1930 - 2017
Mildred Dresselhaus (née Spiewak; November 11, 1930 – February 20, 2017), known as the "Queen of Carbon Science", was an American physicist, materials scientist, and nanotechnologist. She was an institute professor and professor of both physics and electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also served as the president of the American Physical Society, the chair of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as the director of science in the US Department of Energy under the Bill Clinton Government. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mildred Dresselhaus has received more than 428,453 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Mildred Dresselhaus is the 516th most popular physicist (up from 555th in 2019), the 4,601st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,046th in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Physicist.
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Among physicists, Mildred Dresselhaus ranks 516 out of 717. Before her are Christian Mayer, Ira Sprague Bowen, Macedonio Melloni, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, August Beer, and Leopoldo Nobili. After her are Carlo Rovelli, Robert H. Dicke, Vladimir Steklov, Clarence Zener, Lester Germer, and Max Wien.
1719 - 1783
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 510
1898 - 1973
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 511
1798 - 1854
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 512
1882 - 1963
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 513
1825 - 1863
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 514
1784 - 1835
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 515
1930 - 2017
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 516
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 517
1916 - 1997
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 518
1864 - 1926
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 519
1905 - 1993
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 520
1896 - 1971
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 521
1866 - 1938
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 522
Among people born in 1930, Mildred Dresselhaus ranks 269. Before her are Mordechai Gur, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, Philip Bosco, Jesús Garay, and Guy Béart. After her are William R. Pogue, Hank Mobley, Jan Olszewski, Robert Prosky, Egon Klepsch, and Rolf Hoppe. Among people deceased in 2017, Mildred Dresselhaus ranks 224. Before her are Svend Asmussen, Klaus Huber, Jiří Bělohlávek, Gorden Kaye, Haruo Nakajima, and Leo Kinnunen. After her are Imre Földi, András Kovács, Hal Moore, Ivo Brešan, Gisèle Casadesus, and Tony Atkinson.
1930 - 1995
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 263
1930 - 2006
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 264
1930 - 1989
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 265
1930 - 2018
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 266
1930 - 1995
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 267
1930 - 2015
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 268
1930 - 2017
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 269
1930 - 2014
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 270
1930 - 1986
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 271
1930 - 2019
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 272
1930 - 2008
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 273
1930 - 2010
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 274
1930 - 2018
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 275
1916 - 2017
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 218
1924 - 2017
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 219
1946 - 2017
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 220
1941 - 2017
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 221
1929 - 2017
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 222
1943 - 2017
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 223
1930 - 2017
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 224
1938 - 2017
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 225
1925 - 2017
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 226
1922 - 2017
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 227
1936 - 2017
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 228
1914 - 2017
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 229
1944 - 2017
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 230
Among people born in United States, Mildred Dresselhaus ranks 4,601 out of 18,182. Before her are Alicia Silverstone (1976), Matt Reeves (1966), Charley Paddock (1900), Mercedes Ruehl (1948), Oliver North (1943), and Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935). After her are Pink Anderson (1900), Zelda Rubinstein (1933), Lee Wallard (1910), Mary Blair (1911), Norman Finkelstein (1953), and Mary Alice (1941).
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 4,595
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 4,596
1900 - 1943
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 4,597
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 4,598
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 4,599
1935 - 1996
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,600
1930 - 2017
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,601
1900 - 1974
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,602
1933 - 2010
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,603
1910 - 1963
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,604
1911 - 1978
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,605
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 4,606
1941 - 2022
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 4,607
Among physicists born in United States, Mildred Dresselhaus ranks 100. Before her are Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898), Maurice Karnaugh (1924), William Stanley Jr. (1858), Richard C. Tolman (1881), John G. Trump (1907), and Ira Sprague Bowen (1898). After her are Robert H. Dicke (1916), Clarence Zener (1905), Lester Germer (1896), Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), and Brian Greene (1963).
1898 - 1979
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 94
1924 - 2022
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 95
1858 - 1916
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 96
1881 - 1948
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 97
1907 - 1985
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 98
1898 - 1973
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 99
1930 - 2017
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 100
1916 - 1997
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 101
1905 - 1993
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 102
1896 - 1971
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 103
1927 - 1992
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 104
1921 - 2010
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 105
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 106