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Gabriele Veneziano

1942 - Today

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Gabriele Veneziano ( VEN-ət-see-AN-oh, Italian: [ɡabriˈɛːle venetˈtsjaːno]; born 7 September 1942) is an Italian theoretical physicist widely considered the father of string theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gabriele Veneziano has received more than 125,281 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Gabriele Veneziano is the 445th most popular physicist (down from 407th in 2019), the 2,367th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,172nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Italian Physicist.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Gabriele Veneziano ranks 445 out of 851. Before him are George Volkoff, Robert W. Wood, Heinrich Rubens, Walther Meissner, Katharine Burr Blodgett, and Richard C. Tolman. After him are Meghnad Saha, Johannes Franz Hartmann, Lyman Spitzer, Hagen Kleinert, Louis Harold Gray, and Louis-François-Clement Breguet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Gabriele Veneziano ranks 218. Before him are Rupert Sheldrake, Derek Jarman, Oscar Bonavena, Curtis Mayfield, Heidi Brühl, and Takao Nishiyama. After him are Oliviero Toscani, Sandra Dee, Christine Keeler, Eliso Virsaladze, Chris Sarandon, and Marco Rota.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gabriele Veneziano ranks 2,367 out of 5,161. Before him are Renato Carosone (1920), Alberto Colombo (1946), Perino del Vaga (1501), Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo (1701), Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (1455), and Junia Tertia (-70). After him are Rainier II, Lord of Monaco (1325), Mondino de Luzzi (1275), Vigilius of Trent (355), Nino Ferrer (1934), Tommaso da Modena (1326), and Beatrice d'Este, Queen of Hungary (1215).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Italy

Among physicists born in Italy, Gabriele Veneziano ranks 19. Before him are Galileo Ferraris (1847), Carlo Matteucci (1811), Fabiola Gianotti (1960), Federico Faggin (1941), Bruno Rossi (1905), and Giovanni Battista Amici (1786). After him are Giovanni Aldini (1762), Carlo Rovelli (1956), Richard Mollier (1863), Giovanni Poleni (1683), Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716), and Edoardo Amaldi (1908).

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