PHYSICIST

Mihajlo Pupin

1858 - 1935

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Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (Serbian Cyrillic: Михајло Идворски Пупин, pronounced [miˈxǎjlo ˈîdʋoɾski ˈpǔpin]; October 4, 1858 – March 12, 1935), also known as Michael Pupin, was a Serbian-American electrical engineer, physicist and inventor. Pupin is best known for his numerous patents, including a means of greatly extending the range of long-distance telephone communication by placing loading coils (of wire) at predetermined intervals along the transmitting wire (known as "pupinization"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mihajlo Pupin has received more than 442,196 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Mihajlo Pupin is the 204th most popular physicist (up from 221st in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Serbia (up from 47th in 2019) and the most popular Serbian Physicist.

Mihajlo Pupin is most famous for his work in the field of wireless communication. He invented the first radio wave antenna, and also discovered the phenomenon of electromagnetic waves.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 204 out of 851. Before him are Ilya Frank, Anton Zeilinger, Pyotr Kapitsa, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Michio Kaku, and David J. Wineland. After him are Alain Aspect, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Robert Hofstadter, Richard E. Taylor, James Cronin, and David J. Thouless.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 22. Before him are Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Franz Boas, Marie Bashkirtseff, Kang Youwei, and Maria Christina of Austria. After him are Ludwig Quidde, Eugène Ysaÿe, Eleonora Duse, Keke Geladze, Jagadish Chandra Bose, and Princess Louise of Belgium. Among people deceased in 1935, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 25. Before him are Henri Barbusse, Paul Dukas, Hugo de Vries, Henri Pirenne, Komitas, and Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia. After him are Max Liebermann, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Ali of Hejaz, Josef Suk, Hugo Junkers, and Oda Krohg.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 45 out of 661. Before him are Herennius Etruscus (220), Alboin (530), Dragan Džajić (1946), Dragutin Dimitrijević (1876), Aleksandar Vučić (1970), and Ellac (425). After him are Tomislav Nikolić (1952), Krum (710), Milorad Pavić (1929), Aleksandar Ranković (1909), Milan Nedić (1878), and Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia (1806).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Serbia

Among physicists born in Serbia, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 1. 

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