1949 - Today
Hugh David Politzer (; born August 31, 1949) is an American theoretical physicist and the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh David Politzer has received more than 126,514 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Hugh David Politzer is the 265th most popular physicist (up from 281st in 2019), the 1,295th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,439th in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Physicist.
Hugh David Politzer is most famous for his work in the field of particle physics. Politzer is a professor at the California Institute of Technology and is best known for his work on the discovery of the gluon.
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Among physicists, Hugh David Politzer ranks 265 out of 717. Before him are John Cockcroft, Moshé Feldenkrais, Rainer Weiss, Abdul Qadeer Khan, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, and Philip Warren Anderson. After him are Jack Steinberger, Henry Way Kendall, Joseph Swan, Patrick Blackett, Douglas Osheroff, and Andre Geim.
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 259
1904 - 1984
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 260
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
Among people born in 1949, Hugh David Politzer ranks 62. Before him are Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Ivana Trump, Zoia Ceaușescu, Ruud Krol, Fanny Ardant, and Shelley Duvall. After him are Brigitte Bierlein, Valery Leontiev, Annie Leibovitz, Jim Broadbent, Sissy Spacek, and Miuccia Prada.
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 56
1949 - 2022
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 57
1949 - 2006
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 58
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 59
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 60
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 61
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 62
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 63
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 64
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 65
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 66
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 67
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 68
Among people born in United States, Hugh David Politzer ranks 1,295 out of 18,182. Before him are Michael Stuart Brown (1941), Grandma Moses (1860), Edith Wharton (1862), John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899), Philip Warren Anderson (1923), and Shelley Duvall (1949). After him are Aaron Copland (1900), Dean Reed (1938), Kelly McGillis (1957), Lucille Ball (1911), George Carlin (1937), and Raymond A. Spruance (1886).
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 1,289
1860 - 1961
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 1,290
1862 - 1937
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 1,291
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 1,292
1923 - 2020
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 1,293
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 1,294
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 1,295
1900 - 1990
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 1,296
1938 - 1986
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 1,297
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 1,298
1911 - 1989
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 1,299
1937 - 2008
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 1,300
1886 - 1969
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 1,301
Among physicists born in United States, Hugh David Politzer ranks 54. Before him are Sheldon Lee Glashow (1932), David Bohm (1992), Julian Schwinger (1918), David J. Wineland (1944), John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899), and Philip Warren Anderson (1923). After him are Henry Way Kendall (1926), Douglas Osheroff (1945), George Smoot (1945), Samuel C. C. Ting (1936), David Gross (1941), and William Daniel Phillips (1948).
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 48
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