PHYSICIST

Karl Guthe Jansky

1905 - 1950

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Karl Guthe Jansky (October 22, 1905 – February 14, 1950) was an American physicist and radio engineer who in April 1933 first announced his discovery of radio waves emanating from the Milky Way in the constellation Sagittarius. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Guthe Jansky has received more than 226,971 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Guthe Jansky is the 427th most popular physicist (down from 338th in 2019), the 2,867th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,112th in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Karl Guthe Jansky ranks 427 out of 851. Before him are Louis Paul Cailletet, Johanna Budwig, Federico Faggin, Saul Perlmutter, Ludvig Lorenz, and Johann Andreas Segner. After him are Robert J. Van de Graaff, Philip Morrison, Douglas Hofstadter, Mildred Dresselhaus, Bruno Rossi, and Giovanni Battista Amici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Karl Guthe Jansky ranks 110. Before him are Abraham Zapruder, Franjo Šeper, Alexander Rodimtsev, Giacinto Scelsi, Preguinho, and Jean Daniélou. After him are Wanda Wasilewska, Martin Gottfried Weiss, Bruno Rossi, Anfilogino Guarisi, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and Victor Kravchenko. Among people deceased in 1950, Karl Guthe Jansky ranks 73. Before him are Traian Vuia, Nikolai Voznesensky, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Shigenori Tōgō, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, and Arturo Alessandri. After him are Harold Laski, Lev Berg, Ulrich Graf, Walton Walker, Kazys Grinius, and Edgar Lee Masters.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karl Guthe Jansky ranks 2,867 out of 20,380. Before him are George Mikan (1924), Rodney Alcala (1943), Mabel Normand (1892), Robert Ressler (1937), Lizzie Magie (1866), and Charles Bachman (1924). After him are Harold Bloom (1930), Morton Feldman (1926), William Steig (1907), James P. Allison (1948), Howard Zinn (1922), and Andre Braugher (1962).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Karl Guthe Jansky ranks 86. Before him are Nick Holonyak (1928), Edwin Hall (1855), Robert Serber (1909), Evelyn Fox Keller (1936), Leonard Susskind (1940), and Saul Perlmutter (1959). After him are Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), Philip Morrison (1915), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Mildred Dresselhaus (1930), Robert W. Wood (1868), and Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898).

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