1961 - Today
John Carlos Baez (; born June 12, 1961) is an American mathematical physicist and a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in Riverside, California. He has worked on spin foams in loop quantum gravity, applications of higher categories to physics, and applied category theory. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John C. Baez has received more than 229,480 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John C. Baez is the 758th most popular physicist (down from 709th in 2019), the 12,491st most popular biography from United States (down from 12,122nd in 2019) and the 174th most popular American Physicist.
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Among physicists, John C. Baez ranks 758 out of 717. Before him are Nima Arkani-Hamed, Yash Pal, Herbert Goldstein, Richard A. Muller, Howard Georgi, and Ernest Moniz. After him are Sylvia Fedoruk, Carver Mead, William Penney, Baron Penney, Edward Andrade, Jim Al-Khalili, and Nathan Seiberg.
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 752
1926 - 2017
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 753
1922 - 2005
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 754
1944 - Present
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 755
1947 - Present
HPI: 38.14
Rank: 756
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
Among people born in 1961, John C. Baez ranks 574. Before him are Max Julen, Nikolay Abramov, Julius Kariuki, Tetsuya Totsuka, Tim Meadows, and Sebastiano Nela. After him are Violeta Bermúdez, The Godfather, Ricki Herbert, Werner Koch, Maja Haderlap, and David Thompson.
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.28
Rank: 568
1961 - 2016
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 569
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.26
Rank: 570
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.26
Rank: 571
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.21
Rank: 572
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.18
Rank: 573
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.18
Rank: 574
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.13
Rank: 575
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 576
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 577
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.00
Rank: 578
1961 - Present
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 579
1961 - 2010
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 580
Among people born in United States, John C. Baez ranks 12,491 out of 18,182. Before him are Janet L. Kavandi (1959), Derek Chauvin (1976), Leon Wilkeson (1952), Mark Cerny (1964), Frederick D. Gregory (1941), and Tiffany Darwish (1971). After him are Raphael Sbarge (1965), Kyle Korver (1981), George Newbern (1964), Lil Uzi Vert (1994), Roy Atwell (1878), and Todd Martin (1970).
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 12,485
1976 - Present
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 12,486
1952 - 2001
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 12,487
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 12,488
1941 - Present
HPI: 37.18
Rank: 12,489
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.18
Rank: 12,490
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.18
Rank: 12,491
1965 - Present
HPI: 37.18
Rank: 12,492
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 12,493
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 12,494
1994 - Present
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 12,495
1878 - 1962
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 12,496
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 12,497
Among physicists born in United States, John C. Baez ranks 174. Before him are Norris Bradbury (1909), Nima Arkani-Hamed (1972), Herbert Goldstein (1922), Richard A. Muller (1944), Howard Georgi (1947), and Ernest Moniz (1944). After him are Carver Mead (1934), Paul Ginsparg (1955), Sean M. Carroll (1966), Deborah S. Jin (1968), Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski (1993), and Joseph Weber (2000).
1909 - 1997
HPI: 38.80
Rank: 168
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 169
1922 - 2005
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 170
1944 - Present
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 171
1947 - Present
HPI: 38.14
Rank: 172
1944 - Present
HPI: 37.78
Rank: 173
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.18
Rank: 174
1934 - Present
HPI: 36.91
Rank: 175
1955 - Present
HPI: 35.09
Rank: 176
1966 - Present
HPI: 34.59
Rank: 177
1968 - 2016
HPI: 31.95
Rank: 178
1993 - Present
HPI: 23.94
Rank: 179
2000 - 2000
HPI: 17.49
Rank: 180