PHYSICIST
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
1900 - 1958
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Frédéric Joliot-Curie
Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie (French: [fʁedeʁik ʒɔljo kyʁi]; né Joliot; 19 March 1900 – 14 August 1958) was a French physicist and husband of Irène Joliot-Curie, with whom he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of induced radioactivity. They were the second married couple, after his wife's parents, to win the Nobel Prize, adding to the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frédéric Joliot-Curie has received more than 851,826 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Frédéric Joliot-Curie is the 47th most popular physicist (down from 42nd in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from France (up from 226th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Physicist.
Frédéric Joliot-Curie was a French nuclear physicist who, with his wife Irène Joliot-Curie, jointly won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935. He was most famous for his work on artificial radioactivity.
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850k
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
71
Languages Editions (L)
12.98
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Frédéric Joliot-Curie ranks 47 out of 851. Before him are Gerard 't Hooft, Max von Laue, Pieter Zeeman, J. J. Thomson, Philipp Lenard, and William Gilbert. After him are Léon Foucault, Christian Doppler, Barry Barish, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, and Wilhelm Wien.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsGerard 't Hooft
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 41
Max von Laue
1879 - 1960
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 42
Pieter Zeeman
1865 - 1943
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 43
J. J. Thomson
1856 - 1940
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 44
Philipp Lenard
1862 - 1947
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 45
William Gilbert
1544 - 1603
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 46
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
1900 - 1958
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 47
Léon Foucault
1819 - 1868
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 48
Christian Doppler
1803 - 1853
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 49
Barry Barish
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 50
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
1824 - 1907
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 51
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
1837 - 1923
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 52
Wilhelm Wien
1864 - 1928
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 53
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1900, Frédéric Joliot-Curie ranks 8. Before him are Heinrich Himmler, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Erich Fromm, Martin Bormann, Luis Buñuel, and Wolfgang Pauli. After him are Hans-Georg Gadamer, Hans Frank, Heinrich Müller, Adolf Dassler, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and Vasily Chuikov. Among people deceased in 1958, Frédéric Joliot-Curie ranks 5. Before him are Pope Pius XII, Wolfgang Pauli, Imre Nagy, and Rosalind Franklin. After him are John B. Watson, Ernest Lawrence, Roger Martin du Gard, Clinton Davisson, Kurt Alder, Faisal II of Iraq, and Milutin Milanković.
Others Born in 1900
Go to all RankingsHeinrich Himmler
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1945
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 2
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
NOBLEMAN
1900 - 2002
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 3
Erich Fromm
PSYCHOLOGIST
1900 - 1980
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 4
Martin Bormann
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1945
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 5
Luis Buñuel
FILM DIRECTOR
1900 - 1983
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 6
Wolfgang Pauli
PHYSICIST
1900 - 1958
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 7
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
PHYSICIST
1900 - 1958
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 8
Hans-Georg Gadamer
PHILOSOPHER
1900 - 2002
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 9
Hans Frank
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1946
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 10
Heinrich Müller
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1900 - 1945
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 11
Adolf Dassler
BUSINESSPERSON
1900 - 1978
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 12
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1979
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 13
Vasily Chuikov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1900 - 1982
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 14
Others Deceased in 1958
Go to all RankingsPope Pius XII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1876 - 1958
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 1
Wolfgang Pauli
PHYSICIST
1900 - 1958
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 2
Imre Nagy
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1958
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 3
Rosalind Franklin
BIOLOGIST
1920 - 1958
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 4
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
PHYSICIST
1900 - 1958
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 5
John B. Watson
PSYCHOLOGIST
1878 - 1958
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 6
Ernest Lawrence
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1958
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 7
Roger Martin du Gard
WRITER
1881 - 1958
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 8
Clinton Davisson
PHYSICIST
1881 - 1958
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 9
Kurt Alder
CHEMIST
1902 - 1958
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 10
Faisal II of Iraq
POLITICIAN
1935 - 1958
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 11
Milutin Milanković
GEOLOGIST
1879 - 1958
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 12
In France
Among people born in France, Frédéric Joliot-Curie ranks 222 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), André Breton (1896), Gilles Deleuze (1925), Pope Innocent VI (1282), Gustave Le Bon (1841), and Hortense de Beauharnais (1783). After him are Gustave Doré (1832), Léon Foucault (1819), Bernard Arnault (1949), François Boucher (1703), Pope Urban VI (1318), and Philip V of France (1293).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsCharles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1611 - 1673
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 216
André Breton
WRITER
1896 - 1966
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 217
Gilles Deleuze
PHILOSOPHER
1925 - 1995
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 218
Pope Innocent VI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1282 - 1362
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 219
Gustave Le Bon
PSYCHOLOGIST
1841 - 1931
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 220
Hortense de Beauharnais
COMPANION
1783 - 1837
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 221
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
PHYSICIST
1900 - 1958
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 222
Gustave Doré
PAINTER
1832 - 1883
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 223
Léon Foucault
PHYSICIST
1819 - 1868
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 224
Bernard Arnault
BUSINESSPERSON
1949 - Present
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 225
François Boucher
PAINTER
1703 - 1770
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 226
Pope Urban VI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1318 - 1389
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 227
Philip V of France
POLITICIAN
1293 - 1322
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 228
Among PHYSICISTS In France
Among physicists born in France, Frédéric Joliot-Curie ranks 6. Before him are Pierre Curie (1859), Henri Becquerel (1852), André-Marie Ampère (1775), Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736), and Henry Cavendish (1731). After him are Léon Foucault (1819), Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792), Louis de Broglie (1892), Hans Bethe (1906), Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870), and François Arago (1786).
Pierre Curie
1859 - 1906
HPI: 80.78
Rank: 1
Henri Becquerel
1852 - 1908
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 2
André-Marie Ampère
1775 - 1836
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 3
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
1736 - 1806
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 4
Henry Cavendish
1731 - 1810
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 5
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
1900 - 1958
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 6
Léon Foucault
1819 - 1868
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 7
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis
1792 - 1843
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 8
Louis de Broglie
1892 - 1987
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 9
Hans Bethe
1906 - 2005
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 10
Jean Baptiste Perrin
1870 - 1942
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 11
François Arago
1786 - 1853
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 12