Physicist

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

1686 - 1736

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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2024). Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit is the 50th most popular physicist (down from 38th in 2024), the 17th most popular biography from Poland (up from 18th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Physicist.

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit is most famous for inventing the mercury thermometer. Fahrenheit was born in 1686 and he was a German physicist. He invented the mercury thermometer in 1714.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit ranks 50 out of 851. Before him are Luigi Galvani, Nevill Francis Mott, David J. Thouless, Charles Édouard Guillaume, Philip Warren Anderson, and Gustav Kirchhoff. After him are Brian Josephson, Gabriel Lippmann, K. Alex Müller, Wilhelm Wien, Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, and Richard Feynman.

Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia

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Luigi Galvani
1737 - 1798
HPI: 80.29
Rank: 44
Nevill Francis Mott
1905 - 1996
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 45
David J. Thouless
1934 - 2019
HPI: 79.67
Rank: 46
Charles Édouard Guillaume
1861 - 1938
HPI: 79.45
Rank: 47
Philip Warren Anderson
1923 - 2020
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 48
Gustav Kirchhoff
1824 - 1887
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 49
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
1686 - 1736
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 50
Brian Josephson
1940 - Present
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 51
Gabriel Lippmann
1845 - 1921
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 52
K. Alex Müller
1927 - 2023
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 53
Wilhelm Wien
1864 - 1928
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 54
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis
1792 - 1843
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 55
Richard Feynman
1918 - 1988
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 56

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1686, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit ranks 1. After him are Nicola Porpora, Hans Egede, Benedetto Marcello, Charles, Duke of Berry, Senesino, Hakuin Ekaku, Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Vasily Tatishchev, Antoine de Jussieu, and Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz. Among people deceased in 1736, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit ranks 3. Before him are Prince Eugene of Savoy, and Ahmed III. After him are Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Antonio Caldara, Stephen Gray, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Filippo Juvarra, Louise Diane d'Orléans, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Theophan Prokopovich, and Caspar van Wittel.

Others Born in 1686

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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
PHYSICIST
1686 - 1736
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 1
Nicola Porpora
COMPOSER
1686 - 1768
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 2
Hans Egede
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1686 - 1758
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 3
Benedetto Marcello
COMPOSER
1686 - 1739
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 4
Charles, Duke of Berry
POLITICIAN
1686 - 1714
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 5
Senesino
SINGER
1686 - 1758
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 6
Hakuin Ekaku
PHILOSOPHER
1686 - 1769
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 7
Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
POLITICIAN
1686 - 1752
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 8
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
PAINTER
1686 - 1755
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 9
Vasily Tatishchev
EXPLORER
1686 - 1750
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 10
Antoine de Jussieu
BIOLOGIST
1686 - 1758
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 11
Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz
NOBLEMAN
1686 - 1755
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1736

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Prince Eugene of Savoy
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1663 - 1736
HPI: 82.21
Rank: 1
Ahmed III
POLITICIAN
1673 - 1736
HPI: 79.71
Rank: 2
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
PHYSICIST
1686 - 1736
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 3
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
COMPOSER
1710 - 1736
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 4
Antonio Caldara
COMPOSER
1670 - 1736
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 5
Stephen Gray
ASTRONOMER
1666 - 1736
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 6
Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine
POLITICIAN
1670 - 1736
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 7
Filippo Juvarra
ARCHITECT
1678 - 1736
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 8
Louise Diane d'Orléans
COMPANION
1716 - 1736
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 9
Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
ARCHITECT
1662 - 1736
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 10
Theophan Prokopovich
PHILOSOPHER
1681 - 1736
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 11
Caspar van Wittel
PAINTER
1653 - 1736
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 12