1786 - 1853
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, François Arago ranks 119 out of 717. Before 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.
1814 - 1874
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 113
1892 - 1975
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 114
1840 - 1905
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 115
1922 - 2009
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 116
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 117
1933 - 2013
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 118
1786 - 1853
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 119
1902 - 1987
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 120
1903 - 1969
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 121
1904 - 1990
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 122
1920 - 2006
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 123
1898 - 1964
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 124
1898 - 1988
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 125
Among people born in 1786, François Arago ranks 7. Before 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 3. Before 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.
1786 - 1826
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 1
1786 - 1859
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 2
1786 - 1868
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 3
1786 - 1848
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 4
1786 - 1861
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 5
1786 - 1859
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 6
1786 - 1853
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 7
1786 - 1817
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 8
1786 - 1889
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 9
1786 - 1787
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 10
1786 - 1859
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 11
1786 - 1847
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 12
1786 - 1836
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 13
1803 - 1853
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 1
1819 - 1853
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 2
1786 - 1853
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 3
1773 - 1853
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 4
1783 - 1853
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 5
1775 - 1853
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 6
1831 - 1853
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 7
1807 - 1853
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 8
1783 - 1853
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 9
1792 - 1853
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 10
1783 - 1853
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 11
1776 - 1853
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, François Arago ranks 573 out of 6,011. Before 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).
1798 - 1874
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 567
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 568
1609 - 1669
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 569
1050 - 1115
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 570
430 - 487
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 571
1739 - 1806
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 572
1786 - 1853
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 573
1848 - 1894
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 574
1865 - 1935
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 575
1031 - 1101
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 576
1868 - 1927
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 577
458 - 507
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 578
1810 - 1857
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 579
Among physicists born in France, François Arago ranks 15. Before 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).
1792 - 1843
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 9
1870 - 1942
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 10
1872 - 1946
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 11
1819 - 1896
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 12
1902 - 1984
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 13
1788 - 1827
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 14
1786 - 1853
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 15
1799 - 1864
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 16
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 17
1774 - 1862
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 18
1763 - 1823
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 19
1906 - 2005
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 20
1620 - 1684
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 21