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 549,238 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). François Arago is the 103rd most popular physicist (up from 119th in 2019), the 456th most popular biography from France (up from 573rd in 2019) and the 12th 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 103 out of 851. Before him are William Rowan Hamilton, George Gamow, Owen Willans Richardson, Edward Victor Appleton, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, and Dennis Gabor. After him are Willis Lamb, Owen Chamberlain, Roger Penrose, Alfred Kastler, Jean-Baptiste Biot, and Heinrich Rohrer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, François Arago ranks 7. Before him are Carl Maria von Weber, Christian VIII of Denmark, John Vianney, Wilhelm Grimm, Marie Walewska, and Ludwig I of Bavaria. After him are Michel Eugène Chevreul, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Davy Crockett, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, John Franklin, and Charles, Grand Duke of Baden. Among people deceased in 1853, François Arago ranks 2. Before him is Christian Doppler. After him are Maria II of Portugal, Ludwig Tieck, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Bezmiâlem Sultan, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Christian Leopold von Buch, and Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Arago ranks 456 out of 6,770. Before him are Abraham de Moivre (1667), Charles Le Brun (1619), Louis III of France (863), Suzanne Valadon (1865), Henri, Count of Chambord (1820), and Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786). After him are Gregory of Tours (538), Emmanuel Macron (1977), Francis Poulenc (1899), Luc Besson (1959), Caroline Bonaparte (1782), and François-Noël Babeuf (1760).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, François Arago ranks 12. Before him are Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900), Léon Foucault (1819), Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792), Louis de Broglie (1892), Hans Bethe (1906), and Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870). After him are Alfred Kastler (1902), Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), Hippolyte Fizeau (1819), Paul Langevin (1872), Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788), and Jacques Charles (1763).

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