PHYSICIST
Heinrich Hertz
1857 - 1894
Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz ( HURTS; German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç hɛʁts]; 22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Hertz has received more than 2,141,598 page views. His biography is available in 97 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 93 in 2019). Heinrich Hertz is the 27th most popular physicist (down from 24th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Germany (down from 69th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Physicist.
Heinrich Hertz is most famous for proving the existence of electromagnetic waves. He was able to do this by creating a device that could produce and detect electromagnetic waves.
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Heinrich Hertz ranks 27 out of 851. Before him are Erwin Schrödinger, Georg Ohm, Christiaan Huygens, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, James Clerk Maxwell, and Edward Teller. After him are Hendrik Lorentz, Daniel Bernoulli, Ibn al-Haytham, Luigi Galvani, Gustav Kirchhoff, and Max Born.
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HPI: 78.90
Rank: 21
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HPI: 78.54
Rank: 22
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HPI: 78.11
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James Clerk Maxwell
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Edward Teller
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Heinrich Hertz
1857 - 1894
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 27
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HPI: 75.95
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Daniel Bernoulli
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HPI: 75.63
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HPI: 75.61
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1737 - 1798
HPI: 75.43
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HPI: 75.18
Rank: 32
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1882 - 1970
HPI: 75.00
Rank: 33
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1857, Heinrich Hertz ranks 4. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure, Pope Pius XI, and Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell. After him are Edward Elgar, Clara Zetkin, Joseph Conrad, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Alfonso XII of Spain, Henrik Pontoppidan, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. Among people deceased in 1894, Heinrich Hertz ranks 2. Before him is Alexander III of Russia. After him are Robert Louis Stevenson, Hermann von Helmholtz, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Adolphe Sax, Lajos Kossuth, Gustave Caillebotte, Marie François Sadi Carnot, Anton Rubinstein, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, and Prince Philippe, Count of Paris.
Others Born in 1857
Go to all RankingsFerdinand de Saussure
LINGUIST
1857 - 1913
HPI: 77.78
Rank: 1
Pope Pius XI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1857 - 1939
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 2
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1857 - 1941
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 3
Heinrich Hertz
PHYSICIST
1857 - 1894
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 4
Edward Elgar
COMPOSER
1857 - 1934
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 5
Clara Zetkin
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1933
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 6
Joseph Conrad
WRITER
1857 - 1924
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 7
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
NOBLEMAN
1857 - 1944
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 8
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
WRITER
1857 - 1919
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 9
Alfonso XII of Spain
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1885
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 10
Henrik Pontoppidan
WRITER
1857 - 1943
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 11
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
ENGINEER
1857 - 1935
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1894
Go to all RankingsAlexander III of Russia
POLITICIAN
1845 - 1894
HPI: 77.20
Rank: 1
Heinrich Hertz
PHYSICIST
1857 - 1894
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 2
Robert Louis Stevenson
WRITER
1850 - 1894
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 3
Hermann von Helmholtz
PHYSICIST
1821 - 1894
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 4
Ferdinand de Lesseps
DIPLOMAT
1805 - 1894
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 5
Adolphe Sax
INVENTOR
1814 - 1894
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 6
Lajos Kossuth
POLITICIAN
1802 - 1894
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 7
Gustave Caillebotte
PAINTER
1848 - 1894
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 8
Marie François Sadi Carnot
POLITICIAN
1837 - 1894
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 9
Anton Rubinstein
COMPOSER
1829 - 1894
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 10
Francis II of the Two Sicilies
POLITICIAN
1836 - 1894
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 11
Prince Philippe, Count of Paris
POLITICIAN
1838 - 1894
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 12
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Hertz ranks 80 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Wundt (1832), Richard Strauss (1864), Friedrich Paulus (1890), Charles the Bald (823), Martin Bormann (1900), and Karl Jaspers (1883). After him are Charles Bukowski (1920), Arminius (-17), Peter III of Russia (1728), Helmut Kohl (1930), William Herschel (1738), and Jürgen Habermas (1929).
Others born in Germany
Go to all RankingsWilhelm Wundt
PSYCHOLOGIST
1832 - 1920
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 74
Richard Strauss
COMPOSER
1864 - 1949
HPI: 76.36
Rank: 75
Friedrich Paulus
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1890 - 1957
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 76
Charles the Bald
POLITICIAN
823 - 877
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 77
Martin Bormann
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1945
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 78
Karl Jaspers
PHILOSOPHER
1883 - 1969
HPI: 76.18
Rank: 79
Heinrich Hertz
PHYSICIST
1857 - 1894
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 80
Charles Bukowski
WRITER
1920 - 1994
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 81
Arminius
MILITARY PERSONNEL
17 BC - 21
HPI: 76.05
Rank: 82
Peter III of Russia
POLITICIAN
1728 - 1762
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 83
Helmut Kohl
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2017
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 84
William Herschel
ASTRONOMER
1738 - 1822
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 85
Jürgen Habermas
PHILOSOPHER
1929 - Present
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 86
Among PHYSICISTS In Germany
Among physicists born in Germany, Heinrich Hertz ranks 6. Before him are Albert Einstein (1879), Wilhelm Röntgen (1845), Max Planck (1858), Werner Heisenberg (1901), and Georg Ohm (1789). After him are Max Born (1882), Max von Laue (1879), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821), J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), Johannes Stark (1874), and Otto von Guericke (1602).
Albert Einstein
1879 - 1955
HPI: 92.13
Rank: 1
Wilhelm Röntgen
1845 - 1923
HPI: 83.96
Rank: 2
Max Planck
1858 - 1947
HPI: 82.51
Rank: 3
Werner Heisenberg
1901 - 1976
HPI: 79.86
Rank: 4
Georg Ohm
1789 - 1854
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 5
Heinrich Hertz
1857 - 1894
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 6
Max Born
1882 - 1970
HPI: 75.00
Rank: 7
Max von Laue
1879 - 1960
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 8
Hermann von Helmholtz
1821 - 1894
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 9
J. Hans D. Jensen
1907 - 1973
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 10
Johannes Stark
1874 - 1957
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 11
Otto von Guericke
1602 - 1686
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 12