Physicist

John Cockcroft

1897 - 1967

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John Cockcroft

His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2024). John Cockcroft is the 241st most popular physicist (up from 264th in 2024), the 708th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 723rd in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Physicist.

John Cockcroft was a British physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 for his work on splitting the atom. He is also known for his work on the Cockcroft-Walton generator, which was used to generate high voltages for particle accelerators.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, John Cockcroft ranks 241 out of 851. Before him are Tsung-Dao Lee, Leo Esaki, Vitaly Ginzburg, Nikolay Basov, Arthur Ashkin, and Willard Boyle. After him are Gérard Mourou, William Shockley, David Bohm, Satyendra Nath Bose, Ivar Giaever, and Ratko Janev.

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Tsung-Dao Lee
1926 - 2024
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 235
Leo Esaki
1925 - Present
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 236
Vitaly Ginzburg
1916 - 2009
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 237
Nikolay Basov
1922 - 2001
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 238
Arthur Ashkin
1922 - 2020
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 239
Willard Boyle
1924 - 2011
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 240
John Cockcroft
1897 - 1967
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 241
Gérard Mourou
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 242
William Shockley
1910 - 1989
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 243
David Bohm
1992 - 1992
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 244
Satyendra Nath Bose
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HPI: 69.80
Rank: 245
Ivar Giaever
1929 - 2025
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 246
Ratko Janev
1939 - 2019
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 247

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, John Cockcroft ranks 42. Before him are Janaki Ammal, Karl Gebhardt, Otto Strasser, Jimmie Rodgers, Hasso von Manteuffel, and Plaek Phibunsongkhram. After him are Ivan Bagramyan, Paul Delvaux, John Franklin Enders, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood. Among people deceased in 1967, John Cockcroft ranks 36. Before him are Felix Yusupov, John Coltrane, Wolfgang Köhler, Woody Guthrie, Hermann Joseph Muller, and Norman Angell. After him are Ejnar Hertzsprung, Françoise Dorléac, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Shigeru Yoshida, Henry Morgenthau Jr., and Héctor Scarone.

Others Born in 1897

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Janaki Ammal
BIOLOGIST
1897 - 1984
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 36
Karl Gebhardt
MAFIOSO
1897 - 1948
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 37
Otto Strasser
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1974
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 38
Jimmie Rodgers
SINGER
1897 - 1933
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 39
Hasso von Manteuffel
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1978
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 40
Plaek Phibunsongkhram
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1964
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 41
John Cockcroft
PHYSICIST
1897 - 1967
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 42
Ivan Bagramyan
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1982
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 43
Paul Delvaux
PAINTER
1897 - 1994
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 44
John Franklin Enders
BIOLOGIST
1897 - 1985
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 45
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1967
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 46
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
COMPOSER
1897 - 1957
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 47
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
COMPANION
1897 - 1965
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 48

Others Deceased in 1967

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Felix Yusupov
POLITICIAN
1887 - 1967
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 30
John Coltrane
MUSICIAN
1926 - 1967
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 31
Wolfgang Köhler
PSYCHOLOGIST
1887 - 1967
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 32
Woody Guthrie
MUSICIAN
1912 - 1967
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 33
Hermann Joseph Muller
BIOLOGIST
1890 - 1967
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 34
Norman Angell
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1967
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 35
John Cockcroft
PHYSICIST
1897 - 1967
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 36
Ejnar Hertzsprung
ASTRONOMER
1873 - 1967
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 37
Françoise Dorléac
ACTOR
1942 - 1967
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 38
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1967
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 39
Shigeru Yoshida
POLITICIAN
1878 - 1967
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 40
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
POLITICIAN
1891 - 1967
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 41
Héctor Scarone
SOCCER PLAYER
1898 - 1967
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 42