1962 - Today
Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili (Arabic: جميل صادق الخليلي; born 20 September 1962) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster. He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in science at the University of Surrey. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Al-Khalili has received more than 915,531 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jim Al-Khalili is the 763rd most popular physicist (down from 711th in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 288th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Physicist.
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Among physicists, Jim Al-Khalili ranks 763 out of 717. Before him are Ernest Moniz, John C. Baez, Sylvia Fedoruk, Carver Mead, William Penney, Baron Penney, and Edward Andrade. After him are Nathan Seiberg, Paul Ginsparg, Sean M. Carroll, He Jiankui, Deborah S. Jin, and Gian Francesco Giudice.
1944 - Present
HPI: 37.78
Rank: 757
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.18
Rank: 758
1927 - 2012
HPI: 37.04
Rank: 759
1934 - Present
HPI: 36.91
Rank: 760
1909 - 1991
HPI: 36.68
Rank: 761
1887 - 1971
HPI: 36.55
Rank: 762
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.34
Rank: 763
1956 - Present
HPI: 36.04
Rank: 764
1955 - Present
HPI: 35.09
Rank: 765
1966 - Present
HPI: 34.59
Rank: 766
1984 - Present
HPI: 34.55
Rank: 767
1968 - 2016
HPI: 31.95
Rank: 768
1961 - Present
HPI: 31.05
Rank: 769
Among people born in 1962, Jim Al-Khalili ranks 593. Before him are Ralf Schumann, Hitoshi Nakata, Kevin Eastman, Ingo Schulze, Andrew Hampsten, and Hannes Holm. After him are Florica Lavric, Trinidad Jiménez, Galina Malchugina, Ahn Byeong-keun, Sergey Rodionov, and Kevin Lima.
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.41
Rank: 587
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.40
Rank: 588
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.40
Rank: 589
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.37
Rank: 590
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.35
Rank: 591
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.34
Rank: 592
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.34
Rank: 593
1962 - 2014
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 594
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 595
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.30
Rank: 596
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.30
Rank: 597
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.25
Rank: 598
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.18
Rank: 599
Among people born in Iraq, Jim Al-Khalili ranks 320 out of 338. Before him are Muntadhar al-Zaidi (1979), Muhsin al-Ramli (1967), Ali Adnan Kadhim (1993), Bashar Warda (1969), Nadhim Shaker (1958), and Nadira (1932). After him are Hawar Mulla Mohammed (1981), Ahmed Al Safi (1971), Nashat Akram (1984), Bassim Abbas (1982), Noor Sabri (1984), and Ahmed Yasin Ghani (1991).
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 314
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 315
1993 - Present
HPI: 37.50
Rank: 316
1969 - Present
HPI: 37.34
Rank: 317
1958 - 2020
HPI: 36.48
Rank: 318
1932 - 2006
HPI: 36.39
Rank: 319
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.34
Rank: 320
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.13
Rank: 321
1971 - Present
HPI: 35.01
Rank: 322
1984 - Present
HPI: 33.72
Rank: 323
1982 - Present
HPI: 32.04
Rank: 324
1984 - Present
HPI: 30.61
Rank: 325
1991 - Present
HPI: 29.50
Rank: 326
Among physicists born in Iraq, Jim Al-Khalili ranks 2. Before him are Ibn al-Haytham (965).