1879 - 1959
Sir Owen Willans Richardson, FRS (26 April 1879 – 15 February 1959) was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 for his work on thermionic emission, which led to Richardson's law. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Owen Willans Richardson has received more than 145,712 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Owen Willans Richardson is the 78th most popular physicist (up from 80th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 278th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Physicist.
Owen Willans Richardson was a British physicist who was most famous for his work on thermionic emission.
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Among physicists, Owen Willans Richardson ranks 78 out of 717. Before him are Max von Laue, William Rowan Hamilton, Carl Zeiss, Jean Baptiste Perrin, Lawrence Bragg, and Wilhelm Eduard Weber. After him are Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Albert A. Michelson, Ernst Ruska, Johannes Stark, Carl David Anderson, and Barry Barish.
1879 - 1960
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 72
1805 - 1865
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 73
1816 - 1888
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 74
1870 - 1942
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 75
1890 - 1971
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 76
1804 - 1891
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 77
1879 - 1959
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 78
1887 - 1975
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 79
1852 - 1931
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 80
1906 - 1988
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 81
1874 - 1957
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 82
1905 - 1991
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 83
1936 - Present
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 84
Among people born in 1879, Owen Willans Richardson ranks 11. Before him are Kazimir Malevich, Emperor Taishō, Franz von Papen, Otto Hahn, Emiliano Zapata, and Max von Laue. After him are Alma Mahler, Symon Petliura, Francis Picabia, Ottorino Respighi, Milutin Milanković, and Hans Luther. Among people deceased in 1959, Owen Willans Richardson ranks 8. Before him are Frank Lloyd Wright, Ante Pavelić, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, George Marshall, Raymond Chandler, and Billie Holiday. After him are Gérard Philipe, Boris Vian, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Camilo Cienfuegos, Adolf Windaus, and Shirō Ishii.
1879 - 1935
HPI: 75.00
Rank: 5
1879 - 1926
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 6
1879 - 1969
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 7
1879 - 1968
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 8
1879 - 1919
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 9
1879 - 1960
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 10
1879 - 1959
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 11
1879 - 1964
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 12
1879 - 1926
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 13
1879 - 1953
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 14
1879 - 1936
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 15
1879 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 16
1879 - 1962
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 17
1867 - 1959
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 2
1889 - 1959
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 3
1869 - 1959
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 4
1880 - 1959
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 5
1888 - 1959
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 6
1915 - 1959
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 7
1879 - 1959
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 8
1922 - 1959
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 9
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 10
1887 - 1959
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 11
1932 - 1959
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 12
1876 - 1959
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 13
1892 - 1959
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 14
Among people born in United Kingdom, Owen Willans Richardson ranks 258 out of 7,765. Before him are Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947), Ælfweard of Wessex (904), William Morris (1834), Joe Cocker (1944), Empress Matilda (1102), and Anthony Giddens (1938). After him are Graham Greene (1904), Edmund I (921), Bede (672), Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545), Edmond Halley (1656), and Jimmy Page (1944).
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 252
904 - 924
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 253
1834 - 1896
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 254
1944 - 2014
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 255
1102 - 1167
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 256
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 257
1879 - 1959
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 258
1904 - 1991
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 259
921 - 946
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 260
672 - 735
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 261
1545 - 1567
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 262
1656 - 1742
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 263
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 264
Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Owen Willans Richardson ranks 16. Before him are Thomas Young (1773), James Chadwick (1891), Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869), Roger Penrose (1931), William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824), and John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842). After him are Peter Higgs (1929), William Henry Bragg (1862), Henry Moseley (1887), Edward Victor Appleton (1892), George Paget Thomson (1892), and C. F. Powell (1903).
1773 - 1829
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 10
1891 - 1974
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 11
1869 - 1959
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 12
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 13
1824 - 1907
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 14
1842 - 1919
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 15
1879 - 1959
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 16
1929 - Present
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 17
1862 - 1942
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 18
1887 - 1915
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 19
1892 - 1965
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 20
1892 - 1975
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 21
1903 - 1969
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 22