PHYSICIST
Ivar Giaever
1929 - Today
Ivar Giaever
Ivar Giaever (Norwegian: Giæver, IPA: [ˈìːvɑr ˈjèːvər]; born April 5, 1929) is a Norwegian-American engineer and physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson "for their discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in solids". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivar Giaever has received more than 490,521 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Ivar Giaever is the 250th most popular physicist (up from 283rd in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Norway (up from 59th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Physicist.
Giaever is most famous for being the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973.
Memorability Metrics
490k
Page Views (PV)
62.61
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
64
Languages Editions (L)
8.77
Effective Languages (L*)
3.92
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Ivar Giaever ranks 250 out of 851. Before him are Klaus Hasselmann, John Archibald Wheeler, Jim Peebles, Gérard Mourou, Georg Bednorz, and Georg von Békésy. After him are Claude-Louis Navier, Brian Josephson, Charles Wheatstone, Masatoshi Koshiba, Philip Warren Anderson, and David Brewster.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsKlaus Hasselmann
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 244
John Archibald Wheeler
1911 - 2008
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 245
Jim Peebles
1935 - Present
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 246
Gérard Mourou
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 247
Georg Bednorz
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 248
Georg von Békésy
1899 - 1972
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 249
Ivar Giaever
1929 - Present
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 250
Claude-Louis Navier
1785 - 1836
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 251
Brian Josephson
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 252
Charles Wheatstone
1802 - 1875
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 253
Masatoshi Koshiba
1926 - 2020
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 254
Philip Warren Anderson
1923 - 2020
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 255
David Brewster
1781 - 1868
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 256
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1929, Ivar Giaever ranks 63. Before him are Ralf Dahrendorf, James Last, Lennart Johansson, John Cassavetes, Osamu Yamaji, and Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow. After him are Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Bernard Haitink, Jerry Goldsmith, Gordon Moore, Peter L. Berger, and Violeta Chamorro.
Others Born in 1929
Go to all RankingsRalf Dahrendorf
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1929 - 2009
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 57
James Last
MUSICIAN
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 58
Lennart Johansson
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2019
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 59
John Cassavetes
ACTOR
1929 - 1989
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 60
Osamu Yamaji
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2021
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 61
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1929 - 2008
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 62
Ivar Giaever
PHYSICIST
1929 - Present
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 63
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
HISTORIAN
1929 - 2023
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 64
Bernard Haitink
MUSICIAN
1929 - 2021
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 65
Jerry Goldsmith
COMPOSER
1929 - 2004
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 66
Gordon Moore
BUSINESSPERSON
1929 - 2023
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 67
Peter L. Berger
SOCIOLOGIST
1929 - 2017
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 68
Violeta Chamorro
POLITICIAN
1929 - Present
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 69
In Norway
Among people born in Norway, Ivar Giaever ranks 45 out of 1,039. Before him are Lars Onsager (1903), Magnus the Good (1024), Gustav Vigeland (1869), Haakon IV of Norway (1204), Trygve Haavelmo (1911), and Sophus Lie (1842). After him are Oda Krohg (1860), Johan Halvorsen (1864), Haakon Sigurdsson (930), Olaf III of Norway (1050), Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932), and Sonja Henie (1912).
Others born in Norway
Go to all RankingsLars Onsager
CHEMIST
1903 - 1976
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 39
Magnus the Good
POLITICIAN
1024 - 1047
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 40
Gustav Vigeland
SCULPTOR
1869 - 1943
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 41
Haakon IV of Norway
POLITICIAN
1204 - 1263
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 42
Trygve Haavelmo
ECONOMIST
1911 - 1999
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 43
Sophus Lie
MATHEMATICIAN
1842 - 1899
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 44
Ivar Giaever
PHYSICIST
1929 - Present
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 45
Oda Krohg
PAINTER
1860 - 1935
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 46
Johan Halvorsen
COMPOSER
1864 - 1935
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 47
Haakon Sigurdsson
POLITICIAN
930 - 995
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 48
Olaf III of Norway
POLITICIAN
1050 - 1093
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 49
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner
POLITICIAN
1932 - Present
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 50
Sonja Henie
SKATER
1912 - 1969
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 51
Among PHYSICISTS In Norway
Among physicists born in Norway, Ivar Giaever ranks 1. After him are Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862), and Ole Jacob Broch (1818).
Ivar Giaever
1929 - Present
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 1
Vilhelm Bjerknes
1862 - 1951
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 2
Ole Jacob Broch
1818 - 1889
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 3