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James Hartle

1939 - 2023

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James Burkett Hartle (August 17, 1939 – May 17, 2023) was an American theoretical physicist. He joined the faculty of the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1966, and was a member of the external faculty of the Santa Fe Institute. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Hartle has received more than 94,129 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. James Hartle is the 733rd most popular physicist (down from 677th in 2019), the 10,369th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,896th in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, James Hartle ranks 733 out of 717. Before him are Ludvig Lorenz, Ayşe Erzan, Walter Munk, Shirley Ann Jackson, John Joly, and Marcia Neugebauer. After him are Daniel Kleppner, Jeffrey Goldstone, Robert Serber, Abhay Ashtekar, Emil Wolf, and Sverker Johansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, James Hartle ranks 502. Before him are Bernie Casey, John M. Fabian, Bob Clark, Marino Perani, Brian Jacques, and Velimir Sombolac. After him are Claude Piquemal, Anne Heggtveit, Viktor Shustikov, James Dunn, David Souter, and Anthony Lake. Among people deceased in 2023, James Hartle ranks 358. Before him are Gordon Pinsent, Richard Murphy, Terry Dischinger, Rolf Harris, Benjamin Zephaniah, and Sergio Gori. After him are Charlie Dominici, Nigel Lawson, Tom Courtney, Dick Butkus, Ama Ata Aidoo, and Barrett Strong.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Hartle ranks 10,369 out of 18,182. Before him are John Kasich (1952), Michael Novak (1933), John Scalzi (1969), Gloria DeHaven (1925), Michaela Conlin (1978), and Sidney Wood (1911). After him are Wallace Langham (1965), Audrey Landers (1956), John Bell Hatcher (1861), Mindy Kaling (1979), Mike McCready (1966), and John Sullivan (1740).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, James Hartle ranks 161. Before him are C. R. Hagen (1937), Howard P. Robertson (1903), Erwin Hahn (1921), Sidney Coleman (1937), Shirley Ann Jackson (1946), and Marcia Neugebauer (1932). After him are Daniel Kleppner (1932), Robert Serber (1909), Bertrand Halperin (1941), Seth Neddermeyer (1907), Mary K. Gaillard (1939), and Edwin Thompson Jaynes (1922).

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