proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Memorability Metrics
830k
Page Views (PV)
77.33
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
86
Languages Editions (L)
15.18
Effective Languages (L*)
3.21
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb ranks 24 out of 851. Before him are Henri Becquerel, Enrico Fermi, André-Marie Ampère, Erwin Schrödinger, Georg Ohm, and Christiaan Huygens. After him are James Clerk Maxwell, Edward Teller, Heinrich Hertz, Hendrik Lorentz, Daniel Bernoulli, and Ibn al-Haytham.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsHenri Becquerel
1852 - 1908
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 18
Enrico Fermi
1901 - 1954
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 19
André-Marie Ampère
1775 - 1836
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 20
Erwin Schrödinger
1887 - 1961
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 21
Georg Ohm
1789 - 1854
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 22
Christiaan Huygens
1629 - 1695
HPI: 78.11
Rank: 23
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
1736 - 1806
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 24
James Clerk Maxwell
1831 - 1879
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 25
Edward Teller
1908 - 2003
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 26
Heinrich Hertz
1857 - 1894
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 27
Hendrik Lorentz
1853 - 1928
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 28
Daniel Bernoulli
1700 - 1782
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 29
Ibn al-Haytham
965 - 1039
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 30
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1736, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb ranks 2. Before him is James Watt. After him are Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Rama I, Jean Sylvain Bailly, James Macpherson, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. Among people deceased in 1806, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb ranks 1. After him are Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Charles-Henri Sanson, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Utamaro, William V, Prince of Orange, William Pitt the Younger, Michael Haydn, Carlo Gozzi, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick.
Others Born in 1736
Go to all RankingsJames Watt
INVENTOR
1736 - 1819
HPI: 84.86
Rank: 1
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
PHYSICIST
1736 - 1806
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 2
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
MATHEMATICIAN
1736 - 1813
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 3
Rama I
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1809
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 4
Jean Sylvain Bailly
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1793
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 5
James Macpherson
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1796
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 6
Claude Nicolas Ledoux
ARCHITECT
1736 - 1806
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 7
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
COMPOSER
1736 - 1809
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 8
Rudolf Erich Raspe
WRITER
1736 - 1794
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 9
Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1818
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 10
Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1798
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 11
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
SCULPTOR
1736 - 1783
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1806
Go to all RankingsCharles-Augustin de Coulomb
PHYSICIST
1736 - 1806
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 1
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
PAINTER
1732 - 1806
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 2
Charles-Henri Sanson
POLITICIAN
1739 - 1806
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 3
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
POLITICIAN
1758 - 1806
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 4
Utamaro
PAINTER
1753 - 1806
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 5
William V, Prince of Orange
POLITICIAN
1748 - 1806
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 6
William Pitt the Younger
POLITICIAN
1759 - 1806
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 7
Michael Haydn
COMPOSER
1737 - 1806
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 8
Carlo Gozzi
WRITER
1720 - 1806
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 9
Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este
POLITICIAN
1754 - 1806
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 10
Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
NOBLEMAN
1750 - 1806
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 11
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
POLITICIAN
1735 - 1806
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 12
In France
Among people born in France, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb ranks 90 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre de Coubertin (1863), Jacques Chirac (1932), Louis IX of France (1214), Pope Urban II (1042), Gustave Courbet (1819), and Irène Joliot-Curie (1897). After him are Michel de Montaigne (1533), Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749), George Sand (1804), Marquis de Sade (1740), Caracalla (188), and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsPierre de Coubertin
BUSINESSPERSON
1863 - 1937
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 84
Jacques Chirac
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2019
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 85
Louis IX of France
POLITICIAN
1214 - 1270
HPI: 77.59
Rank: 86
Pope Urban II
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1042 - 1099
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 87
Gustave Courbet
PAINTER
1819 - 1877
HPI: 77.41
Rank: 88
Irène Joliot-Curie
CHEMIST
1897 - 1956
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 89
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
PHYSICIST
1736 - 1806
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 90
Michel de Montaigne
PHILOSOPHER
1533 - 1592
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 91
Pierre-Simon Laplace
MATHEMATICIAN
1749 - 1827
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 92
George Sand
WRITER
1804 - 1876
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 93
Marquis de Sade
WRITER
1740 - 1814
HPI: 77.22
Rank: 94
Caracalla
POLITICIAN
188 - 217
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 95
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
PAINTER
1864 - 1901
HPI: 77.15
Rank: 96
Among PHYSICISTS In France
Among physicists born in France, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb ranks 4. Before him are Pierre Curie (1859), Henri Becquerel (1852), and André-Marie Ampère (1775). After him are Henry Cavendish (1731), Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900), Léon Foucault (1819), Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792), Louis de Broglie (1892), Hans Bethe (1906), Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870), and François Arago (1786).
Pierre Curie
1859 - 1906
HPI: 80.78
Rank: 1
Henri Becquerel
1852 - 1908
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 2
André-Marie Ampère
1775 - 1836
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 3
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
1736 - 1806
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 4
Henry Cavendish
1731 - 1810
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 5
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
1900 - 1958
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 6
Léon Foucault
1819 - 1868
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 7
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis
1792 - 1843
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 8
Louis de Broglie
1892 - 1987
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 9
Hans Bethe
1906 - 2005
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 10
Jean Baptiste Perrin
1870 - 1942
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 11
François Arago
1786 - 1853
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 12