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Egon Orowan

1902 - 1989

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Egon Orowan FRS (Hungarian: Orován Egon) (2 August 1902 – 3 August 1989) was a Hungarian-British physicist and metallurgist. He was key in introducing crystal dislocation into physics and understanding of how materials plastically deform under stress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Egon Orowan has received more than 57,208 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Egon Orowan is the 793rd most popular physicist (down from 669th in 2019), the 795th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 556th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Hungarian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Egon Orowan ranks 793 out of 851. Before him are Ayşe Erzan, Werner Israel, Léon Rosenfeld, Emil Wolf, Cumrun Vafa, and Yash Pal. After him are Sarah Frances Whiting, Abhay Ashtekar, Robert Detweiler, Charlotte Froese Fischer, Frank Press, and Narinder Singh Kapany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Egon Orowan ranks 328. Before him are Leon Ames, Eddie Lang, Walter Dietrich, Charles Barton, Stella Gibbons, and Esther Ralston. After him are Leo Losert, Nora Swinburne, Douglas Lowe, Harold McMunn, Ogden Nash, and Gene Sarazen. Among people deceased in 1989, Egon Orowan ranks 285. Before him are Pua Kealoha, S. David Griggs, Ursula Knab, Constance Binney, Robert B. Anderson, and Stella Gibbons. After him are Prem Nazir, Willi Horn, Frank Sullivan, Ludwig Schuberth, Aristid Lindenmayer, and Jack Smith.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Egon Orowan ranks 795 out of 1,077. Before him are John Komlos (1944), Krisztina Egerszegi (1974), István Szívós (1920), Péter Baczakó (1951), Péter Bakonyi (1938), and István Hevesi (1931). After him are Sándor Erdős (1947), Susan Francia (1982), Zoltán Gera (1979), Elemér Somfay (1898), Imre Farkas (1935), and Zsolt Semjén (1962).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Hungary

Among physicists born in Hungary, Egon Orowan ranks 11. Before him are Georg von Békésy (1899), Ferenc Krausz (1962), Arpad Elo (1903), Nicholas Kurti (1908), Zoltán Lajos Bay (1900), and Valentine Telegdi (1922).

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