1906 - 2005
Hans Albrecht Bethe (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈbeːtə] (listen); July 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005) was a German-American nuclear physicist who made important contributions to astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics, and solid-state physics, and who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. For most of his career, Bethe was a professor at Cornell University.During World War II, he was head of the Theoretical Division at the secret Los Alamos laboratory that developed the first atomic bombs. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Bethe has received more than 721,979 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Hans Bethe is the 141st most popular physicist (up from 148th in 2019), the 670th most popular biography from France (down from 614th in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Physicist.
Hans Bethe is most famous for his work in nuclear physics. He was the head of the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos during World War II, where he helped develop the atomic bomb.
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Among physicists, Hans Bethe ranks 141 out of 721. Before him are Laura Bassi, Alfred Kastler, Maurice Wilkins, Julius von Mayer, François Englert, and Owen Chamberlain. After him are Roger Penrose, Ilya Frank, Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, Frits Zernike, Benjamin Thompson, and Murray Gell-Mann.
1711 - 1778
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 135
1902 - 1984
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 136
1916 - 2004
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 137
1814 - 1878
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 138
1932 - Present
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 139
1920 - 2006
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 140
1906 - 2005
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 141
1931 - Present
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 142
1908 - 1990
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 143
1799 - 1864
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 144
1888 - 1966
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 145
1753 - 1814
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 146
1929 - 2019
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 147
Among people born in 1906, Hans Bethe ranks 42. Before him are Hassan al-Banna, Albert Sabin, Oleg Antonov, Vladimir Prelog, Clyde Tombaugh, and John Huston. After him are Dino Buzzati, Philip Johnson, Klaus Mann, Hans Asperger, Empress Wanrong, and Estée Lauder. Among people deceased in 2005, Hans Bethe ranks 19. Before him are Saul Bellow, Zhao Ziyang, Jack Kilby, Sister Lúcia, Omar Sívori, and Kenzō Tange. After him are Philip Johnson, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, James Callaghan, Ezer Weizman, Anne Bancroft, and Ernst Mayr.
1906 - 1949
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 36
1906 - 1993
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 37
1906 - 1984
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 38
1906 - 1998
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 39
1906 - 1997
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 40
1906 - 1987
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 41
1906 - 2005
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 42
1906 - 1972
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 43
1906 - 2005
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 44
1906 - 1949
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 45
1906 - 1980
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 46
1906 - 1946
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 47
1906 - 2004
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 48
1915 - 2005
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 13
1919 - 2005
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 14
1923 - 2005
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 15
1907 - 2005
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 16
1935 - 2005
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 17
1913 - 2005
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 18
1906 - 2005
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 19
1906 - 2005
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 20
1927 - 2005
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 21
1912 - 2005
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 22
1924 - 2005
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 23
1931 - 2005
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 24
1904 - 2005
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 25
Among people born in France, Hans Bethe ranks 670 out of 5,234. Before him are Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Alfred Kastler (1902), Raymond Aron (1905), Adam de la Halle (1245), Louis Renault (1877), and Roger Garaudy (1913). After him are Dora Maar (1907), Jean Parisot de Valette (1494), Aristide Maillol (1861), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), François-André Danican Philidor (1726), and Caroline Bonaparte (1782).
1905 - 1991
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 664
1902 - 1984
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 665
1905 - 1983
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 666
1245 - 1288
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 667
1877 - 1944
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 668
1913 - 2012
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 669
1906 - 2005
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 670
1907 - 1997
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 671
1494 - 1568
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 672
1861 - 1944
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 673
1741 - 1803
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 674
1726 - 1795
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 675
1782 - 1839
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 676
Among physicists born in France, Hans Bethe ranks 18. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788), François Arago (1786), Albert Fert (1938), Paul Langevin (1872), and Alfred Kastler (1902). After him are Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799), Jacques Charles (1763), Louis Néel (1904), Claude-Louis Navier (1785), Edmond Becquerel (1820), and Antoine César Becquerel (1788).
1774 - 1862
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 12
1788 - 1827
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 13
1786 - 1853
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 14
1938 - Present
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 15
1872 - 1946
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 16
1902 - 1984
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 17
1906 - 2005
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 18
1799 - 1864
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 19
1763 - 1823
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 20
1904 - 2000
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 21
1785 - 1836
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 22
1820 - 1891
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 23
1788 - 1878
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 24