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John Iliopoulos

1940 - Today

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John (Jean) Iliopoulos (Greek: Ιωάννης Ηλιόπουλος; 1940) is a Greek physicist. He is the first person to present the Standard Model of particle physics in a single report. He is best known for his prediction of the charm quark with Sheldon Glashow and Luciano Maiani (the "GIM mechanism"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Iliopoulos has received more than 78,390 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Iliopoulos is the 685th most popular physicist, the 767th most popular biography from Greece and the most popular Greek Physicist.

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  • 78k

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  • 46.97

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, John Iliopoulos ranks 685 out of 851Before him are Paul Scherrer, John Polkinghorne, Jan Burgers, Thibault Damour, Isaak Kikoin, and Robert R. Wilson. After him are Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert, Inga Fischer-Hjalmars, Gregory Breit, Leona Woods, Kazuhiko Nishijima, and Leonard Mlodinow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, John Iliopoulos ranks 405Before him are Fausto Bertinotti, Mike Beuttler, Mario Zanin, Billy Hart, Kōkichi Tsuburaya, and Moudud Ahmed. After him are Vojislav Melić, Van McCoy, Alex Trebek, Liang Guanglie, Yamini Krishnamurthy, and Francisco Toledo.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, John Iliopoulos ranks 767 out of 1,024Before him are Benizelos Roufos (1795), Epameinondas Deligeorgis (1829), Georgios Koletis (1801), Panagiotis Giannakis (1959), Jimmy Makulis (1935), and John Kaminiates (900). After him are Athanasios Miaoulis (1815), Sam Panopoulos (1934), Skeet Ulrich (1970), Ioannis Malokinis (1880), Spyridon Marinatos (1901), and Panagiotis Pipinelis (1899).

Among PHYSICISTS In Greece

Among physicists born in Greece, John Iliopoulos ranks 1