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 to explain the basic principles of 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 1,194,498 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). John Archibald Wheeler is the 191st most popular physicist (up from 204th in 2019), the 862nd most popular biography from United States (up from 945th in 2019) and the 35th 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 191 out of 717. Before him are Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Richard E. Taylor, Giorgio Parisi, Gerd Binnig, Yang Chen-Ning, and Satyendra Nath Bose. After him are John L. Hall, Wolfgang Paul, Frederick Reines, Ilya Frank, Isamu Akasaki, and Willis Lamb.
1928 - 2017
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 185
1929 - 2018
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 186
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 187
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 188
1922 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 189
1894 - 1974
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 190
1911 - 2008
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 191
1934 - Present
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 192
1913 - 1993
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 193
1918 - 1998
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 194
1908 - 1990
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 195
1929 - 2021
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 196
1913 - 2008
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 197
Among people born in 1911, John Archibald Wheeler ranks 35. Before him are Max Frisch, Samuel Reshevsky, L. Ron Hubbard, Ginger Rogers, William Howard Stein, and Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark. After him are Jean Harlow, Sergey Sokolov, Milovan Đilas, Herta Oberheuser, Richard Baer, and Trygve Haavelmo. Among people deceased in 2008, John Archibald Wheeler ranks 28. Before him are Michael Crichton, Heath Ledger, Jules Dassin, Roy Scheider, Jacques Piccard, and Mahmoud Darwish. After him are Edward Norton Lorenz, Willis Lamb, Lansana Conté, Mel Ferrer, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, and Thomas Huckle Weller.
1911 - 1991
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 29
1911 - 1992
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 30
1911 - 1986
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 31
1911 - 1995
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 32
1911 - 1980
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 33
1911 - 1937
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 34
1911 - 2008
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 35
1911 - 1937
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 36
1911 - 2012
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 37
1911 - 1995
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 38
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 39
1911 - 1963
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 40
1911 - 1999
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 41
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 22
1979 - 2008
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 23
1911 - 2008
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 24
1932 - 2008
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 25
1922 - 2008
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 26
1941 - 2008
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 27
1911 - 2008
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 28
1917 - 2008
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 29
1913 - 2008
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 30
1934 - 2008
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 31
1917 - 2008
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 32
1929 - 2008
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 33
1915 - 2008
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 34
Among people born in United States, John Archibald Wheeler ranks 862 out of 18,182. Before him are Bill Bixby (1934), John J. Pershing (1860), Lynn Margulis (1938), Jason Robards (1922), Kris Kristofferson (1936), and John Lithgow (1945). After him are Robert Venturi (1925), James Woods (1947), Linda Hamilton (1956), Linda Hunt (1945), Karl Malden (1912), and Irwin Rose (1926).
1934 - 1993
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 856
1860 - 1948
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 857
1938 - 2011
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 858
1922 - 2000
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 859
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 860
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 861
1911 - 2008
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 862
1925 - 2018
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 863
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 864
1956 - Present
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 865
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 866
1912 - 2009
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 867
1926 - 2015
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 868
Among physicists born in United States, John Archibald Wheeler ranks 35. Before him are Edward Mills Purcell (1912), Arthur Ashkin (1922), James Cronin (1931), Charles H. Townes (1915), Robert Hofstadter (1915), and Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (1915). After him are John L. Hall (1934), Frederick Reines (1918), Willis Lamb (1913), Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921), David Lee (1931), and Roy J. Glauber (1925).
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 29
1922 - 2020
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 30
1931 - 2016
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 31
1915 - 2015
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 32
1915 - 1990
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 33
1915 - 2011
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 34
1911 - 2008
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 35
1934 - Present
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 36
1918 - 1998
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 37
1913 - 2008
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 38
1921 - 1999
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 39
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 40
1925 - 2018
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 41