CHEMIST
Dan Shechtman
1941 - Today
Dan Shechtman
Dan Shechtman (Hebrew: דן שכטמן; born January 24, 1941) is the Philip Tobias Professor of Materials Science at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, an Associate of the US Department of Energy's Ames National Laboratory, and Professor of Materials Science at Iowa State University. On April 8, 1982, while on sabbatical at the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dan Shechtman has received more than 437,004 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Dan Shechtman is the 126th most popular chemist (up from 128th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Israel (up from 98th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Chemist.
Dan Shechtman is most famous for his discovery of a new form of crystal called quasicrystals. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011 for this discovery.
Memorability Metrics
440k
Page Views (PV)
64.02
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
64
Languages Editions (L)
10.20
Effective Languages (L*)
3.53
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Dan Shechtmen by language
Over the past year Dan Shechtman has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 36,598 views, followed by Hebrew (14,261), and German (4,626). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hakka (238.74%), Ukrainian (233.59%), and Hindi (83.84%)
Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Dan Shechtman ranks 126 out of 602. Before him are Manfred Eigen, Robert Burns Woodward, Georg Wittig, Avram Hershko, Johan Gadolin, and Clara Immerwahr. After him are Jean-Marie Lehn, Ignacy Mościcki, Raymond Davis Jr., Wendell Meredith Stanley, Lars Onsager, and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
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Manfred Eigen
1927 - 2019
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 120
Robert Burns Woodward
1917 - 1979
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 121
Georg Wittig
1897 - 1987
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 122
Avram Hershko
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 123
Johan Gadolin
1760 - 1852
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 124
Clara Immerwahr
1870 - 1915
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 125
Dan Shechtman
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 126
Jean-Marie Lehn
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 127
Ignacy Mościcki
1867 - 1946
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 128
Raymond Davis Jr.
1914 - 2006
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 129
Wendell Meredith Stanley
1904 - 1971
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 130
Lars Onsager
1903 - 1976
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 131
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
1897 - 1978
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 132
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1941, Dan Shechtman ranks 56. Before him are Hage Geingob, Riccardo Muti, Ivan Gašparovič, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Pete Best, and Jordi Savall. After him are Mircea Snegur, Gérson, Viktor Zubkov, Claudine Auger, Jacques Perrin, and Ray Tomlinson.
Others Born in 1941
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Hage Geingob
POLITICIAN
1941 - 2024
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 50
Riccardo Muti
CONDUCTOR
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 51
Ivan Gašparovič
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 52
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam
POLITICIAN
1941 - 1989
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 53
Pete Best
MUSICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 54
Jordi Savall
COMPOSER
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 55
Dan Shechtman
CHEMIST
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 56
Mircea Snegur
POLITICIAN
1941 - 2023
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 57
Gérson
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 58
Viktor Zubkov
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 59
Claudine Auger
ACTOR
1941 - 2019
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 60
Jacques Perrin
ACTOR
1941 - 2022
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 61
Ray Tomlinson
INVENTOR
1941 - 2016
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 62
In Israel
Among people born in Israel, Dan Shechtman ranks 96 out of 466. Before him are Abu Nidal (1937), Pope Theodore I (600), Cyril of Jerusalem (313), Isaac Luria (1534), Pontius Pilate's wife (6), and Ahaziah of Judah (-900). After him are Antigonus II Mattathias (-100), Epiphanius of Salamis (315), Tzipi Livni (1958), Aaron Ciechanover (1947), Uri Geller (1946), and Berenice (28).
Others born in Israel
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Abu Nidal
EXTREMIST
1937 - 2002
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 90
Pope Theodore I
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 - 649
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 91
Cyril of Jerusalem
PHYSICIAN
313 - 386
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 92
Isaac Luria
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1534 - 1572
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 93
Pontius Pilate's wife
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
6 - 100
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 94
Ahaziah of Judah
POLITICIAN
900 BC - 842 BC
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 95
Dan Shechtman
CHEMIST
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 96
Antigonus II Mattathias
POLITICIAN
100 BC - 37 BC
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 97
Epiphanius of Salamis
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
315 - 403
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 98
Tzipi Livni
POLITICIAN
1958 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 99
Aaron Ciechanover
BIOLOGIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 100
Uri Geller
MAGICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 101
Berenice
POLITICIAN
28 - 80
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 102
Among CHEMISTS In Israel
Among chemists born in Israel, Dan Shechtman ranks 1. After him are Arieh Warshel (1940).
