1797 - 1878
Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797– May 13, 1878) was an American scientist who served as the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was the secretary for the National Institute for the Promotion of Science, a precursor of the Smithsonian Institution. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Henry has received more than 561,533 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Joseph Henry is the 100th most popular physicist (up from 102nd in 2019), the 412th most popular biography from United States (up from 443rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Physicist.
Joseph Henry was an American physicist and inventor. He is most famous for his invention of the electric motor.
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Among physicists, Joseph Henry ranks 100 out of 717. Before him are James Franck, Manne Siegbahn, William Henry Bragg, Edward Teller, Walther Bothe, and C. V. Raman. After him are Hippolyte Fizeau, Alfred Kastler, Joseph von Fraunhofer, Kip Thorne, Henry Moseley, and George Gamow.
1882 - 1964
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 94
1886 - 1978
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 95
1862 - 1942
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 96
1908 - 2003
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 97
1891 - 1957
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 98
1888 - 1970
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 99
1797 - 1878
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 100
1819 - 1896
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 101
1902 - 1984
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 102
1787 - 1826
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 103
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 104
1887 - 1915
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 105
1904 - 1968
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 106
Among people born in 1797, Joseph Henry ranks 9. Before him are Heinrich Heine, Mary Shelley, Gaetano Donizetti, Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan, Adolphe Thiers, and Hiroshige. After him are Charles Lyell, Ghalib, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Alfred de Vigny, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, and Frederick Augustus II of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1878, Joseph Henry ranks 6. Before him are Pope Pius IX, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, and Claude Bernard. After him are Julius von Mayer, Charles-François Daubigny, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, George V of Hanover, Ernst Heinrich Weber, and Mirza Fatali Akhundov.
1797 - 1856
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 3
1797 - 1851
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 4
1797 - 1848
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 5
1797 - 1871
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 6
1797 - 1877
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 7
1797 - 1858
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 8
1797 - 1878
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 9
1797 - 1875
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 10
1797 - 1869
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 11
1797 - 1870
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 12
1797 - 1863
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 13
1797 - 1826
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 14
1797 - 1854
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 15
1792 - 1878
HPI: 78.08
Rank: 1
1820 - 1878
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 2
1802 - 1878
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 3
1843 - 1878
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 4
1813 - 1878
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 5
1797 - 1878
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 6
1814 - 1878
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 7
1817 - 1878
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 8
1806 - 1878
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 9
1819 - 1878
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 10
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 11
1812 - 1878
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Joseph Henry ranks 412 out of 18,182. Before him are Joseph Smith (1805), Paul Walker (1973), Eminem (1972), Paul Auster (1947), Julia Roberts (1967), and William McKinley (1843). After him are Alvin Toffler (1928), Tom Clancy (1947), Millard Fillmore (1800), Black Dahlia (1924), Gertrude Stein (1874), and Dwayne Johnson (1972).
1805 - 1844
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 406
1973 - 2013
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 407
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 408
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 409
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 410
1843 - 1901
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 411
1797 - 1878
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 412
1928 - 2016
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 413
1947 - 2013
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 414
1800 - 1874
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 415
1924 - 1947
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 416
1874 - 1946
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 417
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 418
Among physicists born in United States, Joseph Henry ranks 9. Before him are Robert Andrews Millikan (1868), Carl David Anderson (1905), Barry Barish (1936), Clinton Davisson (1881), John Bardeen (1908), and Arthur Compton (1892). After him are Kip Thorne (1940), Owen Chamberlain (1920), Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921), Percy Williams Bridgman (1882), Ernest Lawrence (1901), and Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839).
1868 - 1953
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 3
1905 - 1991
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 4
1936 - Present
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 5
1881 - 1958
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 6
1908 - 1991
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 7
1892 - 1962
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 8
1797 - 1878
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 9
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 10
1920 - 2006
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 11
1921 - 2011
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 12
1882 - 1961
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 13
1901 - 1958
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 14
1839 - 1903
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 15