1943 - Today
Sir John Brian Pendry, (born 4 July 1943) is an English theoretical physicist known for his research into refractive indices and creation of the first practical "Invisibility Cloak". He is a professor of theoretical solid state physics at Imperial College London where he was head of the department of physics (1998–2001) and principal of the faculty of physical sciences (2001–2002). He is an honorary fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, (where he was an undergraduate) and an IEEE fellow. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Pendry has received more than 93,600 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Pendry is the 718th most popular physicist (down from 695th in 2019), the 4,716th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,657th in 2019) and the 81st most popular British Physicist.
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Among physicists, John Pendry ranks 718 out of 717. Before him are Derek J. de Solla Price, Robert Bacher, Edward C. Stone, C. R. Hagen, Howard P. Robertson, and Ronald Drever. After him are Kees Schouhamer Immink, Erwin Hahn, Raymond Gosling, C. V. Boys, Rudolf Haag, and Léon Rosenfeld.
1922 - 1983
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 712
1905 - 2004
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 713
1936 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 714
1937 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 715
1903 - 1961
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 716
1931 - 2017
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 717
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 718
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 719
1921 - 2016
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 720
1926 - 2015
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 721
1855 - 1944
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 722
1922 - 2016
HPI: 41.73
Rank: 723
1904 - 1974
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 724
Among people born in 1943, John Pendry ranks 562. Before him are Roy Estrada, Veronica Hamel, Iñaki Azkuna, Van Dyke Parks, Al Foster, and Bob Kerrey. After him are Safi Faye, Geraldo Rivera, Mary Woronov, Joe Namath, Yoshisada Shimizu, and Pete Quaife.
1943 - Present
HPI: 42.16
Rank: 556
1943 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 557
1943 - 2014
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 558
1943 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 559
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 560
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 561
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 562
1943 - 2023
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 563
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 564
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 565
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 566
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 567
1943 - 2010
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 568
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Pendry ranks 4,716 out of 7,765. Before him are Roger C. Field (1945), Mackenzie Bowell (1823), Joe Spence (1898), Davey Boy Smith (1962), Ronald Drever (1931), and Lancelot Hogben (1895). After him are Allan McNish (1969), Spottiswoode Aitken (1868), Hattie Jacques (1922), J. I. Packer (1926), Audrey Williamson (1926), and Gem Archer (1966).
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 4,710
1823 - 1917
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 4,711
1898 - 1966
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 4,712
1962 - 2002
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 4,713
1931 - 2017
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 4,714
1895 - 1975
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 4,715
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 4,716
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 4,717
1868 - 1933
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 4,718
1922 - 1980
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 4,719
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 4,720
1926 - 2010
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 4,721
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 4,722
Among physicists born in United Kingdom, John Pendry ranks 81. Before him are Peter Mark Roget (1779), John Aitken (1839), Brandon Carter (1942), Julian Barbour (1937), Bernard Lovell (1913), and Ronald Drever (1931). After him are Raymond Gosling (1926), C. V. Boys (1855), Jeffrey Goldstone (1933), John Houghton (1931), Brian Cox (1968), and Edward Andrade (1887).
1779 - 1869
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 75
1839 - 1919
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 76
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 77
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 78
1913 - 2012
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 79
1931 - 2017
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 80
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 81
1926 - 2015
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 82
1855 - 1944
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 83
1933 - Present
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 84
1931 - 2020
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 85
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 86
1887 - 1971
HPI: 36.55
Rank: 87