1903 - 1995
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (6 October 1903 – 25 June 1995) was an Irish physicist and Nobel laureate who first split the atom. He is best known for his work with John Cockcroft to construct one of the earliest types of particle accelerator, the Cockcroft–Walton generator. In experiments performed at Cambridge University in the early 1930s using the generator, Walton and Cockcroft became the first team to use a particle beam to transform one element to another. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Walton has received more than 317,058 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Ernest Walton is the 285th most popular physicist (down from 265th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 49th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Physicist.
Ernest Walton is most famous for splitting the atom and being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951.
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Among physicists, Ernest Walton ranks 285 out of 717. Before him are Jan Ingenhousz, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Antoine César Becquerel, Giovanni Battista Venturi, Ivar Giaever, and George Smoot. After him are Ludwig Prandtl, Thomas Johann Seebeck, Samuel C. C. Ting, Carlo Rubbia, David Gross, and Ernst Chladni.
1730 - 1799
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 279
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 280
1788 - 1878
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 281
1746 - 1822
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 282
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 283
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 284
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 285
1875 - 1953
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 286
1770 - 1831
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 287
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 288
1934 - Present
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 289
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 290
1756 - 1827
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 291
Among people born in 1903, Ernest Walton ranks 67. Before him are Raymond Radiguet, Maria Reiche, Aleksei N. Leontiev, Maud Lewis, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, and Abul A'la Maududi. After him are Fritz Bauer, Alonzo Church, Louis Leakey, Bob Hope, Mikhail Kalatozov, and Werner Ostendorff. Among people deceased in 1995, Ernest Walton ranks 54. Before him are Ștefan Kovács, Rose Kennedy, Bob Ross, Lita Grey, César Rodríguez Álvarez, and Miklós Rózsa. After him are Mária Telkes, Alonzo Church, Eazy-E, Edda Mussolini, James Meade, and John B. Calhoun.
1903 - 1923
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 61
1903 - 1998
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 62
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 63
1903 - 1970
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 64
1903 - 1997
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 65
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 66
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 67
1903 - 1968
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 68
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 69
1903 - 1972
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 70
1903 - 2003
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 71
1903 - 1973
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 72
1903 - 1945
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 73
1920 - 1995
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 48
1890 - 1995
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 49
1942 - 1995
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 50
1908 - 1995
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 51
1920 - 1995
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 52
1907 - 1995
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 53
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 54
1900 - 1995
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 55
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 56
1964 - 1995
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 57
1910 - 1995
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 58
1907 - 1995
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 59
1917 - 1995
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 60
Among people born in Ireland, Ernest Walton ranks 51 out of 501. Before him are Brendan Gleeson (1955), Richard Cantillon (1680), Ethel Voynich (1864), John Tyndall (1820), Maureen O'Hara (1920), and Harald Gille (1103). After him are John Toland (1670), Thomas Moore (1779), Edward England (1685), Mary Jane Kelly (1863), David Kelly (1929), and Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850).
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 45
1680 - 1734
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 46
1864 - 1960
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 47
1820 - 1893
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 48
1920 - 2015
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 49
1103 - 1136
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 50
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 51
1670 - 1722
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 52
1779 - 1852
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 53
1685 - 1720
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 54
1863 - 1888
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 55
1929 - 2012
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 56
1850 - 1916
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 57
Among physicists born in Ireland, Ernest Walton ranks 3. Before him are William Rowan Hamilton (1805) and John Tyndall (1820). After him are George Francis FitzGerald (1851), George Johnstone Stoney (1826), John Sealy Townsend (1868), and John Joly (1857).
1805 - 1865
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1
1820 - 1893
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 2
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 3
1851 - 1901
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 4
1826 - 1911
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 5
1868 - 1957
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 6
1857 - 1933
HPI: 41.09
Rank: 7