1901 - 2001
Franco Dino Rasetti (August 10, 1901 – December 5, 2001) was an Italian (later naturalized American) physicist, paleontologist and botanist. Together with Enrico Fermi, he discovered key processes leading to nuclear fission. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franco Rasetti has received more than 64,511 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Franco Rasetti is the 608th most popular physicist (down from 596th in 2019), the 3,263rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,036th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Italian Physicist.
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Among physicists, Franco Rasetti ranks 608 out of 717. Before him are Heinrich Kayser, Evelyn Fox Keller, Adriaan Fokker, Theodore Lyman IV, Walther Müller, and Paul Scherrer. After him are Ali Javan, Tullio Regge, Ralph Kronig, Mario Livio, Harold Brown, and Toshiko Yuasa.
1853 - 1940
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 602
1936 - 2023
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 603
1887 - 1972
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 604
1874 - 1954
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 605
1905 - 1979
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 606
1890 - 1969
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 607
1901 - 2001
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 608
1926 - 2016
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 609
1931 - 2014
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 610
1904 - 1995
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 611
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 612
1927 - 2019
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 613
1909 - 1980
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 614
Among people born in 1901, Franco Rasetti ranks 218. Before him are Gaston Waringhien, Sergey Obraztsov, Max Lorenz, Lajos Dinnyés, Suzanne Lilar, and Bud Houser. After him are Hermann Josef Abs, Charles Stark Draper, Ramón J. Sender, Igor Ilyinsky, Syama Prasad Mukherjee, and Sid Atkinson. Among people deceased in 2001, Franco Rasetti ranks 201. Before him are Yuri Ozerov, Jean Richard, Betty Holberton, Sivaji Ganesan, Gerhard Stoltenberg, and Ranko Marinković. After him are Alberto Gallardo, Stanislav Rostotsky, Mario Perazzolo, Boris Rybakov, Salahuddin of Selangor, and Juan Acuña.
1901 - 1991
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 212
1901 - 1992
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 213
1901 - 1975
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 214
1901 - 1961
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 215
1901 - 1992
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 216
1901 - 1994
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 217
1901 - 2001
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 218
1901 - 1994
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 219
1901 - 1987
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 220
1901 - 1982
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 221
1901 - 1987
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 222
1901 - 1953
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 223
1901 - 1977
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 224
1921 - 2001
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 195
1921 - 2001
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 196
1917 - 2001
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 197
1928 - 2001
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 198
1928 - 2001
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 199
1913 - 2001
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 200
1901 - 2001
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 201
1940 - 2001
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 202
1922 - 2001
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 203
1911 - 2001
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 204
1908 - 2001
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 205
1926 - 2001
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 206
1923 - 2001
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 207
Among people born in Italy, Franco Rasetti ranks 3,263 out of 4,668. Before him are Errico Petrella (1813), Teo Fabi (1955), Alessandro Safina (1963), Pino Cerami (1922), Franco Trappoli (1947), and Salvatore Sirigu (1987). After him are Roberto Saviano (1979), Vittorio De Seta (1923), Davide Astori (1987), Daniele Gatti (1961), Tullio Regge (1931), and Luigi Di Biagio (1971).
1813 - 1877
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 3,257
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 3,258
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 3,259
1922 - 2014
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 3,260
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 3,261
1987 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 3,262
1901 - 2001
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 3,263
1979 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 3,264
1923 - 2011
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 3,265
1987 - 2018
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 3,266
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 3,267
1931 - 2014
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 3,268
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 3,269
Among physicists born in Italy, Franco Rasetti ranks 32. Before him are Carlo Rovelli (1956), Augusto Righi (1850), Antonio Pacinotti (1841), Giuseppe Occhialini (1907), Fabiola Gianotti (1960), and Giovanni Giorgi (1871). After him are Tullio Regge (1931), Carlo Alberto Castigliano (1847), Bruno Zumino (1923), and Gian Francesco Giudice (1961).
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 26
1850 - 1920
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 27
1841 - 1912
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 28
1907 - 1993
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 29
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 30
1871 - 1950
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 31
1901 - 2001
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 32
1931 - 2014
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 33
1847 - 1884
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 34
1923 - 2014
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 35
1961 - Present
HPI: 31.05
Rank: 36