Physicist

Georg von Békésy

Hungarian biophysicist

1899 - 1972

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Georg von Békésy

His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2024). Georg von Békésy is the 187th most popular physicist (up from 250th in 2024), the 66th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 92nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Hungarian Physicist.

Georg von Békésy is most famous for his discovery of the basilar membrane in the inner ear.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, Georg von Békésy ranks 187 out of 851. Before him are Burton Richter, Isamu Akasaki, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Jerome Isaac Friedman, and Hans Geiger. After him are Douglas Osheroff, George Smoot, Ilya Frank, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Auguste Piccard, and Val Logsdon Fitch.

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Burton Richter
1931 - 2018
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 181
Isamu Akasaki
1929 - 2021
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 182
Shin'ichirō Tomonaga
1906 - 1979
HPI: 72.31
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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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HPI: 72.28
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Jerome Isaac Friedman
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.21
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Hans Geiger
1882 - 1945
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 186
Georg von Békésy
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 187
Douglas Osheroff
1945 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 188
George Smoot
1945 - 2025
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 189
Ilya Frank
1908 - 1990
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 190
Isidor Isaac Rabi
1898 - 1988
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 191
Auguste Piccard
1884 - 1962
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 192
Val Logsdon Fitch
1923 - 2015
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 193

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Georg von Békésy ranks 24. Before him are Iskander Mirza, Fred Astaire, Paul Hermann Müller, Erich Kästner, Miguel Ángel Asturias, and Béla Guttmann. After him are Max Theiler, Suzanne Lenglen, Adnan Menderes, Gustav Heinemann, Duke Ellington, and Bertil Ohlin. Among people deceased in 1972, Georg von Békésy ranks 20. Before him are Franz Halder, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Asta Nielsen, J. Edgar Hoover, Paul Hausser, and Cristóbal Balenciaga. After him are Max Theiler, Talal of Jordan, Andrei Tupolev, Dino Buzzati, Katherine Oppenheimer, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Others Born in 1899

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Iskander Mirza
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1969
HPI: 74.18
Rank: 18
Fred Astaire
ACTOR
1899 - 1987
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 19
Paul Hermann Müller
CHEMIST
1899 - 1965
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 20
Erich Kästner
WRITER
1899 - 1974
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 21
Miguel Ángel Asturias
WRITER
1899 - 1974
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 22
Béla Guttmann
SOCCER PLAYER
1899 - 1981
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 23
Georg von Békésy
PHYSICIST
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 24
Max Theiler
BIOLOGIST
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 25
Suzanne Lenglen
TENNIS PLAYER
1899 - 1938
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 26
Adnan Menderes
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1961
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 27
Gustav Heinemann
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1976
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 28
Duke Ellington
MUSICIAN
1899 - 1974
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 29
Bertil Ohlin
ECONOMIST
1899 - 1979
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 30

Others Deceased in 1972

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Franz Halder
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1884 - 1972
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 14
Athenagoras I of Constantinople
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1886 - 1972
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 15
Asta Nielsen
ACTOR
1881 - 1972
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 16
J. Edgar Hoover
LAWYER
1895 - 1972
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 17
Paul Hausser
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1880 - 1972
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 18
Cristóbal Balenciaga
FASHION DESIGNER
1895 - 1972
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 19
Georg von Békésy
PHYSICIST
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 20
Max Theiler
BIOLOGIST
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 21
Talal of Jordan
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1972
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 22
Andrei Tupolev
ENGINEER
1888 - 1972
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 23
Dino Buzzati
WRITER
1906 - 1972
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 24
Katherine Oppenheimer
BIOLOGIST
1910 - 1972
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 25
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1972
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 26