1834 - 1889
Gaston Planté (French pronunciation: [ʁɛmɔ̃ lwi ɡastɔ̃ plɑ̃te]; 22 April 1834 – 21 May 1889) was a French physicist who invented the lead–acid battery in 1859. This type battery was developed as the first rechargeable electric battery marketed for commercial use and it is widely used in automobiles. Planté was born on 22 April 1834 in Orthez, France. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaston Planté has received more than 105,865 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gaston Planté is the 327th most popular physicist (up from 348th in 2019), the 1,721st most popular biography from France (up from 1,908th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Physicist.
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Among physicists, Gaston Planté ranks 327 out of 717. Before him are Christoph Scheiner, John Mauchly, Yakov Zeldovich, James Jeans, Frank Wilczek, and Bruno Pontecorvo. After him are Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, Pascual Jordan, August Kundt, Félix Savart, Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, and Leopold Infeld.
1575 - 1650
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 321
1907 - 1980
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 322
1914 - 1987
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 323
1877 - 1946
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 324
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 325
1913 - 1993
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 326
1834 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 327
1785 - 1845
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 328
1902 - 1980
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 329
1839 - 1894
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 330
1791 - 1841
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 331
1824 - 1914
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 332
1898 - 1968
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 333
Among people born in 1834, Gaston Planté ranks 23. Before him are Jan Neruda, Johann Philipp Reis, Julia Pastrana, Aleksis Kivi, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, and Carl Bloch. After him are John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Viktor Hartmann, Infanta Amalia of Spain, Kondō Isami, Lev Ivanov, and Hetty Green. Among people deceased in 1889, Gaston Planté ranks 26. Before him are Robert Browning, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Ion Creangă, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, John Ericsson, and Ignacy Domeyko. After him are Princess Eugénie of Sweden, Viktor Bunyakovsky, Jules Dupré, Maria Mitchell, Elvira Madigan, and Ybyrai Altynsarin.
1834 - 1891
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 17
1834 - 1874
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 18
1834 - 1860
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 19
1834 - 1872
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 20
1834 - 1861
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 21
1834 - 1890
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 22
1834 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 23
1834 - 1902
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 24
1834 - 1873
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 25
1834 - 1905
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 26
1834 - 1868
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 27
1834 - 1901
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 28
1834 - 1916
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 29
1812 - 1889
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 20
1830 - 1889
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 21
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 22
1826 - 1889
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 23
1803 - 1889
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 24
1802 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 25
1834 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 26
1830 - 1889
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 27
1804 - 1889
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 28
1811 - 1889
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 29
1818 - 1889
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 30
1867 - 1889
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 31
1841 - 1889
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 32
Among people born in France, Gaston Planté ranks 1,721 out of 6,011. Before him are Hugh of Cluny (1024), Germaine Dulac (1882), John Eudes (1601), William III, Duke of Aquitaine (910), Caesarius of Arles (470), and Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446). After him are Beatrice of Provence (1229), La Goulue (1866), Jean-Marie Balestre (1921), Théo Sarapo (1936), Jules de Goncourt (1830), and Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922).
1024 - 1109
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,715
1882 - 1942
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,716
1601 - 1680
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,717
910 - 963
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,718
470 - 542
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 1,719
1446 - 1472
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 1,720
1834 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,721
1229 - 1267
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 1,722
1866 - 1929
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 1,723
1921 - 2008
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 1,724
1936 - 1970
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1,725
1830 - 1870
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,726
1922 - 2000
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,727
Among physicists born in France, Gaston Planté ranks 34. Before him are Paul-Jacques Curie (1855), Pierre Louis Dulong (1785), Hélène Langevin-Joliot (1927), Edmond Becquerel (1820), Jean-Charles de Borda (1733), and Marguerite Perey (1909). After him are Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785), Félix Savart (1791), John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683), Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700), Henri Pitot (1695), and Léon Brillouin (1889).
1855 - 1941
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 28
1785 - 1838
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 29
1927 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 30
1820 - 1891
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 31
1733 - 1799
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 32
1909 - 1975
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 33
1834 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 34
1785 - 1845
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 35
1791 - 1841
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 36
1683 - 1744
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 37
1700 - 1770
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 38
1695 - 1771
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 39
1889 - 1969
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 40