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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 33,927 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hubert Curien is the 741st most popular physicist (down from 705th in 2019), the 4,895th most popular biography from France (down from 4,558th in 2019) and the 71st most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Hubert Curien ranks 741 out of 851. Before him are Seymour Benzer, John Aitken, Gersh Budker, Alan Cottrell, Bernard Lovell, and Paul Corkum. After him are George F. R. Ellis, William Stanley Jr., Ernst Ising, Frank Benford, Gilbert Walker, and Juan Martín Maldacena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Hubert Curien ranks 414. Before him are Muhammad Osman Said, Margaret Truman, Evelyn Boyd Granville, Maria Golubnichaya, Pierre Adam, and Mohamed M. Atalla. After him are Maria Sander, Ken Armstrong, Daniel Akaka, Joe Gaetjens, Ingemar Johansson, and Scott Brady. Among people deceased in 2005, Hubert Curien ranks 289. Before him are José Azcona del Hoyo, Debra Hill, Spencer Dryden, Mario Luzi, Matthew McGrory, and Ariel Nogueira. After him are Ruth Hussey, Sheree North, Misael Escuti, Kay Stammers, M. Scott Peck, and James Stockdale.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hubert Curien ranks 4,895 out of 6,770. Before him are Florian Thauvin (1993), Pierre Adam (1924), Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (1808), Roger Apéry (1916), Raphaël Poirée (1974), and Chantal Chaudé de Silans (1919). After him are Marcel Pinel (1908), Jacques Cariou (1870), Franck Sauzée (1965), Erick Mombaerts (1955), Renaud Lavillenie (1986), and André Strappe (1928).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Hubert Curien ranks 71. Before him are Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700), Prosper-René Blondlot (1849), Marcel Brillouin (1854), Ferdinand Monoyer (1836), Thibault Damour (1951), and Yvette Cauchois (1908). After him are Jacques Friedel (1921).

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