Physicien
Luis Walter Alvarez
1911 - 1988
Luis Walter Alvarez
Sa biographie est disponible en 74 langues sur Wikipédia (en hausse par rapport à 73 en 2024). Luis Walter Alvarez est le 82nd physicien le plus populaire (en hausse du 328th en 2024), la 245th biographie la plus populaire des États-Unis (en hausse du 1,746th en 2019), ainsi que le 7th physicien des États-Unis le plus populaire.
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Among Physiciens
Among physiciens, Luis Walter Alvarez ranks 82 out of 851. Before him are Edward Teller, James Chadwick, Hermann von Helmholtz, Christian Doppler, Ernst Mach, and Manne Siegbahn. After him are Victor Francis Hess, Gustaf Dalén, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Johannes Stark, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, and Rudolf Clausius.
Most Popular Physiciens in Wikipedia
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Edward Teller
1908 - 2003
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 76
James Chadwick
1891 - 1974
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 77
Hermann von Helmholtz
1821 - 1894
HPI: 77.32
Rank: 78
Christian Doppler
1803 - 1853
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 79
Ernst Mach
1838 - 1916
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 80
Manne Siegbahn
1886 - 1978
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 81
Luis Walter Alvarez
1911 - 1988
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 82
Victor Francis Hess
1883 - 1964
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 83
Gustaf Dalén
1869 - 1937
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 84
Allan MacLeod Cormack
1924 - 1998
HPI: 76.80
Rank: 85
Johannes Stark
1874 - 1957
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 86
Gustav Ludwig Hertz
1887 - 1975
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 87
Rudolf Clausius
1822 - 1888
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 88
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1911, Luis Walter Alvarez ranks 10. Before him are Konstantin Chernenko, Naguib Mahfouz, Georges Pompidou, Emil Cioran, Juan Manuel Fangio, and Władysław Szpilman. After him are Todor Zhivkov, Czesław Miłosz, Nino Rota, William Golding, Mikhail Botvinnik, and Võ Nguyên Giáp. Among people deceased in 1988, Luis Walter Alvarez ranks 5. Before him are Enzo Ferrari, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Georgy Malenkov, and Richard Feynman. After him are Nico, John Holmes, Bacha Khan, Ernst Ruska, Valery Legasov, Nikolaas Tinbergen, and Kurt Georg Kiesinger.
Others Born in 1911
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Konstantin Chernenko
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1985
HPI: 81.23
Rank: 4
Naguib Mahfouz
WRITER
1911 - 2006
HPI: 80.63
Rank: 5
Georges Pompidou
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1974
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 6
Emil Cioran
PHILOSOPHER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 7
Juan Manuel Fangio
RACING DRIVER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 77.85
Rank: 8
Władysław Szpilman
MUSICIAN
1911 - 2000
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 9
Luis Walter Alvarez
PHYSICIST
1911 - 1988
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 10
Todor Zhivkov
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1998
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 11
Czesław Miłosz
WRITER
1911 - 2004
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 12
Nino Rota
COMPOSER
1911 - 1979
HPI: 75.60
Rank: 13
William Golding
WRITER
1911 - 1993
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 14
Mikhail Botvinnik
CHESS PLAYER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 15
Võ Nguyên Giáp
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1911 - 2013
HPI: 75.09
Rank: 16
Others Deceased in 1988
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Enzo Ferrari
RACING DRIVER
1898 - 1988
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 1
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
POLITICIAN
1924 - 1988
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 2
Georgy Malenkov
POLITICIAN
1902 - 1988
HPI: 79.10
Rank: 3
Richard Feynman
PHYSICIST
1918 - 1988
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 4
Luis Walter Alvarez
PHYSICIST
1911 - 1988
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 5
Nico
SINGER
1938 - 1988
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 6
John Holmes
ACTOR
1944 - 1988
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 7
Bacha Khan
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1890 - 1988
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 8
Ernst Ruska
PHYSICIST
1906 - 1988
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 9
Valery Legasov
CHEMIST
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 10
Nikolaas Tinbergen
BIOLOGIST
1907 - 1988
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 11
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1988
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 12
In États-Unis
Among people born in États-Unis, Luis Walter Alvarez ranks 245 out of NaN. Before him are James Madison (1751), Richard Chamberlain (1934), Sitting Bull (1831), Geronimo (1829), George Gershwin (1898), and Gregory Peck (1916). After him are Tim Cook (1960), Sharon Tate (1943), Lee Harvey Oswald (1939), Thomas Kuhn (1922), Cameron Diaz (1972), and Olympias (-375).
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James Madison
POLITICIAN
1751 - 1836
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 239
Richard Chamberlain
ACTOR
1934 - 2025
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 240
Sitting Bull
POLITICIAN
1831 - 1890
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 241
Geronimo
POLITICIAN
1829 - 1909
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 242
George Gershwin
COMPOSER
1898 - 1937
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 243
Gregory Peck
ACTOR
1916 - 2003
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 244
Luis Walter Alvarez
PHYSICIST
1911 - 1988
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 245
Tim Cook
BUSINESSPERSON
1960 - Present
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 246
Sharon Tate
ACTOR
1943 - 1969
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 247
Lee Harvey Oswald
EXTREMIST
1939 - 1963
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 248
Thomas Kuhn
HISTORIAN
1922 - 1996
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 249
Cameron Diaz
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.87
Rank: 250
Olympias
COMPANION
375 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 251
Among Physiciens In États-Unis
Among physiciens born in États-Unis, Luis Walter Alvarez ranks 7. Before him are J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904), Charles H. Townes (1915), Philip Warren Anderson (1923), Richard Feynman (1918), Sheldon Lee Glashow (1932), and Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (1915). After him are Robert Andrews Millikan (1868), Carl David Anderson (1905), Barry Barish (1936), Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Percy Williams Bridgman (1882), and Donald A. Glaser (1926).
J. Robert Oppenheimer
1904 - 1967
HPI: 90.85
Rank: 1
Charles H. Townes
1915 - 2015
HPI: 80.63
Rank: 2
Philip Warren Anderson
1923 - 2020
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 3
Richard Feynman
1918 - 1988
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 4
Sheldon Lee Glashow
1932 - Present
HPI: 78.53
Rank: 5
Norman Foster Ramsey Jr.
1915 - 2011
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 6
Luis Walter Alvarez
1911 - 1988
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 7
Robert Andrews Millikan
1868 - 1953
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 8
Carl David Anderson
1905 - 1991
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 9
Barry Barish
1936 - Present
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 10
Ben Roy Mottelson
1926 - 2022
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 11
Percy Williams Bridgman
1882 - 1961
HPI: 76.05
Rank: 12
Donald A. Glaser
1926 - 2013
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 13
