1931 - 2021
Martinus Justinus Godefriedus "Tini" Veltman (Dutch pronunciation: [mɑrˈtinʏʃʏsˈtinʏs xoːdəˈfridʏs ˈtini ˈvɛltmɑn]; 27 June 1931 – 4 January 2021) was a Dutch theoretical physicist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martinus J. G. Veltman has received more than 184,427 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Martinus J. G. Veltman is the 172nd most popular physicist (up from 240th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 128th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Dutch Physicist.
Martinus J. G. Veltman is most famous for his work in quantum chromodynamics, a theory that describes the strong nuclear force.
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Among physicists, Martinus J. G. Veltman ranks 172 out of 717. Before him are Benjamin Thompson, James Rainwater, Syukuro Manabe, Leon Cooper, Robert H. Goddard, and Igor Kurchatov. After him are Hannes Alfvén, Pyotr Kapitsa, Edward Mills Purcell, Arthur Ashkin, James Cronin, and Charles H. Townes.
1753 - 1814
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 166
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 167
1931 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 168
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 169
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 170
1903 - 1960
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 171
1931 - 2021
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 172
1908 - 1995
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 173
1894 - 1984
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 174
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 175
1922 - 2020
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 176
1931 - 2016
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 177
1915 - 2015
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 178
Among people born in 1931, Martinus J. G. Veltman ranks 37. Before him are Rupert Murdoch, João Gilberto, D. B. Cooper, Aldo Rossi, Syukuro Manabe, and Johannes Rau. After him are James Cronin, James Earl Jones, Ike Turner, Larry Hagman, Caterina Valente, and Kakuichi Mimura. Among people deceased in 2021, Martinus J. G. Veltman ranks 41. Before him are Hans Küng, Frank Williams, Chick Corea, Robert Mundell, Jorge Sampaio, and Carlos Reutemann. After him are Paul J. Crutzen, Lina Wertmüller, Jean-Pierre Adams, Dušan Ivković, Richard R. Ernst, and Jean-Luc Nancy.
1931 - Present
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 31
1931 - 2019
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 32
1931 - 1971
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 33
1931 - 1997
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 34
1931 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 35
1931 - 2006
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 36
1931 - 2021
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 37
1931 - 2016
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 38
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 39
1931 - 2007
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 40
1931 - 2012
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 41
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 42
1931 - 2022
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 43
1928 - 2021
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 35
1942 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 36
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 37
1932 - 2021
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 38
1939 - 2021
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 39
1942 - 2021
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 40
1931 - 2021
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 41
1933 - 2021
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 42
1928 - 2021
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 43
1948 - 2021
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 44
1943 - 2021
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 45
1933 - 2021
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 46
1940 - 2021
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 47
Among people born in Netherlands, Martinus J. G. Veltman ranks 89 out of 1,427. Before him are Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562), Geert Hofstede (1928), Judith Leyster (1609), Lucas van Leyden (1494), Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930), and Gerard David (1450). After him are Willem de Kooning (1904), Kees van Dongen (1877), Paul J. Crutzen (1933), Jan van Goyen (1596), Hendrick Avercamp (1585), and Jacobus Arminius (1560).
1562 - 1621
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 83
1928 - 2020
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 84
1609 - 1660
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 85
1494 - 1533
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 86
1930 - 2002
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 87
1450 - 1523
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 88
1931 - 2021
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 89
1904 - 1997
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 90
1877 - 1968
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 91
1933 - 2021
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 92
1596 - 1656
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 93
1585 - 1634
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 94
1560 - 1609
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 95
Among physicists born in Netherlands, Martinus J. G. Veltman ranks 10. Before him are Pieter Zeeman (1865), Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837), Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853), Peter Debye (1884), Frits Zernike (1888), and Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920). After him are Simon van der Meer (1925), Jan Ingenhousz (1730), Gerard 't Hooft (1946), Hans Kramers (1894), Hendrik Casimir (1909), and Samuel Goudsmit (1902).
1865 - 1943
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 4
1837 - 1923
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 5
1853 - 1926
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 6
1884 - 1966
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 7
1888 - 1966
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 8
1920 - 2017
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 9
1931 - 2021
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 10
1925 - 2011
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 11
1730 - 1799
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 12
1946 - Present
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 13
1894 - 1952
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 14
1909 - 2000
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 15
1902 - 1978
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 16