PHYSICIST

Erwin Hahn

1921 - 2016

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Erwin Louis Hahn (June 9, 1921 – September 20, 2016) was an American physicist, best known for his work on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erwin Hahn has received more than 61,939 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Erwin Hahn is the 770th most popular physicist (down from 720th in 2019), the 10,447th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,657th in 2019) and the 172nd most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Erwin Hahn ranks 770 out of 851. Before him are Sidney Coleman, Robert Bacher, Jacques Friedel, Shirley Ann Jackson, Edward C. Stone, and Stanton T. Friedman. After him are Charles Sheffield, Daulat Singh Kothari, Hedwig Kohn, Walter Munk, Brian Cox, and Jeffrey Goldstone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Erwin Hahn ranks 424. Before him are Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Róbert Antal, Eeva-Liisa Manner, Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn, Ion Negoițescu, and Marie Maynard Daly. After him are Gene Saks, Beatrice Mintz, Naomi Parker Fraley, John Aston Sr., Kurt Marti, and Donald Campbell. Among people deceased in 2016, Erwin Hahn ranks 498. Before him are Kōji Wada, Mose Allison, Antonina Seredina, Cléber Santana, Medea Jugeli, and Rod Temperton. After him are Ernestine Anderson, Andrew Sachs, Joseph Mascolo, Ashot Anastasian, Anatoli Isayev, and Terry Wogan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erwin Hahn ranks 10,447 out of 20,380. Before him are John Langdon (1741), John Edwards (1953), Camilla Belle (1986), Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947), Sam Bowie (1961), and Edith M. Flanigen (1929). After him are Ernestine Anderson (1928), Frank Greer (1879), Avril Haines (1969), Mike Flanagan (1978), Reb Beach (1963), and Kim Stanley (1925).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Erwin Hahn ranks 172. Before him are Robert Marshak (1916), Sidney Coleman (1937), Robert Bacher (1905), Shirley Ann Jackson (1946), Edward C. Stone (1936), and Stanton T. Friedman (1934). After him are James M. Bardeen (1939), Bertrand Halperin (1941), James Hartle (1939), Samuel King Allison (1900), Daniel Kleppner (1932), and Robert L. Forward (1932).

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