1927 - 1992
Gerard Kitchen O'Neill (February 6, 1927 – April 27, 1992) was an American physicist and space activist. As a faculty member of Princeton University, he invented a device called the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiments. Later, he invented a magnetic launcher called the mass driver. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerard K. O'Neill has received more than 258,970 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Gerard K. O'Neill is the 525th most popular physicist (up from 589th in 2019), the 4,719th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,934th in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Physicist.
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Among physicists, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 525 out of 717. Before him are Vladimir Steklov, Clarence Zener, Lester Germer, Max Wien, Sergey Kapitsa, and John Sealy Townsend. After him are Samuel T. Cohen, Yakir Aharonov, Dmitri Ivanenko, Georg Hermann Quincke, Woldemar Voigt, and Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski.
1864 - 1926
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 519
1905 - 1993
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 520
1896 - 1971
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 521
1866 - 1938
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 522
1928 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 523
1868 - 1957
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 524
1927 - 1992
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 525
1921 - 2010
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 526
1932 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 527
1904 - 1994
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 528
1834 - 1924
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 529
1850 - 1919
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 530
1845 - 1888
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 531
Among people born in 1927, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 206. Before him are Michael Gielen, Franco Maria Malfatti, Adhemar da Silva, Herbert Ross, Simin Behbahani, and Roger Carel. After him are Werner Liebrich, Theodor Wagner, Charles Pasqua, Hamed Karoui, Freddie Jones, and William Daniels. Among people deceased in 1992, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 137. Before him are Chuck Connors, Richard Yates, Viktor Grishin, Sándor Veress, Nie Rongzhen, and Piotr Jaroszewicz. After him are Farag Foda, Jean Aerts, Musa Anter, Robert Berdella, Arthur Cronquist, and Freddie Bartholomew.
1927 - 2019
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 200
1927 - 1991
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 201
1927 - 2001
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 202
1927 - 2001
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 203
1927 - 2014
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 204
1927 - 2020
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 205
1927 - 1992
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 206
1927 - 1995
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 207
1927 - 2020
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 208
1927 - 2015
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 209
1927 - 2020
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 210
1927 - 2019
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 211
1927 - Present
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 212
1921 - 1992
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 131
1926 - 1992
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 132
1914 - 1992
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 133
1907 - 1992
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 134
1899 - 1992
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 135
1909 - 1992
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 136
1927 - 1992
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 137
1946 - 1992
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 138
1907 - 1992
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 139
1920 - 1992
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 140
1949 - 1992
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 141
1919 - 1992
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 142
1924 - 1992
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 143
Among people born in United States, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 4,719 out of 18,182. Before him are Seymour Hersh (1937), Brian Krause (1969), Barney Kessel (1923), Carol Potter (1948), Laurene Powell Jobs (1963), and David Paich (1954). After him are Jimi Jamison (1951), Jonathan Winters (1925), Layne Staley (1967), Daniel Kirkwood (1814), Emily Warren Roebling (1843), and Edmund Muskie (1914).
1937 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 4,713
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 4,714
1923 - 2004
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 4,715
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 4,716
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 4,717
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 4,718
1927 - 1992
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 4,719
1951 - 2014
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 4,720
1925 - 2013
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 4,721
1967 - 2002
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 4,722
1814 - 1895
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 4,723
1843 - 1903
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 4,724
1914 - 1996
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 4,725
Among physicists born in United States, Gerard K. O'Neill ranks 104. Before him are John G. Trump (1907), Ira Sprague Bowen (1898), Mildred Dresselhaus (1930), Robert H. Dicke (1916), Clarence Zener (1905), and Lester Germer (1896). After him are Samuel T. Cohen (1921), Brian Greene (1963), Wallace Clement Sabine (1868), William D. Coolidge (1873), Charles Kittel (1916), and Robert Mills (1927).
1907 - 1985
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 98
1898 - 1973
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 99
1930 - 2017
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 100
1916 - 1997
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 101
1905 - 1993
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 102
1896 - 1971
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 103
1927 - 1992
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 104
1921 - 2010
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 105
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 106
1868 - 1919
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 107
1873 - 1975
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 108
1916 - 2019
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 109
1927 - 1999
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 110