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Gabriel Lippmann
1845 - 1921
Gabriel Lippmann
Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (16 August 1845 – 13 July 1921) was a Franco-Luxembourgish physicist and inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gabriel Lippmann has received more than 275,437 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Gabriel Lippmann is the 58th most popular physicist (up from 92nd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Luxembourg and the most popular Luxembourger Physicist.
Gabriel Lippmann is most famous for his invention of the color photograph in 1891.
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Gabriel Lippmann ranks 58 out of 717. Before him are Georges Lemaître, Philipp Lenard, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Max Born, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Otto von Guericke. After him are Rudolf Clausius, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Mikhail Lomonosov, Peter Debye, Maria Goeppert Mayer, and Lev Landau.
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1845, Gabriel Lippmann ranks 7. Before him are Wilhelm Röntgen, Alexander III of Russia, Georg Cantor, Ludwig II of Bavaria, George I of Greece, and Gabriel Fauré. After him are Carl Spitteler, Amadeo I of Spain, Élie Metchnikoff, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Ludwig III of Bavaria, and Abai Qunanbaiuly. Among people deceased in 1921, Gabriel Lippmann ranks 5. Before him are Camille Saint-Saëns, Enrico Caruso, Peter Kropotkin, and Peter I of Serbia. After him are Ludwig III of Bavaria, Alfred Hermann Fried, Carl Menger, John Boyd Dunlop, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Talaat Pasha, and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.
Others Born in 1845
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Wilhelm Röntgen
1845 - 1923
HPI: 83.44
Rank: 1
Alexander III of Russia
1845 - 1894
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 2
Georg Cantor
1845 - 1918
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 3
Ludwig II of Bavaria
1845 - 1886
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 4
George I of Greece
1845 - 1913
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 5
Gabriel Fauré
1845 - 1924
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 6
Gabriel Lippmann
1845 - 1921
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 7
Carl Spitteler
1845 - 1924
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 8
Amadeo I of Spain
1845 - 1890
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 9
Élie Metchnikoff
1845 - 1916
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 10
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
1845 - 1922
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 11
Ludwig III of Bavaria
1845 - 1921
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 12
Abai Qunanbaiuly
1845 - 1904
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 13
Others Deceased in 1921
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Camille Saint-Saëns
1835 - 1921
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 1
Enrico Caruso
1873 - 1921
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 2
Peter Kropotkin
1842 - 1921
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 3
Peter I of Serbia
1844 - 1921
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 4
Gabriel Lippmann
1845 - 1921
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 5
Ludwig III of Bavaria
1845 - 1921
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 6
Alfred Hermann Fried
1864 - 1921
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 7
Carl Menger
1840 - 1921
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 8
John Boyd Dunlop
1840 - 1921
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 9
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
1886 - 1921
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 10
Talaat Pasha
1874 - 1921
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 11
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
1858 - 1921
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 12
In Luxembourg
Among people born in Luxembourg, Gabriel Lippmann ranks 3 out of 79. Before him are Robert Schuman (1886) and John of Bohemia (1296). After him are Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1955), Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), Étienne Lenoir (1822), Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921), Jules A. Hoffmann (1941), Jacques Santer (1937), Ernst von Mansfeld (1580), and Gaston Thorn (1928).
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Robert Schuman
1886 - 1963
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 1
John of Bohemia
1296 - 1346
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 2
Gabriel Lippmann
1845 - 1921
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 3
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 4
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
1896 - 1985
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 5
Jean-Claude Juncker
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 6
Étienne Lenoir
1822 - 1900
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 7
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1921 - 2019
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 8
Jules A. Hoffmann
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 9
Jacques Santer
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 10
Ernst von Mansfeld
1580 - 1626
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 11
Gaston Thorn
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 12
Among PHYSICISTS In Luxembourg
Among physicists born in Luxembourg, Gabriel Lippmann ranks 1.
