PHYSICIST

Javier Solana

1942 - Today

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Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga CYC (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko xaˈβjeɾ soˈlana ðe maðaˈɾjaɣa]; born 14 July 1942) is a Spanish physicist and PSOE politician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Javier Solana has received more than 556,116 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Javier Solana is the 122nd most popular physicist (down from 107th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 124th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Physicist.

Javier Solana is most famous for his work as the Secretary-General of NATO from 1995 to 1999. He was also the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union from 1999 to 2009.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Javier Solana ranks 122 out of 851Before him are Arnold Sommerfeld, Paul Langevin, Joseph von Fraunhofer, K. Alex Müller, James Franck, and Isamu Akasaki. After him are Isidor Isaac Rabi, Julius von Mayer, C. V. Raman, Val Logsdon Fitch, François Englert, and Robert Coleman Richardson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Javier Solana ranks 31Before him are Daniel Barenboim, Brian Jones, Calvin Klein, Michael Haneke, Alassane Ouattara, and Werner Herzog. After him are José Eduardo dos Santos, Lou Reed, Ian McShane, Mohamed ElBaradei, Giorgio Agamben, and Tobin Bell.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Javier Solana ranks 122 out of 3,355Before him are Juan Ponce de León (1460), Manuel Azaña (1880), Alfonso V of Aragon (1396), Margaret Theresa of Spain (1651), Pablo de Sarasate (1844), and Miguel de Unamuno (1864). After him are Paco de Lucía (1947), Francisco de Orellana (1511), Francisco Tárrega (1852), Ferdinand III of Castile (1199), Ricardo Zamora (1901), and Miguel Primo de Rivera (1870).

Among PHYSICISTS In Spain

Among physicists born in Spain, Javier Solana ranks 1After him are José Celestino Mutis (1732), and Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain (1965).