Physicist

Jayant Narlikar

1938 - 2025

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Jayant Narlikar

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Jayant Narlikar is the 489th most popular physicist (up from 526th in 2024), the 392nd most popular biography from India (up from 437th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Physicist.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, Jayant Narlikar ranks 489 out of 851. Before him are Martin Knudsen, Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Johann Heinrich Schulze, Robert Brout, Macedonio Melloni, and Theodore Hall. After him are Johann Christian Poggendorff, Christian Mayer, Toshiko Yuasa, Meghnad Saha, Augusto Righi, and Heinrich Rubens.

Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia

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Martin Knudsen
1871 - 1949
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 483
Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov
1891 - 1951
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 484
Johann Heinrich Schulze
1687 - 1744
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 485
Robert Brout
1928 - 2011
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 486
Macedonio Melloni
1798 - 1854
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 487
Theodore Hall
1925 - 1999
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 488
Jayant Narlikar
1938 - 2025
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 489
Johann Christian Poggendorff
1796 - 1877
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 490
Christian Mayer
1719 - 1783
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 491
Toshiko Yuasa
1909 - 1980
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 492
Meghnad Saha
1893 - 1956
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 493
Augusto Righi
1850 - 1920
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 494
Heinrich Rubens
1865 - 1922
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 495

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Jayant Narlikar ranks 233. Before him are Per Kirkeby, Sjaak Swart, Imre Földi, James W. Christy, Michael Ritchie, and McCoy Tyner. After him are Masakatsu Miyamoto, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Sigitas Tamkevičius, Willi Schulz, Lee Morgan, and Deniz Baykal. Among people deceased in 2025, Jayant Narlikar ranks 226. Before him are Jean-Louis Debré, Hans Enoksen, Tom Robbins, Buvaisar Saitiev, Christoph von Dohnányi, and Tom Stoppard. After him are Peter Hirsch, Sly Stone, Samantha Eggar, Bernhard Vogel, Nicola Pietrangeli, and Halid Bešlić.

Others Born in 1938

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Per Kirkeby
PAINTER
1938 - 2018
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 227
Sjaak Swart
SOCCER PLAYER
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 228
Imre Földi
ATHLETE
1938 - 2017
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 229
James W. Christy
ASTRONOMER
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 230
Michael Ritchie
FILM DIRECTOR
1938 - 2001
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 231
McCoy Tyner
MUSICIAN
1938 - 2020
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 232
Jayant Narlikar
PHYSICIST
1938 - 2025
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 233
Masakatsu Miyamoto
SOCCER PLAYER
1938 - 2002
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 234
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
ATHLETE
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 235
Sigitas Tamkevičius
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 236
Willi Schulz
SOCCER PLAYER
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 237
Lee Morgan
MUSICIAN
1938 - 1972
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 238
Deniz Baykal
POLITICIAN
1938 - 2023
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 239