1924 - 1999
Humberto Fernández-Morán Villalobos (18 February 1924 – 17 March 1999) was a Venezuelan research scientist born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, known for inventing the diamond knife or scalpel, significantly advancing the development of electromagnetic lenses for electron microscopy based on superconducting technology, and many other scientific contributions. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Humberto Fernández-Morán has received more than 33,914 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Humberto Fernández-Morán is the 665th most popular physicist (down from 629th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Venezuela (down from 64th in 2019) and the most popular Venezuelan Physicist.
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Among physicists, Humberto Fernández-Morán ranks 665 out of 717. Before him are Arthur Schuster, Orest Khvolson, Max Tegmark, Stanley Mandelstam, Brandon Carter, and Antonius van den Broek. After him are Vilho Väisälä, Julian Barbour, Ash Carter, Egon Orowan, Pief Panofsky, and Joseph Polchinski.
1851 - 1934
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 659
1852 - 1934
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 660
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 661
1928 - 2016
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 662
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 663
1870 - 1926
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 664
1924 - 1999
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 665
1889 - 1969
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 666
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 667
1954 - 2022
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 668
1902 - 1989
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 669
1919 - 2007
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 670
1954 - 2018
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 671
Among people born in 1924, Humberto Fernández-Morán ranks 348. Before him are Mel Patton, Slim Harpo, Vladimir Bogomolov, Attilio Giovannini, Siiri Rantanen, and Mary Ford. After him are Yvonne Brill, Pierre Adam, César Ruminski, George Amick, Robert Körner, and Stanley Jaki. Among people deceased in 1999, Humberto Fernández-Morán ranks 208. Before him are Sulo Nurmela, Owen Hart, Celso Torrelio, Nahum Stelmach, Rick Danko, and Josef Zeman. After him are Mel Tormé, Arturo Fernández Meyzán, Annibale Frossi, Nathan Jacobson, Christopher Cockerell, and Necil Kazım Akses.
1924 - 2014
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 342
1924 - 1970
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 343
1924 - 2003
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 344
1924 - 2005
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 345
1924 - 2023
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 346
1924 - 1977
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 347
1924 - 1999
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 348
1924 - 2013
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 349
1924 - 2012
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 350
1924 - 2009
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 351
1924 - 1959
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 352
1924 - 1989
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 353
1924 - 2009
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 354
1908 - 1999
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 202
1965 - 1999
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 203
1933 - 1999
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 204
1936 - 1999
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 205
1943 - 1999
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 206
1915 - 1999
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 207
1924 - 1999
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 208
1925 - 1999
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 209
1906 - 1999
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 210
1911 - 1999
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 211
1910 - 1999
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 212
1910 - 1999
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 213
1908 - 1999
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 214
Among people born in Venezuela, Humberto Fernández-Morán ranks 70 out of 155. Before him are Andrés Narvarte (1781), Pastor Maldonado (1985), José Gregorio Monagas (1795), Henrique Capriles (1972), Eugenio Montejo (1938), and Juan Bautista Pérez (1869). After him are Edgar Sanabria (1911), Ignacio Andrade (1839), Julián Castro (1810), Édgar Ramírez (1977), Francisco Rodríguez (1945), and Pedro Gual Escandón (1783).
1781 - 1853
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 64
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 65
1795 - 1858
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 66
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 67
1938 - 2008
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 68
1869 - 1952
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 69
1924 - 1999
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 70
1911 - 1989
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 71
1839 - 1925
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 72
1810 - 1875
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 73
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 74
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 75
1783 - 1862
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 76
Among physicists born in Venezuela, Humberto Fernández-Morán ranks 1.