Physicist

Julian Schwinger

1918 - 1994

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His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia. Julian Schwinger is the 261st most popular physicist (up from 263rd in 2024), the 1,142nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,063rd in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Physicist.

Julian Schwinger is most famous for his work in quantum electrodynamics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, Julian Schwinger ranks 261 out of 851Before him are John Archibald Wheeler, Igor Kurchatov, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Abdus Salam, Chien-Shiung Wu, and Serge Haroche. After him are Toshihide Maskawa, Carlo Rubbia, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Osborne Reynolds, Anthony James Leggett, and Johannes Rydberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Julian Schwinger ranks 40Before him are Muriel Spark, Chaim Herzog, Rosalia Lombardo, Arthur Kornberg, Choi Hong Hi, and Franco Modigliani. After him are Mike Wallace, João Goulart, James Tobin, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Kenichi Fukui, and Edward B. Lewis. Among people deceased in 1994, Julian Schwinger ranks 47Before him are Witold Lutosławski, Henry Mancini, Gian Maria Volonté, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Paul Delvaux, and Roger Wolcott Sperry. After him are Juvénal Habyarimana, Fernando Rey, Pujie, Sylva Koscina, Robert Doisneau, and Sergei Bondarchuk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julian Schwinger ranks 1,142 out of NaNBefore him are Adam Sandler (1966), Robert Ludlum (1927), William Saroyan (1908), John Franklin Enders (1897), Lenny Kravitz (1964), and William Perry (1927). After him are Philip Johnson (1906), Phylicia Rashad (1948), Barbara Stanwyck (1907), Mike Wallace (1918), Michael Cimino (1939), and Steve Buscemi (1957).

Among Physicists In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Julian Schwinger ranks 57Before him are David Bohm (1992), Kenneth G. Wilson (1936), Benjamin Thompson (1753), Leon M. Lederman (1922), John L. Hall (1934), and John Archibald Wheeler (1911). After him are John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899), David J. Wineland (1944), John C. Mather (1946), John Robert Schrieffer (1931), David Gross (1941), and William Daniel Phillips (1948).

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