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Ernest Moniz

1944 - Today

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Ernest Jeffrey Moniz, GCIH (; born December 22, 1944) is an American nuclear physicist and former government official. From May 2013 to January 2017, he served as the 13th United States secretary of energy in the Obama administration. Prior to this, Moniz served as associate director for science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States from 1995 to 1997 and undersecretary of energy from 1997 to 2001 during the Clinton administration. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Moniz has received more than 980,081 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ernest Moniz is the 757th most popular physicist (down from 707th in 2019), the 12,154th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,513th in 2019) and the 173rd most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ernest Moniz ranks 757 out of 717Before him are Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, Nima Arkani-Hamed, Yash Pal, Herbert Goldstein, Richard A. Muller, and Howard Georgi. After him are John C. Baez, Sylvia Fedoruk, Carver Mead, William Penney, Baron Penney, Edward Andrade, and Jim Al-Khalili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Ernest Moniz ranks 619Before him are Neil Young, John-David F. Bartoe, Richard Robarts, Barrie M. Osborne, Janet Simpson, and Sonal Mansingh. After him are Dave Morgan, Peter Asher, Thomas Allen, Steve Beshear, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, and David Hemery.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernest Moniz ranks 12,154 out of 18,182Before him are Cal Ripken Jr. (1960), Peter Goldreich (1939), Earl Young (1941), Benjamin Walker (1982), Lina Basquette (1907), and Randall Thompson (1899). After him are Bobby Bare (1935), Alisha Klass (1972), Stephon Marbury (1977), Bob Boozer (1937), Michael Trucco (1970), and Roy Z (1963).

Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Ernest Moniz ranks 173Before him are Edwin Thompson Jaynes (1922), Norris Bradbury (1909), Nima Arkani-Hamed (1972), Herbert Goldstein (1922), Richard A. Muller (1944), and Howard Georgi (1947). After him are John C. Baez (1961), Carver Mead (1934), Paul Ginsparg (1955), Sean M. Carroll (1966), Deborah S. Jin (1968), and Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski (1993).

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