PHYSICIST
Ludvig Lorenz
1829 - 1891
Ludvig Lorenz
Ludvig Valentin Lorenz (; 18 January 1829 – 9 June 1891) was a Danish physicist and mathematician. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludvig Lorenz has received more than 113,231 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ludvig Lorenz is the 425th most popular physicist (up from 727th in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 568th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Danish Physicist.
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7.85
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Ludvig Lorenz ranks 425 out of 851. Before him are Leonard Susskind, Jacob Bekenstein, Louis Paul Cailletet, Johanna Budwig, Federico Faggin, and Saul Perlmutter. After him are Johann Andreas Segner, Karl Guthe Jansky, Robert J. Van de Graaff, Philip Morrison, Douglas Hofstadter, and Mildred Dresselhaus.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsLeonard Susskind
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 419
Jacob Bekenstein
1947 - 2015
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 420
Louis Paul Cailletet
1832 - 1913
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 421
Johanna Budwig
1908 - 2003
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 422
Federico Faggin
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 423
Saul Perlmutter
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 424
Ludvig Lorenz
1829 - 1891
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 425
Johann Andreas Segner
1704 - 1777
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 426
Karl Guthe Jansky
1905 - 1950
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 427
Robert J. Van de Graaff
1901 - 1967
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 428
Philip Morrison
1915 - 2005
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 429
Douglas Hofstadter
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 430
Mildred Dresselhaus
1930 - 2017
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 431
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1829, Ludvig Lorenz ranks 28. Before him are Radama II, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Ivan Sechenov, N. R. Pogson, Maurice Joly, and Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail. After him are Joaquin Murrieta, Robert Nobel, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, Franz Reuleaux, Allan Octavian Hume, and Konrad Duden. Among people deceased in 1891, Ludvig Lorenz ranks 50. Before him are N. R. Pogson, Aleksander Chodźko, Giovanni Morelli, Carl Nägeli, Mihail Kogălniceanu, and Prince Baudouin of Belgium. After him are Paul de Lagarde, Friedrich von Schmidt, José Manuel Balmaceda, Hannibal Hamlin, Ferdinand Gregorovius, and Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton.
Others Born in 1829
Go to all RankingsRadama II
POLITICIAN
1829 - 1863
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 22
Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
NOBLEMAN
1829 - 1880
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 23
Ivan Sechenov
ENGINEER
1829 - 1905
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 24
N. R. Pogson
ASTRONOMER
1829 - 1891
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 25
Maurice Joly
WRITER
1829 - 1878
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 26
Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail
WRITER
1829 - 1871
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 27
Ludvig Lorenz
PHYSICIST
1829 - 1891
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 28
Joaquin Murrieta
EXTREMIST
1829 - 1853
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 29
Robert Nobel
BUSINESSPERSON
1829 - 1896
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 30
Elwin Bruno Christoffel
MATHEMATICIAN
1829 - 1900
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 31
Franz Reuleaux
ENGINEER
1829 - 1905
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 32
Allan Octavian Hume
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1829 - 1912
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 33
Konrad Duden
LINGUIST
1829 - 1911
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 34
Others Deceased in 1891
Go to all RankingsN. R. Pogson
ASTRONOMER
1829 - 1891
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 44
Aleksander Chodźko
WRITER
1804 - 1891
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 45
Giovanni Morelli
POLITICIAN
1816 - 1891
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 46
Carl Nägeli
BIOLOGIST
1817 - 1891
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 47
Mihail Kogălniceanu
POLITICIAN
1817 - 1891
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 48
Prince Baudouin of Belgium
NOBLEMAN
1869 - 1891
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 49
Ludvig Lorenz
PHYSICIST
1829 - 1891
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 50
Paul de Lagarde
PHILOSOPHER
1827 - 1891
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 51
Friedrich von Schmidt
ARCHITECT
1825 - 1891
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 52
José Manuel Balmaceda
POLITICIAN
1840 - 1891
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 53
Hannibal Hamlin
POLITICIAN
1809 - 1891
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 54
Ferdinand Gregorovius
HISTORIAN
1821 - 1891
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 55
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
POLITICIAN
1831 - 1891
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 56
In Denmark
Among people born in Denmark, Ludvig Lorenz ranks 236 out of 1,032. Before him are Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859), Anker Jørgensen (1922), Inger Christensen (1935), Jeppe Aakjær (1866), Gunnhild, Mother of Kings (910), and Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968). After him are Niels Holst-Sørensen (1922), Erik Scavenius (1877), Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark (1650), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), Count Ingolf of Rosenborg (1940), and Christen Købke (1810).
Others born in Denmark
Go to all RankingsPeder Mørk Mønsted
PAINTER
1859 - 1941
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 230
Anker Jørgensen
POLITICIAN
1922 - 2016
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 231
Inger Christensen
WRITER
1935 - 2009
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 232
Jeppe Aakjær
WRITER
1866 - 1930
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 233
Gunnhild, Mother of Kings
COMPANION
910 - 980
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 234
Sidse Babett Knudsen
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 235
Ludvig Lorenz
PHYSICIST
1829 - 1891
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 236
Niels Holst-Sørensen
ATHLETE
1922 - 2023
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 237
Erik Scavenius
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1962
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 238
Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark
NOBLEMAN
1650 - 1705
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 239
Otto Friedrich Müller
BIOLOGIST
1730 - 1784
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 240
Count Ingolf of Rosenborg
NOBLEMAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 241
Christen Købke
PAINTER
1810 - 1848
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 242
Among PHYSICISTS In Denmark
Among physicists born in Denmark, Ludvig Lorenz ranks 4. Before him are Hans Christian Ørsted (1777), Niels Bohr (1885), and Aage Bohr (1922). After him are Ole Worm (1588), Martin Knudsen (1871), Henrik Svensmark (1958), and Lene Hau (1959).
Hans Christian Ørsted
1777 - 1851
HPI: 81.28
Rank: 1
Niels Bohr
1885 - 1962
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 2
Aage Bohr
1922 - 2009
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 3
Ludvig Lorenz
1829 - 1891
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 4
Ole Worm
1588 - 1654
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 5
Martin Knudsen
1871 - 1949
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 6
Henrik Svensmark
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 7
Lene Hau
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 8