1911 - 2002
Grote Reber (December 22, 1911 – December 20, 2002) was an American pioneer of radio astronomy, which combined his interests in amateur radio and amateur astronomy. He was instrumental in investigating and extending Karl Jansky's pioneering work, and conducted the first sky survey in the radio frequencies.His 1937 radio antenna was the second ever to be used for astronomical purposes and the first parabolic reflecting antenna to be used as a radio telescope. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grote Reber has received more than 74,041 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Grote Reber is the 462nd most popular physicist (down from 442nd in 2019), the 3,689th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,145th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Physicist.
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Among physicists, Grote Reber ranks 462 out of 721. Before him are Pierre Weiss, John Leslie, Heinrich Rubens, Takaaki Kajita, Pierre Victor Auger, and Anatole Abragam. After him are Macedonio Melloni, Jacob Bekenstein, William Robert Grove, Saul Perlmutter, Stefan Hell, and Alexis Thérèse Petit.
1865 - 1940
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 456
1766 - 1832
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 457
1865 - 1922
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 458
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 459
1899 - 1993
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 460
1914 - 2011
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 461
1911 - 2002
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 462
1798 - 1854
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 463
1947 - 2015
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 464
1811 - 1896
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 465
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 466
1962 - Present
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 467
1791 - 1820
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 468
Among people born in 1911, Grote Reber ranks 132. Before him are E. F. Schumacher, Gian Carlo Menotti, Joseph Luns, Mstislav Keldysh, George Seaton, and Mark Bernes. After him are Hume Cronyn, Leopold Kielholz, René Barjavel, Otakar Vávra, Yang Jiang, and Jiří Sobotka. Among people deceased in 2002, Grote Reber ranks 125. Before him are Joseph Luns, Robert Guéï, Günter Wand, Domènec Balmanya, André Delvaux, and Eugene Odum. After him are Franjo Kuharić, Leo McKern, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Herb Ritts, Francisco Coloane, and Julio Pérez.
1911 - 1977
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 126
1911 - 2007
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 127
1911 - 2002
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 128
1911 - 1978
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 129
1911 - 1979
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 130
1911 - 1969
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 131
1911 - 2002
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 132
1911 - 2003
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 133
1911 - 1980
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 134
1911 - 1985
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 135
1911 - 2011
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 136
1911 - 2016
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 137
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 138
1911 - 2002
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 119
1941 - 2002
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 120
1912 - 2002
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 121
1914 - 2002
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 122
1926 - 2002
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 123
1913 - 2002
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 124
1911 - 2002
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 125
1919 - 2002
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 126
1920 - 2002
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 127
1902 - 2002
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 128
1952 - 2002
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 129
1910 - 2002
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 130
1926 - 2002
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 131
Among people born in United States, Grote Reber ranks 3,689 out of 15,968. Before him are Virginia E. Johnson (1925), Claire Trevor (1910), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), Johnny Hayes (1886), Nancy Meyers (1949), and Ellis Marsalis Jr. (1934). After him are Thomas Haden Church (1960), Dwight L. Moody (1837), Lars Peter Hansen (1952), Jack Conway (1887), Queen Latifah (1970), and John C. McGinley (1959).
1925 - 2013
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 3,683
1910 - 2000
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 3,684
1774 - 1825
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 3,685
1886 - 1965
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,686
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,687
1934 - 2020
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,688
1911 - 2002
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,689
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,690
1837 - 1899
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,691
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,692
1887 - 1952
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3,693
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 3,694
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 3,695
Among physicists born in United States, Grote Reber ranks 89. Before him are Frank Wilczek (1951), Alan Guth (1947), Gene Amdahl (1922), Philip Abelson (1913), John G. Trump (1907), and John Henry Schwarz (1941). After him are Saul Perlmutter (1959), Maurice Karnaugh (1924), Eric Allin Cornell (1961), Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898), Robert Brout (1928), and Richard C. Tolman (1881).
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 83
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 84
1922 - 2015
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 85
1913 - 2004
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 86
1907 - 1985
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 87
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 88
1911 - 2002
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 89
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 90
1924 - Present
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 91
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 92
1898 - 1979
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 93
1928 - 2011
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 94
1881 - 1948
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 95