1939 - Today
George Francis Rayner Ellis, FRS, Hon. FRSSAf (born 11 August 1939), is the emeritus distinguished professor of complex systems in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He co-authored The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time with University of Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking, published in 1973, and is considered one of the world's leading theorists in cosmology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George F. R. Ellis has received more than 248,457 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. George F. R. Ellis is the 657th most popular physicist (down from 624th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 107th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Physicist.
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Among physicists, George F. R. Ellis ranks 657 out of 717. Before him are Aleksandr Andronov, Peter Mark Roget, Lisa Randall, Gregory Breit, Hedwig Kohn, and John Aitken. After him are Valentine Telegdi, Arthur Schuster, Orest Khvolson, Max Tegmark, Stanley Mandelstam, and Brandon Carter.
1901 - 1952
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 651
1779 - 1869
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 652
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 653
1899 - 1981
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 654
1887 - 1964
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 655
1839 - 1919
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 656
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 657
1922 - 2006
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 658
1851 - 1934
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 659
1852 - 1934
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 660
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 661
1928 - 2016
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 662
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 663
Among people born in 1939, George F. R. Ellis ranks 396. Before him are Günter Bernard, Peter S. Beagle, Elizabeth Ashley, Barbara Hammer, Larry Linville, and Terele Pávez. After him are Stuart Kauffman, Wally Funk, John Negroponte, Danas Pozniakas, Daniel Viglietti, and Veniamin Soldatenko.
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 390
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 391
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 392
1939 - 2019
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 393
1939 - 2000
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 394
1939 - 2017
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 395
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 396
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 397
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 398
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 399
1939 - 2005
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 400
1939 - 2017
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 401
1939 - 2023
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 402
Among people born in South Africa, George F. R. Ellis ranks 115 out of 374. Before him are Denis Goldberg (1933), Roger Michell (1956), William Kentridge (1955), Eben Dönges (1898), Kevin Curren (1958), and Ted Grant (1913). After him are Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Stanley Mandelstam (1928), Ted Moore (1914), Tom Naudé (1889), Ernest Leonard Johnson (1891), and Elisabeth Eybers (1915).
1933 - 2020
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 109
1956 - 2021
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 110
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 111
1898 - 1968
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 112
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 113
1913 - 2006
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 114
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 115
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 116
1928 - 2016
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 117
1914 - 1987
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 118
1889 - 1969
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 119
1891 - 1977
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 120
1915 - 2007
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 121
Among physicists born in South Africa, George F. R. Ellis ranks 2. Before him are Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924). After him are Stanley Mandelstam (1928).
1924 - 1998
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 1
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 2
1928 - 2016
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 3