1931 - 2016
James Watson Cronin (September 29, 1931 – August 25, 2016) was an American particle physicist.Cronin and co-researcher Val Logsdon Fitch were awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics for a 1964 experiment that proved that certain subatomic reactions do not adhere to fundamental symmetry principles. Specifically, they proved, by examining the decay of kaons, that a reaction run in reverse does not merely retrace the path of the original reaction, which showed that the interactions of subatomic particles are not invariant under time reversal. Thus the phenomenon of CP violation was discovered.Cronin received the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award in 1976 for major experimental contributions to particle physics including fundamental work on weak interactions culminating in the discovery of asymmetry under time reversal. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Cronin has received more than 198,830 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia. James Cronin is the 177th most popular physicist (up from 205th in 2019), the 796th most popular biography from United States (up from 947th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Physicist.
James Cronin is most famous for being a professional rugby player.
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Among physicists, James Cronin ranks 177 out of 717. Before him are Igor Kurchatov, Martinus J. G. Veltman, Hannes Alfvén, Pyotr Kapitsa, Edward Mills Purcell, and Arthur Ashkin. After him are Charles H. Townes, Emilio Segrè, Edme Mariotte, Robert Hofstadter, Klaus von Klitzing, and Louis Néel.
1903 - 1960
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 171
1931 - 2021
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 172
1908 - 1995
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 173
1894 - 1984
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 174
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 175
1922 - 2020
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 176
1931 - 2016
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 177
1915 - 2015
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 178
1905 - 1989
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 179
1620 - 1684
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 180
1915 - 1990
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 181
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 182
1904 - 2000
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 183
Among people born in 1931, James Cronin ranks 38. Before him are João Gilberto, D. B. Cooper, Aldo Rossi, Syukuro Manabe, Johannes Rau, and Martinus J. G. Veltman. After him are James Earl Jones, Ike Turner, Larry Hagman, Caterina Valente, Kakuichi Mimura, and Khieu Samphan. Among people deceased in 2016, James Cronin ranks 37. Before him are Carrie Fisher, Nancy Reagan, Věra Čáslavská, Bernardo Provenzano, Gene Wilder, and George Gaynes. After him are Walter Scheel, Hilary Putnam, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Michael Cimino, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, and René Angélil.
1931 - 2019
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 32
1931 - 1971
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 33
1931 - 1997
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 34
1931 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 35
1931 - 2006
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 36
1931 - 2021
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 37
1931 - 2016
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 38
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 39
1931 - 2007
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 40
1931 - 2012
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 41
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 42
1931 - 2022
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 43
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 44
1956 - 2016
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 31
1921 - 2016
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 32
1942 - 2016
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 33
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 34
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 35
1917 - 2016
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 36
1931 - 2016
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 37
1919 - 2016
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 38
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 39
1929 - 2016
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 40
1939 - 2016
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 41
1920 - 2016
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 42
1942 - 2016
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 43
Among people born in United States, James Cronin ranks 796 out of 18,182. Before him are Arthur Ashkin (1922), Laurence Fishburne (1961), George Foreman (1949), H. H. Holmes (1861), John Reed (1887), and Charlie Sheen (1965). After him are Sam Peckinpah (1925), Lee Marvin (1924), Charles H. Townes (1915), Joseph Campbell (1904), Robert Solow (1924), and Danny Glover (1946).
1922 - 2020
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 790
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 791
1949 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 792
1861 - 1896
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 793
1887 - 1920
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 794
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 795
1931 - 2016
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 796
1925 - 1984
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 797
1924 - 1987
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 798
1915 - 2015
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 799
1904 - 1987
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 800
1924 - 2023
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 801
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 802
Among physicists born in United States, James Cronin ranks 31. Before him are Benjamin Thompson (1753), James Rainwater (1917), Leon Cooper (1930), Robert H. Goddard (1882), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), and Arthur Ashkin (1922). After him are Charles H. Townes (1915), Robert Hofstadter (1915), Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (1915), John Archibald Wheeler (1911), John L. Hall (1934), and Frederick Reines (1918).
1753 - 1814
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 25
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 26
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 27
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 28
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 29
1922 - 2020
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 30
1931 - 2016
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 31
1915 - 2015
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 32
1915 - 1990
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 33
1915 - 2011
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 34
1911 - 2008
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 35
1934 - Present
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 36
1918 - 1998
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 37