PHYSICIST
Louis de Broglie
1892 - 1987
Louis de Broglie
Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie (, also US: ; French: [də bʁɔj] or [də bʁœj] ; 15 August 1892 – 19 March 1987) was a French aristocrat and physicist who made groundbreaking contributions to quantum theory. In his 1924 PhD thesis, he postulated the wave nature of electrons and suggested that all matter has wave properties. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis de Broglie has received more than 1,418,501 page views. His biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 86 in 2019). Louis de Broglie is the 76th most popular physicist (down from 33rd in 2019), the 341st most popular biography from France (down from 181st in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Physicist.
Louis de Broglie is most famous for his discovery of the wave-particle duality.
Memorability Metrics
1.4M
Page Views (PV)
70.17
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
93
Languages Editions (L)
7.83
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Louis de Broglie ranks 76 out of 851. Before him are Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, Carl David Anderson, Georges Lemaître, James Chadwick, Lawrence Bragg, and Ernest Lawrence. After him are Mikhail Lomonosov, Manne Siegbahn, C. F. Powell, Charles Glover Barkla, Percy Williams Bridgman, and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsGaspard-Gustave de Coriolis
1792 - 1843
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 70
Carl David Anderson
1905 - 1991
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 71
Georges Lemaître
1894 - 1966
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 72
James Chadwick
1891 - 1974
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 73
Lawrence Bragg
1890 - 1971
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 74
Ernest Lawrence
1901 - 1958
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 75
Louis de Broglie
1892 - 1987
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 76
Mikhail Lomonosov
1711 - 1765
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 77
Manne Siegbahn
1886 - 1978
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 78
C. F. Powell
1903 - 1969
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 79
Charles Glover Barkla
1877 - 1944
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 80
Percy Williams Bridgman
1882 - 1961
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 81
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
1869 - 1959
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 82
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1892, Louis de Broglie ranks 13. Before him are Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Haile Selassie, Alexander Alekhine, Pearl S. Buck, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. After him are Theodor Eicke, Oliver Hardy, Sepp Dietrich, Engelbert Dollfuss, Edward Victor Appleton, and Ferdinand Schörner. Among people deceased in 1987, Louis de Broglie ranks 7. Before him are Andy Warhol, Rudolf Hess, Dalida, Carl Rogers, Primo Levi, and John Howard Northrop. After him are Gunnar Myrdal, Rita Hayworth, Marguerite Yourcenar, Fred Astaire, Thomas Sankara, and Walter Houser Brattain.
Others Born in 1892
Go to all RankingsZita of Bourbon-Parma
COMPANION
1892 - 1989
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 7
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1946
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 8
Haile Selassie
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1975
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 9
Alexander Alekhine
CHESS PLAYER
1892 - 1946
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 10
Pearl S. Buck
WRITER
1892 - 1973
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 11
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
WRITER
1892 - 1927
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 12
Louis de Broglie
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1987
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 13
Theodor Eicke
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1943
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 14
Oliver Hardy
ACTOR
1892 - 1957
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 15
Sepp Dietrich
COMPANION
1892 - 1966
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 16
Engelbert Dollfuss
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1934
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 17
Edward Victor Appleton
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1965
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 18
Ferdinand Schörner
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1973
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 19
Others Deceased in 1987
Go to all RankingsAndy Warhol
ARTIST
1928 - 1987
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 1
Rudolf Hess
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1987
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 2
Dalida
SINGER
1933 - 1987
HPI: 75.58
Rank: 3
Carl Rogers
PSYCHOLOGIST
1902 - 1987
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 4
Primo Levi
WRITER
1919 - 1987
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 5
John Howard Northrop
CHEMIST
1891 - 1987
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 6
Louis de Broglie
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1987
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 7
Gunnar Myrdal
ECONOMIST
1898 - 1987
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 8
Rita Hayworth
ACTOR
1918 - 1987
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 9
Marguerite Yourcenar
WRITER
1903 - 1987
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 10
Fred Astaire
ACTOR
1899 - 1987
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 11
Thomas Sankara
POLITICIAN
1949 - 1987
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 12
Walter Houser Brattain
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1987
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 13
In France
Among people born in France, Louis de Broglie ranks 341 out of 6,770. Before him are Nadar (1820), Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), Chrétien de Troyes (1135), Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640), Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1010), and Charles Messier (1730). After him are Claude Bernard (1813), John the Fearless (1371), Raymond Kopa (1931), Fernand Braudel (1902), Paul Barras (1755), and Antonin Artaud (1896).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsNadar
PHOTOGRAPHER
1820 - 1910
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 335
Pierre Beaumarchais
WRITER
1732 - 1799
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 336
Chrétien de Troyes
WRITER
1135 - 1185
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 337
Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan
POLITICIAN
1640 - 1707
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 338
Robert I, Duke of Normandy
POLITICIAN
1010 - 1035
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 339
Charles Messier
ASTRONOMER
1730 - 1817
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 340
Louis de Broglie
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1987
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 341
Claude Bernard
PHYSICIAN
1813 - 1878
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 342
John the Fearless
POLITICIAN
1371 - 1419
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 343
Raymond Kopa
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2017
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 344
Fernand Braudel
HISTORIAN
1902 - 1985
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 345
Paul Barras
POLITICIAN
1755 - 1829
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 346
Antonin Artaud
WRITER
1896 - 1948
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 347
Among PHYSICISTS In France
Among physicists born in France, Louis de Broglie ranks 9. Before him are André-Marie Ampère (1775), Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736), Henry Cavendish (1731), Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900), Léon Foucault (1819), and Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792). After him are Hans Bethe (1906), Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870), François Arago (1786), Alfred Kastler (1902), Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), and Hippolyte Fizeau (1819).
André-Marie Ampère
1775 - 1836
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 3
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
1736 - 1806
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 4
Henry Cavendish
1731 - 1810
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 5
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
1900 - 1958
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 6
Léon Foucault
1819 - 1868
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 7
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis
1792 - 1843
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 8
Louis de Broglie
1892 - 1987
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 9
Hans Bethe
1906 - 2005
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 10
Jean Baptiste Perrin
1870 - 1942
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 11
François Arago
1786 - 1853
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 12
Alfred Kastler
1902 - 1984
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 13
Jean-Baptiste Biot
1774 - 1862
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 14
Hippolyte Fizeau
1819 - 1896
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 15