PHYSICIST
Enrico Fermi
1901 - 1954
Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi (Italian: [enˈriːko ˈfermi]; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian and naturalized American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project. He has been called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb". He was one of very few physicists to excel in both theoretical physics and experimental physics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Enrico Fermi has received more than 4,751,532 page views. His biography is available in 141 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 134 in 2019). Enrico Fermi is the 19th most popular physicist (up from 23rd in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Italy (up from 93rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Physicist.
Enrico Fermi is most famous for the invention of the first nuclear reactor.
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4.8M
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
141
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8.95
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Enrico Fermi ranks 19 out of 851. Before him are James Prescott Joule, Robert Hooke, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Werner Heisenberg, Evangelista Torricelli, and Henri Becquerel. After him are André-Marie Ampère, Erwin Schrödinger, Georg Ohm, Christiaan Huygens, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, and James Clerk Maxwell.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsJames Prescott Joule
1818 - 1889
HPI: 80.53
Rank: 13
Robert Hooke
1635 - 1703
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 14
J. Robert Oppenheimer
1904 - 1967
HPI: 80.15
Rank: 15
Werner Heisenberg
1901 - 1976
HPI: 79.86
Rank: 16
Evangelista Torricelli
1608 - 1647
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 17
Henri Becquerel
1852 - 1908
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 18
Enrico Fermi
1901 - 1954
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 19
André-Marie Ampère
1775 - 1836
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 20
Erwin Schrödinger
1887 - 1961
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 21
Georg Ohm
1789 - 1854
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 22
Christiaan Huygens
1629 - 1695
HPI: 78.11
Rank: 23
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
1736 - 1806
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 24
James Clerk Maxwell
1831 - 1879
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 25
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1901, Enrico Fermi ranks 5. Before him are Hirohito, Walt Disney, Werner Heisenberg, and Marlene Dietrich. After him are Leopold III of Belgium, Louis Armstrong, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Jacques Lacan, Sukarno, Fulgencio Batista, and Ngo Dinh Diem. Among people deceased in 1954, Enrico Fermi ranks 4. Before him are Frida Kahlo, Henri Matisse, and Alan Turing. After him are Heinz Guderian, Robert Capa, Princess Märtha of Sweden, Colette, Getúlio Vargas, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Alcide De Gasperi, and André Derain.
Others Born in 1901
Go to all RankingsHirohito
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1989
HPI: 81.58
Rank: 1
Walt Disney
PRODUCER
1901 - 1966
HPI: 81.21
Rank: 2
Werner Heisenberg
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1976
HPI: 79.86
Rank: 3
Marlene Dietrich
ACTOR
1901 - 1992
HPI: 79.34
Rank: 4
Enrico Fermi
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1954
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 5
Leopold III of Belgium
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1983
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 6
Louis Armstrong
MUSICIAN
1901 - 1971
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 7
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
NOBLEMAN
1901 - 1918
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 8
Jacques Lacan
PSYCHOLOGIST
1901 - 1981
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 9
Sukarno
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1970
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 10
Fulgencio Batista
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1973
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 11
Ngo Dinh Diem
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1963
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1954
Go to all RankingsFrida Kahlo
PAINTER
1907 - 1954
HPI: 84.34
Rank: 1
Henri Matisse
PAINTER
1869 - 1954
HPI: 83.12
Rank: 2
Alan Turing
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1912 - 1954
HPI: 81.82
Rank: 3
Enrico Fermi
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1954
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 4
Heinz Guderian
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1954
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 5
Robert Capa
JOURNALIST
1913 - 1954
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 6
Princess Märtha of Sweden
NOBLEMAN
1901 - 1954
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 7
Colette
WRITER
1873 - 1954
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 8
Getúlio Vargas
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1954
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 9
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1954
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 10
Alcide De Gasperi
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1954
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 11
André Derain
PAINTER
1880 - 1954
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 12
In Italy
Among people born in Italy, Enrico Fermi ranks 57 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Leo XIII (1810), Giacomo Casanova (1725), Pope Clement VII (1478), Pope Gregory I (540), Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598), and Lucretius (-94). After him are Saint Lucy (283), Umberto Eco (1932), Pope Pius XII (1876), Saint Valentine (226), Guglielmo Marconi (1874), and Ötzi (-3345).
Others born in Italy
Go to all RankingsPope Leo XIII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1810 - 1903
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 51
Giacomo Casanova
WRITER
1725 - 1798
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 52
Pope Clement VII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1478 - 1534
HPI: 79.28
Rank: 53
Pope Gregory I
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
540 - 604
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 54
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
ARCHITECT
1598 - 1680
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 55
Lucretius
PHILOSOPHER
94 BC - 55 BC
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 56
Enrico Fermi
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1954
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 57
Saint Lucy
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
283 - 304
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 58
Umberto Eco
WRITER
1932 - 2016
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 59
Pope Pius XII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1876 - 1958
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 60
Saint Valentine
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
226 - 273
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 61
Guglielmo Marconi
INVENTOR
1874 - 1937
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 62
Ötzi
CELEBRITY
3345 BC - 3255 BC
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 63
Among PHYSICISTS In Italy
Among physicists born in Italy, Enrico Fermi ranks 3. Before him are Alessandro Volta (1745), and Evangelista Torricelli (1608). After him are Luigi Galvani (1737), Laura Bassi (1711), Emilio Segrè (1905), 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