1855 - 1938
Edwin Herbert Hall (November 7, 1855 – November 20, 1938) was an American physicist, who discovered the eponymous Hall effect. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin Hall has received more than 126,137 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Edwin Hall is the 367th most popular physicist (down from 355th in 2019), the 2,425th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,239th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Physicist.
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Among physicists, Edwin Hall ranks 367 out of 717. Before him are Louis Slotin, Anna Mani, Nick Holonyak, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, George Uhlenbeck, and Franz Ernst Neumann. After him are Ralph Asher Alpher, Robert J. Van de Graaff, Franz Aepinus, Carl Wieman, Maurice de Broglie, and Arpad Elo.
1910 - 1946
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 361
1918 - 2001
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 362
1928 - 2022
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 363
1803 - 1879
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 364
1900 - 1988
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 365
1798 - 1895
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 366
1855 - 1938
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 367
1921 - 2007
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 368
1901 - 1967
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 369
1724 - 1802
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 370
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 371
1875 - 1960
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 372
1903 - 1992
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 373
Among people born in 1855, Edwin Hall ranks 30. Before him are Vlaho Bukovac, Narayana Guru, King C. Gillette, Evelyn De Morgan, Guido Adler, and Joseph Hellmesberger Jr.. After him are Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Eduard Meyer, David Bruce, Alexandre Darracq, Christian Bohr, and Alexandros Zaimis. Among people deceased in 1938, Edwin Hall ranks 74. Before him are Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Nikolai Krylenko, Jukums Vācietis, Pavel Dybenko, Bernd Rosemeyer, and Nicola Romeo. After him are King Oliver, Emile Vandervelde, Otto von Lossow, Christen C. Raunkiær, Cao Kun, and Francis Jammes.
1855 - 1922
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 24
1855 - 1928
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 25
1855 - 1932
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 26
1855 - 1919
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 27
1855 - 1941
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 28
1855 - 1907
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 29
1855 - 1938
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 30
1855 - 1934
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 31
1855 - 1930
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 32
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 33
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 34
1855 - 1911
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 35
1855 - 1936
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 36
1874 - 1938
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 68
1885 - 1938
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 69
1873 - 1938
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 70
1889 - 1938
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 71
1909 - 1938
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 72
1876 - 1938
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 73
1855 - 1938
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 74
1881 - 1938
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 75
1866 - 1938
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 76
1868 - 1938
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 77
1860 - 1938
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 78
1862 - 1938
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 79
1868 - 1938
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 80
Among people born in United States, Edwin Hall ranks 2,425 out of 18,182. Before him are Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), John Glover (1944), Herbert Blumer (1900), Gene Deitch (1924), Daniel Inouye (1924), and John B. Kelly Sr. (1889). After him are Ralph Asher Alpher (1921), Vesto Slipher (1875), William H. Seward (1801), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), Craig Venter (1946), and Melissa Leo (1960).
1890 - 1954
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 2,419
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 2,420
1900 - 1987
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 2,421
1924 - 2020
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 2,422
1924 - 2012
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 2,423
1889 - 1960
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 2,424
1855 - 1938
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 2,425
1921 - 2007
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 2,426
1875 - 1969
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 2,427
1801 - 1872
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 2,428
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 2,429
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 2,430
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 2,431
Among physicists born in United States, Edwin Hall ranks 74. Before him are Karl Guthe Jansky (1905), Walter A. Shewhart (1891), Edward Witten (1951), Luis Walter Alvarez (1911), Robert B. Laughlin (1950), and Nick Holonyak (1928). After him are Ralph Asher Alpher (1921), Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), Carl Wieman (1951), Edwin H. Land (1909), Robert W. Wood (1868), and Lyman Spitzer (1914).
1905 - 1950
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 68
1891 - 1967
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 69
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 70
1911 - 1988
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 71
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 72
1928 - 2022
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 73
1855 - 1938
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 74
1921 - 2007
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 75
1901 - 1967
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 76
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 77
1909 - 1991
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 78
1868 - 1955
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 79
1914 - 1997
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 80