PHYSICIST
César Lattes
1924 - 2005
César Lattes
Cesare Mansueto Giulio Lattes (11 July 1924 – 8 March 2005), also known as César Lattes, was a Brazilian experimental physicist, one of the discoverers of the pion, a composite subatomic particle made of a quark and an antiquark. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of César Lattes has received more than 80,717 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. César Lattes is the 645th most popular physicist (down from 610th in 2019), the 559th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 513th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Physicist.
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2.07
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, César Lattes ranks 645 out of 717. Before him are Paul Peter Ewald, Carlo Alberto Castigliano, Edward Condon, Leonid Sedov, Mark Oliphant, and Zoltán Lajos Bay. After him are Nikolay Umov, Tom Kibble, Bruno Zumino, Shoichi Sakata, Leona Woods, and Aleksandr Andronov.
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HPI: 45.58
Rank: 645
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Rank: 646
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HPI: 45.55
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HPI: 45.55
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HPI: 45.51
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HPI: 45.49
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Aleksandr Andronov
1901 - 1952
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 651
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1924, César Lattes ranks 333. Before him are Ingemar Johansson, Rune Larsson, Leslie Phillips, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Arkady Vorobyov, and John Winter. After him are Julio Musimessi, Roberto Mieres, Kurt Furgler, Holger Juul Hansen, Zsuzsa Körmöczy, and Alphons Egli. Among people deceased in 2005, César Lattes ranks 240. Before him are Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas, Jerzy Pawłowski, Ernest Lehman, Maurice Lafont, Richard Burns, and Thadée Cisowski. After him are Viktor Kapitonov, José Azcona del Hoyo, Bruno Manser, Annemarie Heinrich, Per Borten, and David Diamond.
Others Born in 1924
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Ingemar Johansson
1924 - 2009
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 327
Rune Larsson
1924 - 2016
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 328
Leslie Phillips
1924 - 2022
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 329
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
1924 - 1978
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 330
Arkady Vorobyov
1924 - 2012
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 331
John Winter
1924 - 2007
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 332
César Lattes
1924 - 2005
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 333
Julio Musimessi
1924 - 1997
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 334
Roberto Mieres
1924 - 2012
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 335
Kurt Furgler
1924 - 2008
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 336
Holger Juul Hansen
1924 - 2013
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 337
Zsuzsa Körmöczy
1924 - 2006
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 338
Alphons Egli
1924 - 2016
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 339
Others Deceased in 2005
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Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas
1925 - 2005
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 234
Jerzy Pawłowski
1932 - 2005
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 235
Ernest Lehman
1915 - 2005
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 236
Maurice Lafont
1927 - 2005
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 237
Richard Burns
1971 - 2005
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 238
Thadée Cisowski
1927 - 2005
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 239
César Lattes
1924 - 2005
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 240
Viktor Kapitonov
1933 - 2005
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 241
José Azcona del Hoyo
1927 - 2005
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 242
Bruno Manser
1954 - 2005
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 243
Annemarie Heinrich
1912 - 2005
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 244
Per Borten
1913 - 2005
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 245
David Diamond
1915 - 2005
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 246
In Brazil
Among people born in Brazil, César Lattes ranks 559 out of 2,067. Before him are Heitor Canalli (1910), Álvares de Azevedo (1831), Giovanni Silva de Oliveira (1972), Jaú (1909), Celso Amorim (1942), and Edílson (1971). After him are Geraldo Alckmin (1952), José Padilha (1967), Ramires (1987), Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira (1900), Marco Maciel (1940), and Orani João Tempesta (1949).
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Heitor Canalli
1910 - 1990
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 553
Álvares de Azevedo
1831 - 1852
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 554
Giovanni Silva de Oliveira
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 555
Jaú
1909 - 1988
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 556
Celso Amorim
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 557
Edílson
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 558
César Lattes
1924 - 2005
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 559
Geraldo Alckmin
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 560
José Padilha
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 561
Ramires
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 562
Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira
1900 - 1988
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 563
Marco Maciel
1940 - 2021
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 564
Orani João Tempesta
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 565
Among PHYSICISTS In Brazil
Among physicists born in Brazil, César Lattes ranks 1.
