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Cumrun Vafa

1960 - Today

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Cumrun Vafa (Persian: کامران وفا, Persian pronunciation: [kɒːmˈrɒːn væˈfɒː]; born 1 August 1960) is an Iranian-American theoretical physicist and the Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy at Harvard University. In October 2025, Vafa was appointed the Timken University Professor at Harvard, the highest distinction a faculty member can receive at the University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Cumrun Vafa is the 810th most popular physicist (down from 792nd in 2024), the 468th most popular biography from Iran (down from 447th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Physicist. Learn more about Cumrun Vafa's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Cumrun Vafa ranks 810 out of 851. Before him are G. N. Ramachandran, Herbert Goldstein, Stephen L. Adler, Alan Cottrell, Howard Georgi, and Arthur Wightman. After him are Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, Daniel Kleppner, Sylvia Fedoruk, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Raja Ramanna, and J. Richard Gott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Cumrun Vafa ranks 641. Before him are Don Harvey, Edward St Aubyn, Christian Engström, Rivo Rakotovao, Kara Wai, and Aécio Neves. After him are Ljubomir Radanović, Bruce Baumgartner, Per Fly, Seiko Noda, Konstantin Volkov, and Éric Caritoux.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Cumrun Vafa ranks 468 out of 631. Before him are Hossein Alizadeh (1951), Ali Divandari (1957), Marina Nemat (1965), Javad Nekounam (1980), Karim Bagheri (1974), and Towhidi Tabari (1964). After him are Hassan Rowshan (1955), Mahmoud Namjoo (1918), DJ Aligator (1975), Jasmin Tabatabai (1967), Shohreh (1959), and Maryam Namazie (1966).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Iran

Among physicists born in Iran, Cumrun Vafa ranks 3. Before him are Mohsen Fakhrizadeh (1958), and Ali Javan (1926).

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