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Narinder Singh Kapany

1926 - 2020

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Narinder Singh Kapany (31 October 1926 – 4 December 2020) was an Indian-American physicist best known for his work on fiber optics. Kapany is a pioneer in the field of fiber optics, known for coining and popularising the term. Fortune named him one of seven "Unsung Heroes of the 20th Century" for his Nobel Prize-deserving invention. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Narinder Singh Kapany has received more than 977,771 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Narinder Singh Kapany is the 799th most popular physicist (down from 726th in 2019), the 926th most popular biography from India (down from 725th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Indian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Narinder Singh Kapany ranks 799 out of 851. Before him are Egon Orowan, Sarah Frances Whiting, Abhay Ashtekar, Robert Detweiler, Charlotte Froese Fischer, and Frank Press. After him are Udupi Ramachandra Rao, David J. Griffiths, Mazlan Othman, Edwin Thompson Jaynes, Stephen L. Adler, and Karl Taylor Compton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Narinder Singh Kapany ranks 523. Before him are Joe Paterno, Karl Gordon Henize, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jane Withers, Bruce Harlan, and James Lipton. After him are J. P. Donleavy, Kenneth Richmond, Rusty Wailes, Hazel Court, Joe Kubert, and Lurleen Wallace. Among people deceased in 2020, Narinder Singh Kapany ranks 729. Before him are Luke Harper, Ben Jipcho, James Lipton, Frank Press, Annie Ross, and Rupert Hine. After him are Arnold Wolfendale, Roger Saint-Vil, John Davies, Magdaleno Mercado, Rahat Indori, and Oliver Friggieri.

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In India

Among people born in India, Narinder Singh Kapany ranks 926 out of 1,861. Before him are B. Saroja Devi (1938), Prem Nazir (1927), Karan Johar (1972), Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (1972), Bobby Deol (1969), and Jyoti Amge (1993). After him are Asaf Ali (1888), Jamuna (1936), Chandrashekhar Agashe (1888), Zohra Sehgal (1912), Mary Kom (1983), and Uma Bharti (1959).

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Among PHYSICISTS In India

Among physicists born in India, Narinder Singh Kapany ranks 13. Before him are Jayant Narlikar (1938), Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893), Tom Kibble (1932), Raja Ramanna (1925), Daulat Singh Kothari (1906), and Abhay Ashtekar (1949). After him are Udupi Ramachandra Rao (1932), G. N. Ramachandran (1922), and Ashoke Sen (1956).

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