PHYSICIST
Ernest Rutherford
1871 - 1937
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. Encyclopædia Britannica considers him to be the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday (1791–1867). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Rutherford has received more than 4,592,291 page views. His biography is available in 129 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 125 in 2019). Ernest Rutherford is the 14th most popular physicist (down from 12th in 2019), the most popular biography from New Zealand and the most popular New Zealander Physicist.
Ernest Rutherford is most famous for his work with radioactivity and the discovery of the atomic nucleus.
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Ernest Rutherford ranks 14 out of 717. Before him are Max Planck, Robert Hooke, Pierre Curie, Hans Christian Ørsted, James Prescott Joule, and André-Marie Ampère. After him are Niels Bohr, James Clerk Maxwell, Evangelista Torricelli, Georg Ohm, Werner Heisenberg, and Henri Becquerel.
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1871, Ernest Rutherford ranks 3. Before him are Marcel Proust and Rosa Luxemburg. After him are Friedrich Ebert, Alexander Scriabin, Karl Liebknecht, Paul Valéry, Pietro Badoglio, Guangxu Emperor, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Victor Grignard, and Albert Lebrun. Among people deceased in 1937, Ernest Rutherford ranks 1. After him are Pierre de Coubertin, Guglielmo Marconi, Alfred Adler, John D. Rockefeller, Maurice Ravel, Antonio Gramsci, H. P. Lovecraft, Amelia Earhart, George Gershwin, Erich Ludendorff, and Lou Andreas-Salomé.
Others Born in 1871
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Marcel Proust
1871 - 1922
HPI: 81.44
Rank: 1
Rosa Luxemburg
1871 - 1919
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 2
Ernest Rutherford
1871 - 1937
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 3
Friedrich Ebert
1871 - 1925
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 4
Alexander Scriabin
1871 - 1915
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 5
Karl Liebknecht
1871 - 1919
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 6
Paul Valéry
1871 - 1945
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 7
Pietro Badoglio
1871 - 1956
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 8
Guangxu Emperor
1871 - 1908
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 9
Baroness Mary Vetsera
1871 - 1889
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 10
Victor Grignard
1871 - 1935
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 11
Albert Lebrun
1871 - 1950
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1937
Go to all RankingsErnest Rutherford
1871 - 1937
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 1
Pierre de Coubertin
1863 - 1937
HPI: 80.21
Rank: 2
Guglielmo Marconi
1874 - 1937
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 3
Alfred Adler
1870 - 1937
HPI: 78.40
Rank: 4
John D. Rockefeller
1839 - 1937
HPI: 77.60
Rank: 5
Maurice Ravel
1875 - 1937
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 6
Antonio Gramsci
1891 - 1937
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 7
H. P. Lovecraft
1890 - 1937
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 8
Amelia Earhart
1897 - 1937
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 9
George Gershwin
1898 - 1937
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 10
Erich Ludendorff
1865 - 1937
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 11
Lou Andreas-Salomé
1861 - 1937
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 12
In New Zealand
Among people born in New Zealand, Ernest Rutherford ranks 1 out of 248. After him are Edmund Hillary (1919), Russell Crowe (1964), Maurice Wilkins (1916), Bruce McLaren (1937), Peter Jackson (1961), Denny Hulme (1936), Katherine Mansfield (1888), Burt Munro (1899), Wallace Fard Muhammad (1893), Jane Campion (1954), and Martin Campbell (1943).
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Go to all RankingsErnest Rutherford
1871 - 1937
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 1
Edmund Hillary
1919 - 2008
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 2
Russell Crowe
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 3
Maurice Wilkins
1916 - 2004
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 4
Bruce McLaren
1937 - 1970
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 5
Peter Jackson
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 6
Denny Hulme
1936 - 1992
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 7
Katherine Mansfield
1888 - 1923
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 8
Burt Munro
1899 - 1978
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 9
Wallace Fard Muhammad
1893 - 1934
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 10
Jane Campion
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 11
Martin Campbell
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 12
Among PHYSICISTS In New Zealand
Among physicists born in New Zealand, Ernest Rutherford ranks 1. After him are Maurice Wilkins (1916).
