1858 - 1935
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (Serbian Cyrillic: Михајло Идворски Пупин, pronounced [miˈxǎjlo ˈîdʋoɾski ˈpǔpin]; 4 October 1858 – 12 March 1935), also known as Michael Pupin, was a Serbian physicist, physical chemist and philanthropist based in the United States. 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 420,153 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Mihajlo Pupin is the 221st most popular physicist (down from 215th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 44th 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, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 221 out of 717. Before him are David Brewster, Ratko Janev, Georg von Békésy, Bertram Brockhouse, Tsung-Dao Lee, and Rolf Maximilian Sievert. After him are Charles Wheatstone, Andrew Huxley, Clifford Shull, John Kendrew, Chien-Shiung Wu, and Alexander Prokhorov.
1781 - 1868
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 215
1939 - 2019
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 216
1899 - 1972
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 217
1918 - 2003
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 218
1926 - Present
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 219
1896 - 1966
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 220
1858 - 1935
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 221
1802 - 1875
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 222
1917 - 2012
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 223
1915 - 2001
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 224
1917 - 1997
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 225
1912 - 1997
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 226
1916 - 2002
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 227
Among people born in 1858, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 23. Before him are Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Kang Youwei, Maria Christina of Austria, Eugène Ysaÿe, and Marie Bashkirtseff. After him are Alessandro Moreschi, Eugène Dubois, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Eleonora Duse, Lovis Corinth, and Prince Valdemar of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1935, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 27. Before him are Hugo Junkers, John Macleod, Komitas, Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, Henri Pirenne, and Josef Suk. After him are Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Panait Istrati, Aron Nimzowitsch, Rashid Rida, and Max Liebermann.
1858 - 1922
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 17
1858 - 1934
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 18
1858 - 1927
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 19
1858 - 1929
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 20
1858 - 1931
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 21
1858 - 1884
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 22
1858 - 1935
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 23
1858 - 1922
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 24
1858 - 1940
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 25
1858 - 1937
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 26
1858 - 1924
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 27
1858 - 1925
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 28
1858 - 1939
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 29
1859 - 1935
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 21
1876 - 1935
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 22
1869 - 1935
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 23
1895 - 1935
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 24
1862 - 1935
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 25
1874 - 1935
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 26
1858 - 1935
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 27
1855 - 1935
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 28
1846 - 1935
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 29
1884 - 1935
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 30
1886 - 1935
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 31
1865 - 1935
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 32
1847 - 1935
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 33
Among people born in Serbia, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 47 out of 564. Before him are Nikola Pašić (1845), Milan Nedić (1878), Krum (710), Milorad Pavić (1929), Tomislav Nikolić (1952), and Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia (1806). After him are Aleksandar Ranković (1909), Dragan Džajić (1946), Bora Milutinović (1944), Milena Dravić (1940), Aleksandar Vučić (1970), and Danilo Kiš (1935).
1845 - 1926
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 41
1878 - 1946
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 42
710 - 814
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 43
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 44
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 45
1806 - 1885
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 46
1858 - 1935
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 47
1909 - 1983
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 48
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 49
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 50
1940 - 2018
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 51
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 52
1935 - 1989
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 53
Among physicists born in Serbia, Mihajlo Pupin ranks 1.