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PHYSICIST

François Arago

1786 - 1853

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Dominique François Jean Arago (Catalan: Domènec Francesc Joan Aragó), known simply as François Arago (French: [fʁɑ̃swa aʁaɡo]; Catalan: Francesc Aragó, IPA: [fɾənˈsɛsk əɾəˈɣo]; 26 February 1786 – 2 October 1853), was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, freemason, supporter of the Carbonari revolutionaries and politician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Arago has received more than 521,339 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia. François Arago is the 119th most popular physicist (down from 110th in 2019), the 573rd most popular biography from France (down from 535th in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Physicist.

François Arago is most famous for being the first to measure the speed of light.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, François Arago ranks 119 out of 717Before him are Anders Jonas Ångström, George Paget Thomson, Ernst Abbe, Aage Bohr, Auguste Piccard, and Heinrich Rohrer. After him are Walter Houser Brattain, C. F. Powell, Pavel Cherenkov, Owen Chamberlain, Leo Szilard, and Isidor Isaac Rabi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, François Arago ranks 7Before him are Carl Maria von Weber, Wilhelm Grimm, Ludwig I of Bavaria, Christian VIII of Denmark, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and John Vianney. After him are Marie Walewska, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Sophie of France, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, John Franklin, and Davy Crockett. Among people deceased in 1853, François Arago ranks 3Before him are Christian Doppler and Maria II of Portugal. After him are Ludwig Tieck, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Bezmiâlem Sultan, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Matteo Carcassi, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Arago ranks 573 out of 6,011Before him are Jules Michelet (1798), Richard Clayderman (1953), Henrietta Maria of France (1609), Peter the Hermit (1050), Syagrius (430), and Charles-Henri Sanson (1739). After him are Gustave Caillebotte (1848), Paul Dukas (1865), Roger I of Sicily (1031), Gaston Leroux (1868), Alaric II (458), and Alfred de Musset (1810).

Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, François Arago ranks 15Before him are Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792), Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870), Paul Langevin (1872), Hippolyte Fizeau (1819), Alfred Kastler (1902), and Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788). After him are Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799), Albert Fert (1938), Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), Jacques Charles (1763), Hans Bethe (1906), and Edme Mariotte (1620).