PHYSICIST
Hantaro Nagaoka
1865 - 1950
Hantaro Nagaoka
Hantaro Nagaoka (長岡 半太郎, Nagaoka Hantarō, August 19, 1865 – December 11, 1950) was a Japanese physicist and a pioneer of Japanese physics during the Meiji period. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hantaro Nagaoka has received more than 200,209 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Hantaro Nagaoka is the 399th most popular physicist (down from 396th in 2019), the 622nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 631st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Physicist.
Memorability Metrics
200k
Page Views (PV)
62.10
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
19
Languages Editions (L)
5.08
Effective Languages (L*)
2.03
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Hantaro Nagaoka ranks 399 out of 851. Before him are Friedrich Paschen, Léon Brillouin, Friedrich Ernst Dorn, Edward Witten, Takaaki Kajita, and Samuel Goudsmit. After him are Chester Carlson, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, Nick Holonyak, Ányos Jedlik, Rudolf Peierls, and Walther Gerlach.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsFriedrich Paschen
1865 - 1947
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 393
Léon Brillouin
1889 - 1969
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 394
Friedrich Ernst Dorn
1848 - 1916
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 395
Edward Witten
1951 - Present
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 396
Takaaki Kajita
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 397
Samuel Goudsmit
1902 - 1978
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 398
Hantaro Nagaoka
1865 - 1950
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 399
Chester Carlson
1906 - 1968
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 400
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval
1851 - 1940
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 401
Nick Holonyak
1928 - 2022
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 402
Ányos Jedlik
1800 - 1895
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 403
Rudolf Peierls
1907 - 1995
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 404
Walther Gerlach
1889 - 1979
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 405
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1865, Hantaro Nagaoka ranks 63. Before him are Andrey Sheptytsky, Lucjan Żeligowski, Bronisława Dłuska, Anandi Gopal Joshi, Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, and Friedrich Paschen. After him are Said Halim Pasha, Rafael Merry del Val, Aspazija, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Prince Kan'in Kotohito, and John Stanley Plaskett. Among people deceased in 1950, Hantaro Nagaoka ranks 63. Before him are Agnes Smedley, Kim Kyu-sik, Henry H. Arnold, Walter Huston, Abraham Wald, and Olaf Stapledon. After him are John C. Woods, Walter Eucken, Yvan Goll, Traian Vuia, Nikolai Voznesensky, and William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Others Born in 1865
Go to all RankingsAndrey Sheptytsky
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1865 - 1944
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 57
Lucjan Żeligowski
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1947
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 58
Bronisława Dłuska
PHYSICIAN
1865 - 1939
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 59
Anandi Gopal Joshi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1865 - 1887
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 60
Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1927
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 61
Friedrich Paschen
PHYSICIST
1865 - 1947
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 62
Hantaro Nagaoka
PHYSICIST
1865 - 1950
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 63
Said Halim Pasha
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1921
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 64
Rafael Merry del Val
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1865 - 1930
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 65
Aspazija
WRITER
1865 - 1943
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 66
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
MATHEMATICIAN
1865 - 1923
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 67
Prince Kan'in Kotohito
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1945
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 68
John Stanley Plaskett
ASTRONOMER
1865 - 1941
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 69
Others Deceased in 1950
Go to all RankingsAgnes Smedley
WRITER
1892 - 1950
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 57
Kim Kyu-sik
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1950
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 58
Henry H. Arnold
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1886 - 1950
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 59
Walter Huston
ACTOR
1883 - 1950
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 60
Abraham Wald
MATHEMATICIAN
1902 - 1950
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 61
Olaf Stapledon
PHILOSOPHER
1886 - 1950
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 62
Hantaro Nagaoka
PHYSICIST
1865 - 1950
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 63
John C. Woods
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1911 - 1950
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 64
Walter Eucken
ECONOMIST
1891 - 1950
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 65
Yvan Goll
WRITER
1891 - 1950
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 66
Traian Vuia
INVENTOR
1872 - 1950
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 67
Nikolai Voznesensky
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1950
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 68
William Lyon Mackenzie King
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1950
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 69
In Japan
Among people born in Japan, Hantaro Nagaoka ranks 622 out of 6,245. Before him are Hitoshi Ashida (1887), Shigeru Ban (1957), Hasui Kawase (1883), Zenkō Suzuki (1911), Kaneto Shindo (1912), and Mineko Iwasaki (1949). After him are Senjūrō Hayashi (1876), Yuriko Koike (1952), Keigo Higashino (1958), Kyōka Izumi (1873), Nobuyuki Kato (1920), and Tadao Takayama (1904).
Others born in Japan
Go to all RankingsHitoshi Ashida
POLITICIAN
1887 - 1959
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 616
Shigeru Ban
ARCHITECT
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 617
Hasui Kawase
ARTIST
1883 - 1957
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 618
Zenkō Suzuki
POLITICIAN
1911 - 2004
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 619
Kaneto Shindo
FILM DIRECTOR
1912 - 2012
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 620
Mineko Iwasaki
BUSINESSPERSON
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 621
Hantaro Nagaoka
PHYSICIST
1865 - 1950
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 622
Senjūrō Hayashi
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1943
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 623
Yuriko Koike
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 624
Keigo Higashino
WRITER
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 625
Kyōka Izumi
WRITER
1873 - 1939
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 626
Nobuyuki Kato
SOCCER PLAYER
1920 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 627
Tadao Takayama
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1980
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 628
Among PHYSICISTS In Japan
Among physicists born in Japan, Hantaro Nagaoka ranks 14. Before him are Leo Esaki (1925), Toshihide Maskawa (1940), Shuji Nakamura (1954), Yoshio Nishina (1890), Hiroshi Amano (1960), and Takaaki Kajita (1959). After him are Toshiko Yuasa (1909), Sumio Iijima (1939), Shoichi Sakata (1911), Ted Fujita (1920), Yoshiaki Arata (1924), and Kazuhiko Nishijima (1926).
Leo Esaki
1925 - Present
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 8
Toshihide Maskawa
1940 - 2021
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 9
Shuji Nakamura
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 10
Yoshio Nishina
1890 - 1951
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 11
Hiroshi Amano
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 12
Takaaki Kajita
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 13
Hantaro Nagaoka
1865 - 1950
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 14
Toshiko Yuasa
1909 - 1980
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 15
Sumio Iijima
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 16
Shoichi Sakata
1911 - 1970
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 17
Ted Fujita
1920 - 1998
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 18
Yoshiaki Arata
1924 - 2018
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 19
Kazuhiko Nishijima
1926 - 2009
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 20