1872 - 1946
Paul Langevin (; French: [pɔl lɑ̃ʒvɛ̃]; 23 January 1872 – 19 December 1946) was a French physicist who developed Langevin dynamics and the Langevin equation. He was one of the founders of the Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes, an anti-fascist organization created after the 6 February 1934 far right riots. Being a public opponent of fascism in the 1930s resulted in his arrest and being held under house arrest by the Vichy government for most of World War II. Langevin was also president of the Human Rights League (LDH) from 1944 to 1946, having recently joined the French Communist Party. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Langevin has received more than 379,161 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Paul Langevin is the 134th most popular physicist, the 662nd most popular biography from France (down from 547th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Physicist.
Paul Langevin is most famous for his work in the field of quantum mechanics. He was one of the first people to propose a solution to the wave-particle duality paradox, which is the idea that light can behave as both a particle and a wave.
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Among physicists, Paul Langevin ranks 134 out of 721. Before him are Percy Williams Bridgman, Leo Szilard, Albert Fert, Peter Grünberg, Hans Geiger, and Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. After him are Laura Bassi, Alfred Kastler, Maurice Wilkins, Julius von Mayer, François Englert, and Owen Chamberlain.
1882 - 1961
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 128
1898 - 1964
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 129
1938 - Present
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 130
1939 - 2018
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 131
1882 - 1945
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 132
1742 - 1799
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 133
1872 - 1946
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 134
1711 - 1778
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 135
1902 - 1984
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 136
1916 - 2004
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 137
1814 - 1878
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 138
1932 - Present
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 139
1920 - 2006
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 140
Among people born in 1872, Paul Langevin ranks 17. Before him are Marcel Mauss, Anton Denikin, Léon Blum, Louis Blériot, Richard Willstätter, and Emil Hácha. After him are Charles Greeley Abbot, Sri Aurobindo, Maurice Gamelin, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Jože Plečnik, and Helena Rubinstein. Among people deceased in 1946, Paul Langevin ranks 30. Before him are Ananda Mahidol, Ferenc Szálasi, László Moholy-Nagy, Manuel de Falla, Amon Göth, and Kurt Daluege. After him are Karl Hermann Frank, Felix Hoffmann, Empress Wanrong, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Gilbert N. Lewis, and Wilhelm Marx.
1872 - 1950
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 11
1872 - 1947
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 12
1872 - 1950
HPI: 74.34
Rank: 13
1872 - 1936
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 14
1872 - 1942
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 15
1872 - 1945
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 16
1872 - 1946
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 17
1872 - 1973
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 18
1872 - 1950
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 19
1872 - 1958
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 20
1872 - 1925
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 21
1872 - 1957
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 22
1872 - 1965
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 23
1925 - 1946
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 24
1897 - 1946
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 25
1895 - 1946
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 26
1876 - 1946
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 27
1908 - 1946
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 28
1897 - 1946
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 29
1872 - 1946
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 30
1898 - 1946
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 31
1868 - 1946
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 32
1906 - 1946
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 33
1883 - 1946
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 34
1875 - 1946
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 35
1863 - 1946
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 36
Among people born in France, Paul Langevin ranks 662 out of 5,234. Before him are Jacques Monod (1910), Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766), Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1528), Jeanne Hébuterne (1898), Thomas Bangalter (1), and Magnentius (303). After him are Suzanne Valadon (1865), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Alfred Kastler (1902), Raymond Aron (1905), Adam de la Halle (1245), and Louis Renault (1877).
1910 - 1976
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 656
1766 - 1847
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 657
1528 - 1580
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 658
1898 - 1920
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 659
1 - Present
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 660
303 - 353
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 661
1872 - 1946
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 662
1865 - 1938
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 663
1905 - 1991
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 664
1902 - 1984
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 665
1905 - 1983
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 666
1245 - 1288
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 667
1877 - 1944
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 668
Among physicists born in France, Paul Langevin ranks 16. Before him are Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870), Hippolyte Fizeau (1819), Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788), François Arago (1786), and Albert Fert (1938). After him are Alfred Kastler (1902), Hans Bethe (1906), Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799), Jacques Charles (1763), Louis Néel (1904), and Claude-Louis Navier (1785).
1870 - 1942
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 10
1819 - 1896
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 11
1774 - 1862
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 12
1788 - 1827
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 13
1786 - 1853
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 14
1938 - Present
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 15
1872 - 1946
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 16
1902 - 1984
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 17
1906 - 2005
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 18
1799 - 1864
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 19
1763 - 1823
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 20
1904 - 2000
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 21
1785 - 1836
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 22