1911 - 2008
John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911 – April 13, 2008) was an American theoretical physicist. He was largely responsible for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States after World War II. Wheeler also worked with Niels Bohr in explaining the basic principles behind nuclear fission. Together with Gregory Breit, Wheeler developed the concept of the Breit–Wheeler process. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Archibald Wheeler has received more than 912,347 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). John Archibald Wheeler is the 204th most popular physicist (up from 651st in 2019), the 946th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,655th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Physicist.
John Archibald Wheeler is most famous for his contributions to the field of quantum physics. He is credited with coining the term "black hole" and was a proponent of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
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Among physicists, John Archibald Wheeler ranks 204 out of 721. Before him are Louis Néel, Claude-Louis Navier, Philip Warren Anderson, Abdus Salam, John Vincent Atanasoff, and Isamu Akasaki. After him are James Cronin, James Rainwater, Wolfgang Paul, Joseph Plateau, Edward Mills Purcell, and Jim Peebles.
1904 - 2000
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 198
1785 - 1836
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 199
1923 - 2020
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 200
1926 - 1996
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 201
1903 - 1995
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 202
1929 - Present
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 203
1911 - 2008
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 204
1931 - 2016
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 205
1917 - 1986
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 206
1913 - 1993
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 207
1801 - 1883
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 208
1912 - 1997
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 209
1935 - Present
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 210
Among people born in 1911, John Archibald Wheeler ranks 41. Before him are Samuel Reshevsky, Jean Harlow, Polykarp Kusch, William Alfred Fowler, Richard Baer, and Vincent Price. After him are Cantinflas, Bernard Katz, Trygve Haavelmo, Henri Troyat, Akira Yoshizawa, and Bernard Herrmann. Among people deceased in 2008, John Archibald Wheeler ranks 32. Before him are Jacques Piccard, Mahmoud Darwish, Mel Ferrer, Michael Crichton, Robert Rauschenberg, and Willis Lamb. After him are Masanobu Fukuoka, Ivan Rebroff, Horst Tappert, Aimé Césaire, George Habash, and Giuseppe Di Stefano.
1911 - 1992
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 35
1911 - 1937
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 36
1911 - 1993
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 37
1911 - 1995
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 38
1911 - 1963
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 39
1911 - 1993
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 40
1911 - 2008
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 41
1911 - 1993
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 42
1911 - 2003
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 43
1911 - 1999
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 44
1911 - 2007
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 45
1911 - 2005
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 46
1911 - 1975
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 47
1922 - 2008
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 26
1941 - 2008
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 27
1917 - 2008
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 28
1942 - 2008
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 29
1925 - 2008
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 30
1913 - 2008
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 31
1911 - 2008
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 32
1913 - 2008
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 33
1931 - 2008
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 34
1923 - 2008
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 35
1913 - 2008
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 36
1926 - 2008
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 37
1921 - 2008
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 38
Among people born in United States, John Archibald Wheeler ranks 946 out of 15,968. Before him are Vincent Price (1911), Howard H. Aiken (1900), Kobe Bryant (1978), James B. Sumner (1887), Bob Kane (1915), and Ellen DeGeneres (1958). After him are Jack Kirby (1917), James Cronin (1931), James Rainwater (1917), Harry Markowitz (1927), David Hasselhoff (1952), and Ronald Dworkin (1931).
1911 - 1993
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 940
1900 - 1973
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 941
1978 - 2020
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 942
1887 - 1955
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 943
1915 - 1998
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 944
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 945
1911 - 2008
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 946
1917 - 1994
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 947
1931 - 2016
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 948
1917 - 1986
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 949
1927 - Present
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 950
1952 - Present
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 951
1931 - 2013
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 952
Among physicists born in United States, John Archibald Wheeler ranks 37. Before him are Sheldon Lee Glashow (1932), John L. Hall (1934), Willis Lamb (1913), Melvin Schwartz (1932), Philip Warren Anderson (1923), and John Vincent Atanasoff (1903). After him are James Cronin (1931), James Rainwater (1917), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), Robert Hofstadter (1915), Frederick Reines (1918), and Arthur Ashkin (1922).
1932 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 31
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 32
1913 - 2008
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 33
1932 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 34
1923 - 2020
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 35
1903 - 1995
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 36
1911 - 2008
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 37
1931 - 2016
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 38
1917 - 1986
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 39
1912 - 1997
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 40
1915 - 1990
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 41
1918 - 1998
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 42
1922 - 2020
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 43