1917 - 1986
Leo James Rainwater (December 9, 1917 – May 31, 1986) was an American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 for his part in determining the asymmetrical shapes of certain atomic nuclei. During World War II, he worked on the Manhattan Project that developed the first atomic bombs. In 1949, he began developing his theory that, contrary to what was then believed, not all atomic nuclei are spherical. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Rainwater has received more than 120,820 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia. James Rainwater is the 167th most popular physicist (up from 206th in 2019), the 713th most popular biography from United States (up from 948th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Physicist.
James Rainwater is most famous for his research on the effects of the Great Depression on American families.
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Among physicists, James Rainwater ranks 167 out of 717. Before him are Steven Weinberg, Donald A. Glaser, Polykarp Kusch, Laura Bassi, Georges Charpak, and Benjamin Thompson. After him are Syukuro Manabe, Leon Cooper, Robert H. Goddard, Igor Kurchatov, Martinus J. G. Veltman, and Hannes Alfvén.
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 161
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 162
1911 - 1993
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 163
1711 - 1778
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 164
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 165
1753 - 1814
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 166
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 167
1931 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 168
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 169
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 170
1903 - 1960
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 171
1931 - 2021
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 172
1908 - 1995
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 173
Among people born in 1917, James Rainwater ranks 28. Before him are Louis Zamperini, Rochus Misch, Óscar Romero, Jean-Pierre Melville, Bourvil, and Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia. After him are Sven Hassel, George Gaynes, Ferdinand Marcos, Dizzy Gillespie, Algirdas Julien Greimas, and Danielle Darrieux. Among people deceased in 1986, James Rainwater ranks 27. Before him are Alva Myrdal, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Benny Goodman, Erich Koch, and Edward Adelbert Doisy. After him are Chiune Sugihara, Jaroslav Seifert, Minoru Yamasaki, Georges Dumézil, L. Ron Hubbard, and Leonid Kantorovich.
1917 - 2014
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 22
1917 - 2013
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 23
1917 - 1980
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 24
1917 - 1973
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 25
1917 - 1970
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 26
1917 - 1992
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 27
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 28
1917 - 2012
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 29
1917 - 2016
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 30
1917 - 1989
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 31
1917 - 1993
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 32
1917 - 1992
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 33
1917 - 2017
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 34
1902 - 1986
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 21
1899 - 1986
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 22
1904 - 1986
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 23
1909 - 1986
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 24
1896 - 1986
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 25
1893 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 26
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 27
1900 - 1986
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 28
1901 - 1986
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 29
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 30
1898 - 1986
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 31
1911 - 1986
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 32
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 33
Among people born in United States, James Rainwater ranks 713 out of 18,182. Before him are Scott Joplin (1868), Robert Downey Jr. (1965), Benjamin Thompson (1753), Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893), Stanley Cohen (1922), and Harold Urey (1893). After him are Wes Craven (1939), John Goodman (1952), William Saroyan (1908), Billy Graham (1918), Maya Angelou (1928), and Asaph Hall (1829).
1868 - 1917
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 707
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 708
1753 - 1814
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 709
1893 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 710
1922 - 2020
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 711
1893 - 1981
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 712
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 713
1939 - 2015
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 714
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 715
1908 - 1981
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 716
1918 - 2018
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 717
1928 - 2014
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 718
1829 - 1907
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 719
Among physicists born in United States, James Rainwater ranks 26. Before him are Hugh Everett III (1930), Michio Kaku (1947), Murray Gell-Mann (1929), Steven Weinberg (1933), Donald A. Glaser (1926), and Benjamin Thompson (1753). After him are Leon Cooper (1930), Robert H. Goddard (1882), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), Arthur Ashkin (1922), James Cronin (1931), and Charles H. Townes (1915).
1930 - 1982
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 20
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 21
1929 - 2019
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 22
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 23
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 24
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