PHYSICIST
Charles Édouard Guillaume
1861 - 1938
Charles Édouard Guillaume
Charles Édouard Guillaume (French: [ʃaʁl edwaʁ gijom]; 15 February 1861 – 13 May 1938) was a Swiss physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 "for the service he had rendered to precision measurements in physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Édouard Guillaume has received more than 133,261 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Charles Édouard Guillaume is the 57th most popular physicist (up from 92nd in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 28th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Physicist.
Charles Édouard Guillaume was a French physicist who is most famous for his discovery of the electromagnetic waves that are used in radio communications.
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Charles Édouard Guillaume ranks 57 out of 851. Before him are William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Wilhelm Wien, Ernst Mach, Gabriel Lippmann, and Thomas Young. After him are Ludwig Boltzmann, Hermann von Helmholtz, Robert Andrews Millikan, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Otto Stern, and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsWilliam Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
1824 - 1907
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 51
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
1837 - 1923
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 52
Wilhelm Wien
1864 - 1928
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 53
Ernst Mach
1838 - 1916
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 54
Gabriel Lippmann
1845 - 1921
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 55
Thomas Young
1773 - 1829
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 56
Charles Édouard Guillaume
1861 - 1938
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 57
Ludwig Boltzmann
1844 - 1906
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 58
Hermann von Helmholtz
1821 - 1894
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 59
Robert Andrews Millikan
1868 - 1953
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 60
Maria Goeppert Mayer
1906 - 1972
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 61
Otto Stern
1888 - 1969
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 62
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
1853 - 1926
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 63
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1861, Charles Édouard Guillaume ranks 7. Before him are Rabindranath Tagore, Mehmed VI, Rudolf Steiner, Fridtjof Nansen, Lou Andreas-Salomé, and Georges Méliès. After him are Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Victor Horta, Erich von Falkenhayn, Georgy Lvov, Alfred North Whitehead, and Halford Mackinder. Among people deceased in 1938, Charles Édouard Guillaume ranks 5. Before him are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Edmund Husserl, Karel Čapek, and Georges Méliès. After him are Konstantin Stanislavski, Nikolai Bukharin, Kanō Jigorō, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Béla Kun, and Faustina Kowalska.
Others Born in 1861
Go to all RankingsRabindranath Tagore
WRITER
1861 - 1941
HPI: 79.10
Rank: 1
Mehmed VI
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1926
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 2
Rudolf Steiner
PHILOSOPHER
1861 - 1925
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 3
Fridtjof Nansen
EXPLORER
1861 - 1930
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 4
Lou Andreas-Salomé
WRITER
1861 - 1937
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 5
Georges Méliès
FILM DIRECTOR
1861 - 1938
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 6
Charles Édouard Guillaume
PHYSICIST
1861 - 1938
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 7
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1948
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 8
Victor Horta
ARCHITECT
1861 - 1947
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 9
Erich von Falkenhayn
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1861 - 1922
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 10
Georgy Lvov
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1925
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 11
Alfred North Whitehead
MATHEMATICIAN
1861 - 1947
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 12
Halford Mackinder
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1947
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 13
Others Deceased in 1938
Go to all RankingsMustafa Kemal Atatürk
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1938
HPI: 88.57
Rank: 1
Edmund Husserl
PHILOSOPHER
1859 - 1938
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 2
Karel Čapek
WRITER
1890 - 1938
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 3
Georges Méliès
FILM DIRECTOR
1861 - 1938
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 4
Charles Édouard Guillaume
PHYSICIST
1861 - 1938
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 5
Konstantin Stanislavski
FILM DIRECTOR
1863 - 1938
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 6
Nikolai Bukharin
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1938
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 7
Kanō Jigorō
MARTIAL ARTS
1860 - 1938
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 8
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
PAINTER
1880 - 1938
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 9
Gabriele D'Annunzio
WRITER
1863 - 1938
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 10
Béla Kun
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1938
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 11
Faustina Kowalska
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1905 - 1938
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 12
In Switzerland
Among people born in Switzerland, Charles Édouard Guillaume ranks 18 out of 1,015. Before him are Jean-Paul Marat (1743), Paul Klee (1879), Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1945), Charles Albert Gobat (1843), Johanna Spyri (1827), and Francesco Borromini (1599). After him are Johann Bernoulli (1667), Alberto Giacometti (1901), Albert Hofmann (1906), Carl Spitteler (1845), Élie Ducommun (1833), and Bruno Ganz (1941).
Others born in Switzerland
Go to all RankingsJean-Paul Marat
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1743 - 1793
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 12
Paul Klee
PAINTER
1879 - 1940
HPI: 75.60
Rank: 13
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 14
Charles Albert Gobat
LAWYER
1843 - 1914
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 15
Johanna Spyri
WRITER
1827 - 1901
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 16
Francesco Borromini
ARCHITECT
1599 - 1667
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 17
Charles Édouard Guillaume
PHYSICIST
1861 - 1938
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 18
Johann Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1667 - 1748
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 19
Alberto Giacometti
SCULPTOR
1901 - 1966
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 20
Albert Hofmann
CHEMIST
1906 - 2008
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 21
Carl Spitteler
WRITER
1845 - 1924
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 22
Élie Ducommun
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1833 - 1906
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 23
Bruno Ganz
ACTOR
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 24
Among PHYSICISTS In Switzerland
Among physicists born in Switzerland, Charles Édouard Guillaume ranks 1. After him are Heinrich Rohrer (1933), K. Alex Müller (1927), Felix Bloch (1905), Auguste Piccard (1884), Johann Jakob Balmer (1825), Ami Argand (1750), Walter H. Schottky (1886), Raoul Pictet (1846), Walther Ritz (1878), Jakob II Bernoulli (1759), and Alfred Kleiner (1849).
Charles Édouard Guillaume
1861 - 1938
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 1
Heinrich Rohrer
1933 - 2013
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 2
K. Alex Müller
1927 - 2023
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 3
Felix Bloch
1905 - 1983
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 4
Auguste Piccard
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 5
Johann Jakob Balmer
1825 - 1898
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 6
Ami Argand
1750 - 1803
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 7
Walter H. Schottky
1886 - 1976
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 8
Raoul Pictet
1846 - 1929
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 9
Walther Ritz
1878 - 1909
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 10
Jakob II Bernoulli
1759 - 1789
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 11
Alfred Kleiner
1849 - 1916
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 12