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Klaus von Klitzing

1943 - Today

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Klaus von Klitzing (German: [ˈklaʊs fɔn ˈklɪtsɪŋ] ; born 28 June 1943) is a German physicist, known for discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, for which he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klaus von Klitzing has received more than 193,850 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Klaus von Klitzing is the 186th most popular physicist (down from 182nd in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Poland (up from 148th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Polish Physicist.

Klaus von Klitzing is most famous for his work on the quantum Hall effect. He was able to measure the Hall resistance of a two-dimensional electron gas.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Klaus von Klitzing ranks 186 out of 851. Before him are Satyendra Nath Bose, James Rainwater, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Igor Tamm, Martinus J. G. Veltman, and Josiah Willard Gibbs. After him are Charles H. Townes, David Bohm, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Wolfgang Paul, Benjamin Thompson, and Robert H. Goddard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Klaus von Klitzing ranks 49. Before him are Mario Monti, Carlos Alberto Parreira, Hanna Schygulla, Mariss Jansons, Helmut Marko, and Michael Mann. After him are Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Billie Jean King, Pervez Musharraf, Andreas Baader, Terrence Malick, and Peter Zumthor.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Klaus von Klitzing ranks 138 out of 1,694. Before him are Angelus Silesius (1624), Władysław I the Elbow-high (1260), Adolf Anderssen (1818), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Géza I of Hungary (1040), and Konrad Emil Bloch (1912). After him are Władysław Gomułka (1905), Erwin von Witzleben (1881), Anna Anderson (1896), Zvi Zamir (1925), Johann Gustav Droysen (1808), and Albrecht von Roon (1803).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Poland

Among physicists born in Poland, Klaus von Klitzing ranks 9. Before him are Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906), Otto Stern (1888), Rudolf Clausius (1822), Albert A. Michelson (1852), Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898), and Joseph Rotblat (1908). After him are Leopold Infeld (1898), Friedrich Ernst Dorn (1848), Vladimir Chelomey (1914), Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (1803), Hagen Kleinert (1941), and Eugen Goldstein (1860).

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