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Hubert Curien

1924 - 2005

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Hubert Curien (30 October 1924 – 6 February 2005) was a French physicist and a key figure in European science politics, as the President of CERN Council (1994–1996), the first chairman of the European Space Agency (ESA) (1981–1984), and second President of the Academia Europæa and a President of Fondation de France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hubert Curien has received more than 31,498 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hubert Curien is the 705th most popular physicist (down from 643rd in 2019), the 4,576th most popular biography from France (down from 3,970th in 2019) and the 65th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Hubert Curien ranks 705 out of 717. Before him are Helen Quinn, Jürgen Kurths, Christian Møller, Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert, Seymour Benzer, and Raja Ramanna. After him are Karl Taylor Compton, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Juan Martín Maldacena, Jacques Friedel, Lene Hau, and Charlotte Froese Fischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Hubert Curien ranks 381. Before him are Sam Jones, Claude Netter, Maino Neri, Erika Mahringer, Harvey Kurtzman, and Earl Scruggs. After him are Nicholas Colasanto, Ivan Udodov, Maria Golubnichaya, Gail Russell, Giacomo Mari, and Michael Manley. Among people deceased in 2005, Hubert Curien ranks 282. Before him are Spencer Dryden, M. Scott Peck, Wolfgang Blochwitz, Eugene J. Martin, Richard Doll, and Arnold Denker. After him are Wendie Jo Sperber, Robert Creeley, Gaylord Nelson, Ramanand Sagar, Tetsuo Hamuro, and Sheree North.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hubert Curien ranks 4,576 out of 6,011. Before him are Maurice Perrin (1911), Jean Dutourd (1920), Thomas Pesquet (1978), Robert Budzynski (1940), Marcel Balsa (1909), and Louis Gabrillargues (1914). After him are Yacine Brahimi (1990), Georges Carnus (1940), René Bondoux (1905), Lydie Salvayre (1948), Georges Gandil (1926), and Kurt Zouma (1994).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Hubert Curien ranks 65. Before him are Gustave Trouvé (1839), Louis-François-Clement Breguet (1804), Ferdinand Monoyer (1836), Carl August von Steinheil (1801), Alfred Perot (1863), and Charles Fabry (1867). After him are Jacques Friedel (1921).

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