1926 - 1999
Henry Way Kendall (December 9, 1926 – February 15, 1999) was an American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990 jointly with Jerome Isaac Friedman and Richard E. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Way Kendall has received more than 173,330 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Henry Way Kendall is the 267th most popular physicist (up from 278th in 2019), the 1,322nd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,411th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Physicist.
Henry Way Kendall is most famous for his work in physics, specifically for his work on the Manhattan Project. He was also a professor at MIT and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990.
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Among physicists, Henry Way Kendall ranks 267 out of 717. Before him are Rainer Weiss, Abdul Qadeer Khan, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Philip Warren Anderson, Hugh David Politzer, and Jack Steinberger. After him are Joseph Swan, Patrick Blackett, Douglas Osheroff, Andre Geim, Brian Josephson, and John Tyndall.
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 261
1936 - 2021
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 262
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 263
1923 - 2020
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 264
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 265
1921 - 2020
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 266
1926 - 1999
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 267
1828 - 1914
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 268
1897 - 1974
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 269
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 270
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 271
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 272
1820 - 1893
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 273
Among people born in 1926, Henry Way Kendall ranks 72. Before him are George Habash, Joan Sutherland, César Pelli, Shohei Imamura, Kim Jae-gyu, and Gyula Grosics. After him are Jean-Pierre Serre, Masatoshi Koshiba, Alan Greenspan, Andrew Schally, John Berger, and Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco. Among people deceased in 1999, Henry Way Kendall ranks 38. Before him are Hélder Câmara, Hermine Braunsteiner, Fred Trump, Iris Murdoch, Gerhard Herzberg, and Benjamin Bloom. After him are Henri, Count of Paris, Nathalie Sarraute, Oliver Reed, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Daniel Nathans, and Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz.
1926 - 2008
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 66
1926 - 2010
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 67
1926 - 2019
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 68
1926 - 2006
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 69
1926 - 1980
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 70
1926 - 2014
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 71
1926 - 1999
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 72
1926 - Present
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 73
1926 - 2020
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 74
1926 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 75
1926 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 76
1926 - 2017
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 77
1926 - 2017
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 78
1909 - 1999
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 32
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 33
1905 - 1999
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 34
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 35
1904 - 1999
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 36
1913 - 1999
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 37
1926 - 1999
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 38
1908 - 1999
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 39
1900 - 1999
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 40
1938 - 1999
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 41
1914 - 1999
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 42
1928 - 1999
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 43
1910 - 1999
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 44
Among people born in United States, Henry Way Kendall ranks 1,322 out of 18,182. Before him are Izzy Stradlin (1962), Max Wright (1943), Queen Noor of Jordan (1951), Linda McCartney (1941), Douglas McGregor (1906), and Tom Morello (1964). After him are Kirk Hammett (1962), Dionne Warwick (1940), Lyonel Feininger (1871), Mark Harmon (1951), Mike Pence (1959), and Ed Asner (1929).
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 1,316
1943 - 2019
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 1,317
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 1,318
1941 - 1998
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 1,319
1906 - 1964
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 1,320
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 1,321
1926 - 1999
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 1,322
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 1,323
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 1,324
1871 - 1956
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 1,325
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 1,326
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 1,327
1929 - 2021
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 1,328
Among physicists born in United States, Henry Way Kendall ranks 55. Before him are David Bohm (1992), Julian Schwinger (1918), David J. Wineland (1944), John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899), Philip Warren Anderson (1923), and Hugh David Politzer (1949). After him are Douglas Osheroff (1945), George Smoot (1945), Samuel C. C. Ting (1936), David Gross (1941), William Daniel Phillips (1948), and Kenneth G. Wilson (1936).
1992 - 1992
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 49
1918 - 1994
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 50
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 51
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 52
1923 - 2020
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 53
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 54
1926 - 1999
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 55
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 56
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 57
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 58
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 59
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 60
1936 - 2013
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 61