1947 - Today
Frank Jennings Tipler (born February 1, 1947) is an American mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University. Tipler has written books and papers on the Omega Point based on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's religious ideas, which he claims is a mechanism for the resurrection of the dead. He is also known for his theories on the Tipler cylinder time machine. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank J. Tipler has received more than 340,354 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Frank J. Tipler is the 580th most popular physicist (down from 564th in 2019), the 5,676th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,343rd in 2019) and the 115th most popular American Physicist.
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Among physicists, Frank J. Tipler ranks 580 out of 717. Before him are José Celestino Mutis, Victor J. Stenger, Burkhard Heim, Edith Clarke, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, and Artem Alikhanian. After him are C. P. Snow, Gordon Gould, Isaak Khalatnikov, Alexander Markovich Polyakov, Ted Fujita, and Bill Nye.
1732 - 1808
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 574
1935 - 2014
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 575
1925 - 2001
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 576
1883 - 1959
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 577
1874 - 1954
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 578
1908 - 1978
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 579
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 580
1905 - 1980
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 581
1920 - 2005
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 582
1919 - 2021
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 583
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 584
1920 - 1998
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 585
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 586
Among people born in 1947, Frank J. Tipler ranks 384. Before him are Robert David Hall, Natalya Varley, Jude Ciccolella, Stuart Gordon, Rodney Williams, and Pia Kjærsgaard. After him are Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Afeni Shakur, Alfredo Cristiani, Miguel Ángel González Suárez, Svetlana Toma, and Tanith Lee.
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 378
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 379
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 380
1947 - 2020
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 381
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 382
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 383
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 384
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 385
1947 - 2016
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 386
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 387
1947 - 2024
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 388
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 389
1947 - 2015
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 390
Among people born in United States, Frank J. Tipler ranks 5,676 out of 18,182. Before him are William Guarnere (1923), Anna Louise Strong (1885), Boz Scaggs (1944), Forrest Smithson (1884), Van Johnson (1916), and Roy Thinnes (1938). After him are Norah Jones (1979), Lee Ritenour (1952), Afeni Shakur (1947), Gary Payton (1968), Curly Howard (1903), and Larry Brown (1940).
1923 - 2014
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 5,670
1885 - 1970
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 5,671
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 5,672
1884 - 1962
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 5,673
1916 - 2008
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 5,674
1938 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 5,675
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 5,676
1979 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 5,677
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 5,678
1947 - 2016
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 5,679
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 5,680
1903 - 1952
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 5,681
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 5,682
Among physicists born in United States, Frank J. Tipler ranks 115. Before him are Charles Kittel (1916), Robert Mills (1927), Bryce DeWitt (1923), James Hansen (1941), Victor J. Stenger (1935), and Edith Clarke (1883). After him are Gordon Gould (1920), Bill Nye (1955), Henry Augustus Rowland (1848), Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), Joan Feynman (1927), and Lawrence M. Krauss (1954).
1916 - 2019
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 109
1927 - 1999
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 110
1923 - 2004
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 111
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 112
1935 - 2014
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 113
1883 - 1959
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 114
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 115
1920 - 2005
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 116
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 117
1848 - 1901
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 118
1915 - 2006
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 119
1927 - 2020
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 120
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 121