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Hélène Langevin-Joliot

1927 - Today

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Hélène Langevin-Joliot (née Joliot-Curie; born 19 September 1927) is a French nuclear physicist known for her research on nuclear reactions in French laboratories and for being the granddaughter of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie and the daughter of Irene Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie, all four of whom have received Nobel Prizes, in Physics (Pierre and Marie Curie) or Chemistry (Marie Curie and the Joliot-Curies). Since retiring from a career in research Hélène has participated in activism centered around encouraging women and girls to participate in STEM fields. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hélène Langevin-Joliot has received more than 1,087,534 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hélène Langevin-Joliot is the 303rd most popular physicist, the 1,506th most popular biography from France and the 30th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Hélène Langevin-Joliot ranks 303 out of 717. Before her are Freeman Dyson, Valentin Ceaușescu, Paul-Jacques Curie, Pierre Louis Dulong, Peter Mansfield, and William Whewell. After her are Friedrich Hund, Kenneth G. Wilson, Edmond Becquerel, Horst Ludwig Störmer, Stephen Hales, and Jean-Charles de Borda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Hélène Langevin-Joliot ranks 78. Before her are Marvin Minsky, Steve Ditko, Lucio Fulci, Jean-Claude Pascal, George C. Scott, and César Milstein. After her are Jerry Stiller, Enzo Bearzot, Dana Elcar, Jupp Derwall, Megumu Tamura, and Thomas Luckmann.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hélène Langevin-Joliot ranks 1,506 out of 6,011. Before her are Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (1160), Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (1489), Bertrade de Montfort (1070), Maurice Bucaille (1920), Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1464), and Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240). After her are Patrick Depailler (1944), Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774), Élie Cartan (1869), Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220), Bernard de Tremelay (1100), and Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (1337).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Hélène Langevin-Joliot ranks 30. Before her are Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932), Gérard Mourou (1944), Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754), Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Paul-Jacques Curie (1855), and Pierre Louis Dulong (1785). After her are Edmond Becquerel (1820), Jean-Charles de Borda (1733), Marguerite Perey (1909), Gaston Planté (1834), Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785), and Félix Savart (1791).

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