1802 - 1870
Heinrich Gustav Magnus (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈɡʊsta(ː)f ˈma(ː)ɡnʊs]; 2 May 1802 – 4 April 1870) was a German experimental scientist. His training was mostly in chemistry but his later research was mostly in physics. He spent the great bulk of his career at the University of Berlin, where he is remembered for his laboratory teaching as much as for his original research. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Gustav Magnus has received more than 76,364 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Heinrich Gustav Magnus is the 157th most popular chemist (down from 156th in 2019), the 913th most popular biography from Germany (up from 972nd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular German Chemist.
Heinrich Gustav Magnus was a German physicist who was most famous for his work on the Magnus effect.
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Among chemists, Heinrich Gustav Magnus ranks 157 out of 509. Before him are Stanley Miller, Paul Flory, Harry Kroto, George Andrew Olah, John Frederic Daniell, and Wilfrid Voynich. After him are Satoshi Ōmura, Akira Suzuki, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Paul D. Boyer, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, and Nicolas Leblanc.
1930 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 151
1910 - 1985
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 152
1939 - 2016
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 153
1927 - 2017
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 154
1790 - 1845
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 155
1865 - 1930
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 156
1802 - 1870
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 157
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 158
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 159
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 160
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 161
1914 - 1994
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 162
1742 - 1806
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 163
Among people born in 1802, Heinrich Gustav Magnus ranks 11. Before him are Lajos Kossuth, János Bolyai, Miguel I of Portugal, Elias Lönnrot, Wilhelm Hauff, and Charles Wheatstone. After him are Antoine Jérôme Balard, Germain Henri Hess, Pavel Nakhimov, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Husein Gradaščević, and Nikolaus Lenau. Among people deceased in 1870, Heinrich Gustav Magnus ranks 14. Before him are Alexander Herzen, Francisco Solano López, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, Ferdinand von Wrangel, and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. After him are Princess Louise of Prussia, Gabriel Lamé, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, Saverio Mercadante, Ignaz Moscheles, and Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus.
1802 - 1894
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 5
1802 - 1860
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 6
1802 - 1866
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 7
1802 - 1884
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 8
1802 - 1827
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 9
1802 - 1875
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 10
1802 - 1870
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 11
1802 - 1876
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 12
1802 - 1850
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 13
1802 - 1855
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 14
1802 - 1857
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 15
1802 - 1834
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 16
1802 - 1850
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 17
1812 - 1870
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 8
1827 - 1870
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 9
1797 - 1870
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 10
1798 - 1870
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 11
1797 - 1870
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 12
1836 - 1870
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 13
1802 - 1870
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 14
1808 - 1870
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 15
1795 - 1870
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 16
1869 - 1870
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 17
1795 - 1870
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 18
1794 - 1870
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 19
1814 - 1870
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 20
Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Gustav Magnus ranks 913 out of 6,142. Before him are Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), Tannhäuser (1205), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), and William II of Württemberg (1848). After him are Emmy Göring (1893), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940), Walter Hallstein (1901), and Ralf Rangnick (1958).
1173 - 1231
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 907
1205 - 1270
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 908
1724 - 1780
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 909
1754 - 1832
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 910
1430 - 1495
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 911
1848 - 1921
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 912
1802 - 1870
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 913
1893 - 1973
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 914
1751 - 1812
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 915
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 916
940 - 994
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 917
1901 - 1982
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 918
1958 - Present
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 919
Among chemists born in Germany, Heinrich Gustav Magnus ranks 33. Before him are Georg Ernst Stahl (1659), Joachim Sauer (1949), Ernst Chain (1906), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Fritz Strassmann (1902), and Hennig Brand (1630). After him are Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873), Robert Huber (1937), August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818), Georg Wittig (1897), Joachim Frank (1940), and Gerhard Herzberg (1904).
1659 - 1734
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 27
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 28
1906 - 1979
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 29
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 30
1902 - 1980
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 31
1630 - 1710
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 32
1802 - 1870
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 33
1873 - 1964
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 34
1937 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 35
1818 - 1892
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 36
1897 - 1987
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 37
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 38
1904 - 1999
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 39