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Herbert Friedman

1916 - 2000

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Herbert Friedman (June 21, 1916 – September 9, 2000) was an American physicist and astronomer who did research in X-ray astronomy. During his career Friedman published hundreds of scientific papers. One such example is "Ultraviolet and X Rays from the Sun". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Friedman has received more than 61,059 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Herbert Friedman is the 350th most popular astronomer (up from 374th in 2019), the 5,170th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,860th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 61k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Herbert Friedmen by language

Over the past year Herbert Friedman has had the most page views in the with 5,546 views, followed by Chinese (2,244), and Persian (1,272). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (264.44%), Ukrainian (71.62%), and Egyptian Arabic (56.82%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Herbert Friedman ranks 350 out of 644. Before him are Charles Dillon Perrine, James W. Christy, Frank Muller, Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, Takeshi Urata, and Eugene Parker. After him are Hervé Faye, Bart Bok, Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Viktor Knorre, Heikki A. Alikoski, and Christopher Hansteen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Herbert Friedman ranks 163. Before him are Jenő Fock, Franco Fabrizi, Torsten Hägerstrand, George Sidney, Anne Hébert, and Halet Çambel. After him are Johnny Claes, Tatevik Sazandaryan, Bruno Chizzo, Harry James, Herbert Norkus, and Adriana Caselotti. Among people deceased in 2000, Herbert Friedman ranks 176. Before him are Werner Klemperer, Paula Wessely, Carlos Guastavino, Ansumane Mané, Rinaldo Martino, and Johannes Virolainen. After him are Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Robert Dienst, Đorđe Martinović incident, William Porter, Rodolfo Pini, and Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herbert Friedman ranks 5,170 out of 20,380. Before him are Nas (1973), Robert Webber (1924), Charles Starkweather (1938), Mary Daly (1928), Val Valentino (1956), and Dr. John (1941). After him are Nancy Kerrigan (1969), William Hickey (1927), Stephen Allen Benson (1816), Taylor Lautner (1992), Jimmy Fallon (1974), and Alexis Bledel (1981).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Herbert Friedman ranks 65. Before him are Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), Daniel Kirkwood (1814), Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), James W. Christy (1938), Frank Muller (1862), and Eugene Parker (1927). After him are Heber Doust Curtis (1872), Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), James Edward Keeler (1857), Margaret Geller (1947), and Henry E. Holt (1929).

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