PHYSICIST
Emilio Segrè
1905 - 1989
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Emilio Segrè
Emilio Gino Segrè (Italian: [seˈgrɛ]; 1 February 1905 – 22 April 1989) was an Italian and naturalized-American physicist and Nobel laureate, who discovered the elements technetium and astatine, and the antiproton, a subatomic antiparticle, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1959 along with Owen Chamberlain. Born in Tivoli, near Rome, Segrè studied engineering at the University of Rome La Sapienza before taking up physics in 1927. Segrè was appointed assistant professor of physics at the University of Rome in 1932 and worked there until 1936, becoming one of the Via Panisperna boys. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emilio Segrè has received more than 328,436 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Emilio Segrè is the 175th most popular physicist (up from 179th in 2019), the 750th most popular biography from Italy (up from 865th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Physicist.
Emilio Segrè was an Italian-American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1959 for his discovery of the antiproton.
Memorability Metrics
330k
Page Views (PV)
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Languages Editions (L)
6.57
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Emilio Segrè ranks 175 out of 851. Before him are Melvin Schwartz, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, Hans Georg Dehmelt, George E. Smith, Tsung-Dao Lee, and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow. After him are Polykarp Kusch, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Martin Lewis Perl, Alexander Prokhorov, Satyendra Nath Bose, and James Rainwater.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsMelvin Schwartz
1932 - 2006
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 169
Shin'ichirō Tomonaga
1906 - 1979
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 170
Hans Georg Dehmelt
1922 - 2017
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 171
George E. Smith
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 172
Tsung-Dao Lee
1926 - Present
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 173
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
1921 - 2011
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 174
Emilio Segrè
1905 - 1989
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 175
Polykarp Kusch
1911 - 1993
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 176
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
1910 - 1995
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 177
Martin Lewis Perl
1927 - 2014
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 178
Alexander Prokhorov
1916 - 2002
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 179
Satyendra Nath Bose
1894 - 1974
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 180
James Rainwater
1917 - 1986
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 181
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1905, Emilio Segrè ranks 24. Before him are Felix Bloch, Arthur Koestler, Marcel Lefebvre, Raymond Aron, Guillermo Stábile, and Artem Mikoyan. After him are Gerard Kuiper, Władysław Gomułka, Raymond Cattell, Carl Gustav Hempel, Dalton Trumbo, and Ulf von Euler. Among people deceased in 1989, Emilio Segrè ranks 29. Before him are Andrei Gromyko, Thomas Bernhard, Hu Yaobang, Ferdinand Marcos, Silvana Mangano, and Sugar Ray Robinson. After him are George Beadle, Daphne du Maurier, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, John Hicks, Joris Ivens, and Abdullah Yusuf Azzam.
Others Born in 1905
Go to all RankingsFelix Bloch
PHYSICIST
1905 - 1983
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 18
Arthur Koestler
WRITER
1905 - 1983
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 19
Marcel Lefebvre
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1905 - 1991
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 20
Raymond Aron
PHILOSOPHER
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 21
Guillermo Stábile
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1966
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 22
Artem Mikoyan
ENGINEER
1905 - 1970
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 23
Emilio Segrè
PHYSICIST
1905 - 1989
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 24
Gerard Kuiper
ASTRONOMER
1905 - 1973
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 25
Władysław Gomułka
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1982
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 26
Raymond Cattell
PSYCHOLOGIST
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 27
Carl Gustav Hempel
PHILOSOPHER
1905 - 1997
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 28
Dalton Trumbo
WRITER
1905 - 1976
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 29
Ulf von Euler
PHYSICIAN
1905 - 1983
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 30
Others Deceased in 1989
Go to all RankingsAndrei Gromyko
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1989
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 23
Thomas Bernhard
WRITER
1931 - 1989
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 24
Hu Yaobang
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1989
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 25
Ferdinand Marcos
POLITICIAN
1917 - 1989
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 26
Silvana Mangano
ACTOR
1930 - 1989
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 27
Sugar Ray Robinson
BOXER
1921 - 1989
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 28
Emilio Segrè
PHYSICIST
1905 - 1989
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 29
George Beadle
BIOLOGIST
1903 - 1989
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 30
Daphne du Maurier
WRITER
1907 - 1989
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 31
Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1989
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 32
John Hicks
ECONOMIST
1904 - 1989
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 33
Joris Ivens
FILM DIRECTOR
1898 - 1989
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 34
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam
POLITICIAN
1941 - 1989
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 35
In Italy
Among people born in Italy, Emilio Segrè ranks 750 out of 5,161. Before him are Joachim of Fiore (1135), Pope Felix IV (480), Poliziano (1454), Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835), Rosso Fiorentino (1494), and Luca della Robbia (1399). After him are Atia (-85), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), Domenico Modugno (1928), Lino Ventura (1919), Charles Edward Stuart (1720), and Marie Joséphine of Savoy (1753).
Others born in Italy
Go to all RankingsJoachim of Fiore
OCCULTIST
1135 - 1202
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 744
Pope Felix IV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
480 - 530
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 745
Poliziano
WRITER
1454 - 1494
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 746
Giovanni Schiaparelli
ASTRONOMER
1835 - 1910
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 747
Rosso Fiorentino
PAINTER
1494 - 1540
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 748
Luca della Robbia
SCULPTOR
1399 - 1482
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 749
Emilio Segrè
PHYSICIST
1905 - 1989
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 750
Atia
POLITICIAN
85 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 751
Vincenzo Galilei
COMPOSER
1520 - 1591
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 752
Domenico Modugno
SINGER
1928 - 1994
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 753
Lino Ventura
ACTOR
1919 - 1987
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 754
Charles Edward Stuart
POLITICIAN
1720 - 1788
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 755
Marie Joséphine of Savoy
NOBLEMAN
1753 - 1810
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 756
Among PHYSICISTS In Italy
Among physicists born in Italy, Emilio Segrè ranks 6. Before him are Alessandro Volta (1745), Evangelista Torricelli (1608), Enrico Fermi (1901), Luigi Galvani (1737), and Laura Bassi (1711). After him are Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618), Carlo Rubbia (1934), Ettore Majorana (1906), Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746), Giorgio Parisi (1948), and Bruno Pontecorvo (1913).
Alessandro Volta
1745 - 1827
HPI: 81.97
Rank: 1
Evangelista Torricelli
1608 - 1647
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 2
Enrico Fermi
1901 - 1954
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 3
Luigi Galvani
1737 - 1798
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 4
Laura Bassi
1711 - 1778
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 5
Emilio Segrè
1905 - 1989
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 6
Francesco Maria Grimaldi
1618 - 1663
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 7
Carlo Rubbia
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 8
Ettore Majorana
1906 - 1959
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 9
Giovanni Battista Venturi
1746 - 1822
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 10
Giorgio Parisi
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 11
Bruno Pontecorvo
1913 - 1993
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 12