1914 - 2006
James Alfred Van Allen (September 7, 1914 – August 9, 2006) was an American space scientist at the University of Iowa. He was instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space. The Van Allen radiation belts were named after him, following his discovery using Geiger–Müller tube instruments on the 1958 satellites (Explorer 1, Explorer 3, and Pioneer 3) during the International Geophysical Year. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Van Allen has received more than 345,182 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). James Van Allen is the 101st most popular astronomer (up from 127th in 2019), the 1,544th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,836th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, James Van Allen ranks 101 out of 531. Before him are Johann Elert Bode, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, William Huggins, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Karl Ludwig Hencke, and J. Allen Hynek. After him are Mary Somerville, Reinhard Genzel, Frank Drake, Edward Charles Pickering, George Biddell Airy, and Ernst Öpik.
1747 - 1826
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 95
1580 - 1637
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 96
1824 - 1910
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 97
1892 - 1979
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 98
1793 - 1866
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 99
1910 - 1986
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 100
1914 - 2006
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 101
1780 - 1872
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 102
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 103
1930 - 2022
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 104
1846 - 1919
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 105
1801 - 1892
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 106
1893 - 1985
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 107
Among people born in 1914, James Van Allen ranks 55. Before him are Mario Bava, Rafael Kubelík, William Westmoreland, Agostino Casaroli, Francisco da Costa Gomes, and Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin. After him are Renato Dulbecco, María Félix, Lilli Palmer, Jan Karski, Unity Mitford, and Kurt Franz. Among people deceased in 2006, James Van Allen ranks 58. Before him are Claude Jade, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Glenn Ford, Richard Kuklinski, Betty Friedan, and Richard Fleischer. After him are Karel Appel, Joachim Fest, Ta Mok, Lillian Asplund, John Money, and William Styron.
1914 - 1980
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 49
1914 - 1996
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 50
1914 - 2005
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 51
1914 - 1998
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 52
1914 - 2001
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 53
1914 - 1999
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 54
1914 - 2006
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 55
1914 - 2012
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 56
1914 - 2002
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 57
1914 - 1986
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 58
1914 - 2000
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 59
1914 - 1948
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 60
1914 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 61
1948 - 2006
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 52
1943 - 2006
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 53
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 54
1935 - 2006
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 55
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 56
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 57
1914 - 2006
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 58
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 59
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 60
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 61
1906 - 2006
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 62
1921 - 2006
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 63
1925 - 2006
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 64
Among people born in United States, James Van Allen ranks 1,544 out of 18,182. Before him are Brad Dourif (1950), Jennifer Garner (1972), Chief Seattle (1786), Thomas J. Sargent (1943), Martha Stewart (1941), and Benedict Arnold (1741). After him are Jake Gyllenhaal (1980), Matt LeBlanc (1967), James McKeen Cattell (1860), Michelle Phillips (1944), Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), and Poul Anderson (1926).
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 1,538
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 1,539
1786 - 1866
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 1,540
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 1,541
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 1,542
1741 - 1801
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 1,543
1914 - 2006
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 1,544
1980 - Present
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 1,545
1967 - Present
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 1,546
1860 - 1944
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 1,547
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 1,548
1892 - 1949
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 1,549
1926 - 2001
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 1,550
Among astronomers born in United States, James Van Allen ranks 18. Before him are Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Lewis A. Swift (1820), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), and J. Allen Hynek (1910). After him are Frank Drake (1930), Edward Charles Pickering (1846), Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929), Henry Norris Russell (1877), Harlow Shapley (1885), and Maria Mitchell (1818).
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 12
1820 - 1913
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 13
1857 - 1923
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 14
1928 - 1997
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 15
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 16
1910 - 1986
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 17
1914 - 2006
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 18
1930 - 2022
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 19
1846 - 1919
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 20
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 21
1877 - 1957
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 22
1885 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 23
1818 - 1889
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 24