1942 - Today
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 499,040 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Javier Solana is the 107th most popular physicist (up from 150th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Spain (up from 183rd 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, Javier Solana ranks 107 out of 717. Before him are Hippolyte Fizeau, Alfred Kastler, Joseph von Fraunhofer, Kip Thorne, Henry Moseley, and George Gamow. After him are Victor Francis Hess, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, J. Hans D. Jensen, Edward Victor Appleton, Julius von Mayer, and Anders Jonas Ångström.
1819 - 1896
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 101
1902 - 1984
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 102
1787 - 1826
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 103
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 104
1887 - 1915
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 105
1904 - 1968
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 106
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 107
1883 - 1964
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 108
1788 - 1827
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 109
1907 - 1973
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 110
1892 - 1965
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 111
1814 - 1878
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 112
1814 - 1874
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 113
Among people born in 1942, Javier Solana ranks 31. Before him are Michael Haneke, Calvin Klein, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Werner Herzog, Ian McShane, and John Wayne Gacy. After him are Giorgio Agamben, Ehud Barak, José Eduardo dos Santos, Jochen Rindt, Lou Reed, and Giancarlo Giannini.
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 25
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 26
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 27
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 28
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 29
1942 - 1994
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 30
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 31
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 32
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 33
1942 - 2022
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 34
1942 - 1970
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 35
1942 - 2013
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 36
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 37
Among people born in Spain, Javier Solana ranks 124 out of 2,932. Before him are Henry II of Navarre (1503), Seneca the Elder (-54), Pelagius of Asturias (685), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Manuel Azaña (1880), and Baltasar Gracián (1601). After him are Margaret Theresa of Spain (1651), Paco de Lucía (1947), Ferdinand I of Aragon (1380), John II of Castile (1405), Ferdinand I of León (1016), and Henry IV of Castile (1425).
1503 - 1555
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 118
54 BC - 39
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 119
685 - 737
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 120
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 121
1880 - 1940
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 122
1601 - 1658
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 123
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 124
1651 - 1673
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 125
1947 - 2014
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 126
1380 - 1416
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 127
1405 - 1454
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 128
1016 - 1065
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 129
1425 - 1474
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 130
Among physicists born in Spain, Javier Solana ranks 1. After him are José Celestino Mutis (1732).