1900 - 1985
Charles Francis Richter (; April 26, 1900 – September 30, 1985) was an American seismologist and physicist. He is the namesake and one of the creators of the Richter magnitude scale, which, until the development of the moment magnitude scale in 1979, was widely used to quantify the size of earthquakes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Francis Richter has received more than 326,449 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Charles Francis Richter is the 2nd most popular geologist, the 372nd most popular biography from United States (down from 263rd in 2019) and the most popular American Geologist.
Richter is most famous for the Richter magnitude scale, which quantifies the magnitude of an earthquake.
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Among geologists, Charles Francis Richter ranks 2 out of 59. Before him are Alfred Wegener. After him are Nicolas Steno, Charles Lyell, Mary Anning, Inge Lehmann, Milutin Milanković, James Hutton, Andrija Mohorovičić, Friedrich Mohs, Eduard Suess, and Francis Beaufort.
1880 - 1930
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 1
1900 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 2
1638 - 1686
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 3
1797 - 1875
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 4
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 5
1888 - 1993
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 6
1879 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 7
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 8
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 9
1773 - 1839
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 10
1831 - 1914
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 11
1774 - 1857
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1900, Charles Francis Richter ranks 19. Before him are Heinrich Müller, Vasily Chuikov, Margaret Mitchell, Adolf Dassler, Jacques Prévert, and Dennis Gabor. After him are Sándor Márai, Urho Kekkonen, Hans Fritzsche, Giorgos Seferis, Hans Adolf Krebs, and Kurt Weill. Among people deceased in 1985, Charles Francis Richter ranks 13. Before him are Fernand Braudel, Carl Schmitt, Italo Calvino, László Bíró, Simone Signoret, and Rock Hudson. After him are Dian Fossey, Jean Dubuffet, Simon Kuznets, Lon Nol, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Philip Larkin.
1900 - 1945
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 13
1900 - 1982
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 14
1900 - 1949
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 15
1900 - 1978
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 16
1900 - 1977
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 17
1900 - 1979
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 18
1900 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 19
1900 - 1989
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 20
1900 - 1986
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 21
1900 - 1953
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 22
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 23
1900 - 1981
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 24
1900 - 1950
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 25
1902 - 1985
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 7
1888 - 1985
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 8
1923 - 1985
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 9
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 10
1921 - 1985
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 11
1925 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 12
1900 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 13
1932 - 1985
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 14
1901 - 1985
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 15
1901 - 1985
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 16
1913 - 1985
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 17
1896 - 1985
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 18
1922 - 1985
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 19
Among people born in United States, Charles Francis Richter ranks 372 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), Calvin Klein (1942), J. P. Morgan (1837), Paulette Goddard (1910), Faye Dunaway (1941), and Rock Hudson (1925). After him are Jay Leno (1950), Jennifer Lopez (1969), George Herbert Mead (1863), Dan Brown (1964), Zachary Taylor (1784), and Kurt Cobain (1967).
1936 - Present
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 366
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 367
1837 - 1913
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 368
1910 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 369
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 370
1925 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 371
1900 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 372
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 373
1969 - Present
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 374
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 375
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 376
1784 - 1850
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 377
1967 - 1994
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 378
Among geologists born in United States, Charles Francis Richter ranks 1. After him are Harry Hammond Hess (1906), Barnum Brown (1873), Niles Eldredge (1943), M. King Hubbert (1903), James Hall (1811), David A. Johnston (1949), Daniel Barringer (1860), Walter Alvarez (1940), Hugo Benioff (1899), Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), and John Bell Hatcher (1861).
1900 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 1
1906 - 1969
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 2
1873 - 1963
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 3
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 4
1903 - 1989
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 5
1811 - 1898
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 6
1949 - 1980
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 7
1860 - 1929
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 8
1940 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 9
1899 - 1968
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 10
1843 - 1928
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 11
1861 - 1904
HPI: 40.85
Rank: 12