Physicist

George Johnstone Stoney

Anglo-Irish physicist

1826 - 1911

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George Johnstone Stoney

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). George Johnstone Stoney is the 386th most popular physicist (up from 390th in 2024), the 87th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Physicist.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, George Johnstone Stoney ranks 386 out of 851. Before him are Federico Faggin, Friedrich Paschen, August Kundt, Abram Ioffe, Vladimir Fock, and Edward Witten. After him are Qian Xuesen, Donna Strickland, Christopher Polhem, Manfred von Ardenne, Léon Brillouin, and Hiroshi Amano.

Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia

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Federico Faggin
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 380
Friedrich Paschen
1865 - 1947
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 381
August Kundt
1839 - 1894
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 382
Abram Ioffe
1880 - 1960
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 383
Vladimir Fock
1898 - 1974
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 384
Edward Witten
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 385
George Johnstone Stoney
1826 - 1911
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 386
Qian Xuesen
1911 - 2009
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 387
Donna Strickland
1959 - Present
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 388
Christopher Polhem
1661 - 1751
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 389
Manfred von Ardenne
1907 - 1997
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 390
Léon Brillouin
1889 - 1969
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 391
Hiroshi Amano
1960 - Present
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 392

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, George Johnstone Stoney ranks 21. Before him are Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Zénobe Gramme, Spotted Elk, Adolf Bastian, Karl von Piloty, and William Waddington. After him are Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Henri Mouhot, Karl Gegenbaur, Julia Grant, Giovanni Battista Donati, and George B. McClellan. Among people deceased in 1911, George Johnstone Stoney ranks 30. Before him are Theodor Escherich, Ahmed ‘Urabi, Alexandre Guilmant, Jules Brunet, Jozef Israëls, and Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah. After him are Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko, Frances Harper, Heinrich Hofmann, Maurice Rouvier, Jack Daniel, and James Curtis Hepburn.

Others Born in 1826

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Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
POLITICIAN
1826 - 1914
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 15
Zénobe Gramme
INVENTOR
1826 - 1901
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 16
Spotted Elk
POLITICIAN
1826 - 1890
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 17
Adolf Bastian
PSYCHOLOGIST
1826 - 1905
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 18
Karl von Piloty
PAINTER
1826 - 1886
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 19
William Waddington
POLITICIAN
1826 - 1894
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 20
George Johnstone Stoney
PHYSICIST
1826 - 1911
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 21
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia
POLITICIAN
1826 - 1845
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 22
Henri Mouhot
EXPLORER
1826 - 1861
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 23
Karl Gegenbaur
BIOLOGIST
1826 - 1903
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 24
Julia Grant
POLITICIAN
1826 - 1902
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 25
Giovanni Battista Donati
ASTRONOMER
1826 - 1873
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 26
George B. McClellan
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1826 - 1885
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 27

Others Deceased in 1911

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Theodor Escherich
BIOLOGIST
1857 - 1911
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 24
Ahmed ‘Urabi
POLITICIAN
1841 - 1911
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 25
Alexandre Guilmant
COMPOSER
1837 - 1911
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 26
Jules Brunet
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1838 - 1911
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 27
Jozef Israëls
PAINTER
1824 - 1911
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 28
Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1911
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 29
George Johnstone Stoney
PHYSICIST
1826 - 1911
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 30
Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1842 - 1911
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 31
Frances Harper
WRITER
1825 - 1911
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 32
Heinrich Hofmann
PAINTER
1824 - 1911
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 33
Maurice Rouvier
POLITICIAN
1842 - 1911
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 34
Jack Daniel
BUSINESSPERSON
1850 - 1911
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 35
James Curtis Hepburn
PHYSICIAN
1815 - 1911
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 36