1926 - 2013
Donald Arthur Glaser (September 21, 1926 – February 28, 2013) was an American physicist, neurobiologist, and the winner of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the bubble chamber used in subatomic particle physics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald A. Glaser has received more than 217,544 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Donald A. Glaser is the 162nd most popular physicist (up from 180th in 2019), the 685th most popular biography from United States (up from 808th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Physicist.
Donald A. Glaser is most famous for inventing the bubble chamber. This device is used to detect subatomic particles.
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Among physicists, Donald A. Glaser ranks 162 out of 717. Before him are Hugh Everett III, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Michio Kaku, Willard Boyle, Murray Gell-Mann, and Steven Weinberg. After him are Polykarp Kusch, Laura Bassi, Georges Charpak, Benjamin Thompson, James Rainwater, and Syukuro Manabe.
1930 - 1982
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 156
1910 - 1995
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 157
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 158
1924 - 2011
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 159
1929 - 2019
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 160
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 161
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 162
1911 - 1993
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 163
1711 - 1778
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 164
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 165
1753 - 1814
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 166
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 167
1931 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 168
Among people born in 1926, Donald A. Glaser ranks 33. Before him are Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Jerry Lewis, Clifford Geertz, David Attenborough, Ben Roy Mottelson, and Leopoldo Galtieri. After him are Margot Frank, Jack Brabham, Vivian Maier, Richard Crenna, Neal Cassady, and Necmettin Erbakan. Among people deceased in 2013, Donald A. Glaser ranks 30. Before him are Douglas Engelbart, Georges Moustaki, Nílton Santos, Don Shirley, Rochus Misch, and François Jacob. After him are Jang Song-thaek, Erich Priebke, Richard Griffiths, Jovanka Broz, Boris Berezovsky, and Ray Manzarek.
1926 - 2022
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 27
1926 - 2017
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 28
1926 - 2006
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 29
1926 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 30
1926 - 2022
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 31
1926 - 2003
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 32
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 33
1926 - 1945
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 34
1926 - 2014
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 35
1926 - 2009
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 36
1926 - 2003
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 37
1926 - 1968
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 38
1926 - 2011
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 39
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 24
1934 - 2013
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 25
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 26
1927 - 2013
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 27
1917 - 2013
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 28
1920 - 2013
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 29
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 30
1946 - 2013
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 31
1913 - 2013
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 32
1947 - 2013
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 33
1924 - 2013
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 34
1946 - 2013
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 35
1939 - 2013
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 36
Among people born in United States, Donald A. Glaser ranks 685 out of 18,182. Before him are Benny Goodman (1909), Kenneth Arrow (1921), Bing Crosby (1903), Monica Lewinsky (1973), Don Johnson (1949), and Michael Bloomberg (1942). After him are Robert Ludlum (1927), Carole Lombard (1908), Robert Altman (1925), Bill de Blasio (1961), John Irving (1942), and Joe Louis (1914).
1909 - 1986
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 679
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 680
1903 - 1977
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 681
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 682
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 683
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 684
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 685
1927 - 2001
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 686
1908 - 1942
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 687
1925 - 2006
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 688
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 689
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 690
1914 - 1981
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 691
Among physicists born in United States, Donald A. Glaser ranks 24. Before him are Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Val Logsdon Fitch (1923), Hugh Everett III (1930), Michio Kaku (1947), Murray Gell-Mann (1929), and Steven Weinberg (1933). After him are Benjamin Thompson (1753), James Rainwater (1917), Leon Cooper (1930), Robert H. Goddard (1882), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), and Arthur Ashkin (1922).
1927 - 2014
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 18
1923 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 19
1930 - 1982
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 20
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 21
1929 - 2019
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 22
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 23
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 24
1753 - 1814
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 25
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 26
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 27
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 28
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 29
1922 - 2020
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 30