PHYSICIST
Georges Charpak
1924 - 2010
Georges Charpak
Georges Charpak (French: [ʃaʁpak]; born Jerzy Charpak, 1 August 1924 – 29 September 2010) was a Polish-born French physicist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Charpak has received more than 184,255 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Georges Charpak is the 165th most popular physicist (down from 155th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 75th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Physicist.
Georges Charpak is most famous for his invention of the particle detector, a device that detects subatomic particles.
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180k
Page Views (PV)
64.47
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
67
Languages Editions (L)
9.48
Effective Languages (L*)
3.73
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Georges Charpak ranks 165 out of 717. Before him are Willard Boyle, Murray Gell-Mann, Steven Weinberg, Donald A. Glaser, Polykarp Kusch, and Laura Bassi. After him are Benjamin Thompson, James Rainwater, Leon Cooper, Robert H. Goddard, Igor Kurchatov, and Martinus J. G. Veltman.
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Willard Boyle
1924 - 2011
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 159
Murray Gell-Mann
1929 - 2019
HPI: 64.65
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Steven Weinberg
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 161
Donald A. Glaser
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 162
Polykarp Kusch
1911 - 1993
HPI: 64.48
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Laura Bassi
1711 - 1778
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 164
Georges Charpak
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 165
Benjamin Thompson
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HPI: 64.33
Rank: 166
James Rainwater
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 167
Leon Cooper
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 168
Robert H. Goddard
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 169
Igor Kurchatov
1903 - 1960
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 170
Martinus J. G. Veltman
1931 - 2021
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 171
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1924, Georges Charpak ranks 27. Before him are Maurice Jarre, Sergei Parajanov, Henry Mancini, Mário Soares, Willard Boyle, and Sidney Lumet. After him are Jovanka Broz, Ezer Weizman, Lee Marvin, Robert Solow, Jin Yong, and Eva Marie Saint. Among people deceased in 2010, Georges Charpak ranks 20. Before him are Bobby Farrell, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Gennady Yanayev, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, and Maurice Allais. After him are Alois Brunner, Jean Simmons, Vasily Smyslov, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Dino De Laurentiis, and Miep Gies.
Others Born in 1924
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Maurice Jarre
1924 - 2009
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 21
Sergei Parajanov
1924 - 1990
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 22
Henry Mancini
1924 - 1994
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 23
Mário Soares
1924 - 2017
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 24
Willard Boyle
1924 - 2011
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 25
Sidney Lumet
1924 - 2011
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 26
Georges Charpak
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 27
Jovanka Broz
1924 - 2013
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 28
Ezer Weizman
1924 - 2005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 29
Lee Marvin
1924 - 1987
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 30
Robert Solow
1924 - Present
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 31
Jin Yong
1924 - 2018
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 32
Eva Marie Saint
1924 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 33
Others Deceased in 2010
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Bobby Farrell
1949 - 2010
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 14
Marshall Warren Nirenberg
1927 - 2010
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 15
Gennady Yanayev
1937 - 2010
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 16
Ali Hassan al-Majid
1941 - 2010
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 17
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
1916 - 2010
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 18
Maurice Allais
1911 - 2010
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 19
Georges Charpak
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 20
Alois Brunner
1912 - 2010
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 21
Jean Simmons
1929 - 2010
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 22
Vasily Smyslov
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 23
Viktor Chernomyrdin
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 24
Dino De Laurentiis
1919 - 2010
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 25
Miep Gies
1909 - 2010
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 26
In Ukraine
Among people born in Ukraine, Georges Charpak ranks 76 out of 1,083. Before him are Anton Makarenko (1888), Andrey Yeryomenko (1892), Fanny Kaplan (1890), Baal Shem Tov (1700), Volodymyr Zelensky (1978), and Ivan Franko (1856). After him are Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), Karl Radek (1885), Vladimir Ivashko (1932), Anacharsis (-700), Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884), and Sergey Bubka (1963).
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Anton Makarenko
1888 - 1939
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 70
Andrey Yeryomenko
1892 - 1970
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 71
Fanny Kaplan
1890 - 1918
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 72
Baal Shem Tov
1700 - 1760
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 73
Volodymyr Zelensky
1978 - Present
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 74
Ivan Franko
1856 - 1916
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 75
Georges Charpak
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 76
Yaropolk I of Kiev
955 - 980
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 77
Karl Radek
1885 - 1939
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 78
Vladimir Ivashko
1932 - 1994
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 79
Anacharsis
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 80
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
1884 - 1963
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 81
Sergey Bubka
1963 - Present
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 82
Among PHYSICISTS In Ukraine
Among physicists born in Ukraine, Georges Charpak ranks 2. Before him are George Gamow (1904). After him are Moshé Feldenkrais (1904), Abram Ioffe (1880), Evgeny Lifshitz (1915), Ivan Puluj (1845), Anatoly Alexandrov (1903), Julius Edgar Lilienfeld (1882), Dmitri Ivanenko (1904), Isaak Khalatnikov (1919), Maurice Goldhaber (1911), and Gregory Breit (1899).
George Gamow
1904 - 1968
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 1
Georges Charpak
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 2
Moshé Feldenkrais
1904 - 1984
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 3
Abram Ioffe
1880 - 1960
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 4
Evgeny Lifshitz
1915 - 1985
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 5
Ivan Puluj
1845 - 1918
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 6
Anatoly Alexandrov
1903 - 1994
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 7
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld
1882 - 1963
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 8
Dmitri Ivanenko
1904 - 1994
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 9
Isaak Khalatnikov
1919 - 2021
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 10
Maurice Goldhaber
1911 - 2011
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 11
Gregory Breit
1899 - 1981
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 12
