Physicist

François Englert

Belgian theoretical physicist

1932 - 2026

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His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia. François Englert is the 169th most popular physicist (down from 127th in 2024), the 68th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 58th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Physicist.

François Englert is most famous for his work on the Higgs boson particle.

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François Englert ranks #68 among 1,454 people in Pantheon born in Belgium, inside the top 5% of that group.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, François Englert ranks 169 out of 863. Before him are Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Georges Charpak, Gerd Binnig, Ernst Abbe, Paul Langevin, and Hideki Yukawa. After him are George E. Smith, Polykarp Kusch, Edmond Becquerel, Martinus J. G. Veltman, Leon Cooper, and James Jeans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, François Englert ranks 22. Before him are Abebe Bikila, Anouk Aimée, Peter O'Toole, Sylvia Plath, Miriam Makeba, and Fernando Botero. After him are Glenn Gould, Raisa Gorbacheva, Tiny Tim, Dian Fossey, Sirikit, and Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner. Among people deceased in 2026, François Englert ranks 8. Before him are Jürgen Habermas, Chuck Norris, Robert Duvall, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Erich von Däniken, and Mircea Lucescu. After him are Bonnie Tyler, Sam Neill, Rifaat al-Assad, Edmund Phelps, David Hockney, and Valentino.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, François Englert ranks 68 out of 1,454. Before him are Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Dominique Pire (1910), Isabella of Austria (1501), Léon Degrelle (1906), and Jacob Jordaens (1593). After him are Django Reinhardt (1910), James Ensor (1860), Hugo van der Goes (1440), Gerard de Ridefort (1141), Maxime Weygand (1867), and Quentin Matsys (1466).

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Among Physicists In Belgium

Among physicists born in Belgium, François Englert ranks 2. Before him is Georges Lemaître (1894). After him are Joseph Plateau (1801), Théophile de Donder (1872), Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763), Léon Rosenfeld (1904), and Conny Aerts (1966).

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