1936 - Today
Juris Upatnieks (born 7 May 1936 in Riga) is a Latvian-American physicist and inventor, and pioneer in the field of holography. Upatnieks fled the Latvia with his parents at the close of World War II, seeking asylum in Germany. In 1951 the family emigrated to the United States. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juris Upatnieks has received more than 30,077 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Juris Upatnieks is the 690th most popular physicist, the 154th most popular biography from Latvia and the 2nd most popular Latvian Physicist.
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Among physicists, Juris Upatnieks ranks 690 out of 717. Before him are Charles H. Bennett, Miguel Alcubierre, E. C. George Sudarshan, John Clauser, Gregor Wentzel, and Alexei Starobinsky. After him are Grigory Landsberg, Charles W. Misner, Harriet Brooks, Peter Zoller, Stanton T. Friedman, and Harvey Fletcher.
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 684
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 685
1931 - 2018
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 686
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 687
1898 - 1978
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 688
1948 - 2023
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 689
1936 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 690
1890 - 1957
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 691
1932 - 2023
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 692
1876 - 1933
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 693
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 694
1934 - 2019
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 695
1884 - 1981
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 696
Among people born in 1936, Juris Upatnieks ranks 426. Before him are James Stacy, Ismail Merchant, Ihor Turchyn, Tamás Mendelényi, Jerónimo Saavedra, and Michel Rousseau. After him are Eleonore Schwarz, Dahlia Ravikovitch, Hannu Salama, Paulo Emilio, German Apukhtin, and Gerald Scarfe.
1936 - 2016
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 420
1936 - 2005
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 421
1936 - 1993
HPI: 43.95
Rank: 422
1936 - 1999
HPI: 43.95
Rank: 423
1936 - 2023
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 424
1936 - 2016
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 425
1936 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 426
1936 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 427
1936 - 2005
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 428
1936 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 429
1936 - 2016
HPI: 43.50
Rank: 430
1936 - 2003
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 431
1936 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 432
Among people born in Latvia, Juris Upatnieks ranks 154 out of 284. Before him are Mirdza Ķempe (1907), Andris Nelsons (1978), Piotr Ugrumov (1961), Maigonis Valdmanis (1933), Gunnar Birkerts (1925), and Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947). After him are Alexei Kudrin (1960), Rutanya Alda (1942), Bruno Habārovs (1939), Alexei Shirov (1972), Dainis Kūla (1959), and Vladimirs Petrovs (1907).
1907 - 1974
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 148
1978 - Present
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 149
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 150
1933 - 1999
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 151
1925 - 2017
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 152
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 153
1936 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 154
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 155
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 156
1939 - 1994
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 157
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 158
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 159
1907 - 1943
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 160
Among physicists born in Latvia, Juris Upatnieks ranks 2. Before him are Anatole Abragam (1914).