1882 - 1961
Percy Williams Bridgman (April 21, 1882 – August 20, 1961) was an American physicist who received the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the physics of high pressures. He also wrote extensively on the scientific method and on other aspects of the philosophy of science. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Percy Williams Bridgman has received more than 153,362 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Percy Williams Bridgman is the 128th most popular physicist (down from 114th in 2019), the 582nd most popular biography from United States (down from 387th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Physicist.
Percy Williams Bridgman is most famous for his contributions to the field of physics, specifically the development of the law of conservation of energy.
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Among physicists, Percy Williams Bridgman ranks 128 out of 721. Before him are Josiah Willard Gibbs, J. Hans D. Jensen, George Paget Thomson, Edward Victor Appleton, Isidor Isaac Rabi, and Gustaf Dalén. After him are Leo Szilard, Albert Fert, Peter Grünberg, Hans Geiger, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, and Paul Langevin.
1839 - 1903
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 122
1907 - 1973
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 123
1892 - 1975
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 124
1892 - 1965
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 125
1898 - 1988
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 126
1869 - 1937
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 127
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
Among people born in 1882, Percy Williams Bridgman ranks 34. Before him are Arthur Eddington, Charles Ponzi, Princess Margaret of Connaught, Getúlio Vargas, Jacques Maritain, and Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia. After him are Hans Geiger, Bela Lugosi, Moritz Schlick, Rodolfo Graziani, Robert H. Goddard, and Nicolai Hartmann. Among people deceased in 1961, Percy Williams Bridgman ranks 17. Before him are Rafael Trujillo, Emily Greene Balch, Kurt Meyer, Frantz Fanon, Mohammed V of Morocco, and Adnan Menderes. After him are Dashiell Hammett, Paul Landowski, Eero Saarinen, Otto Loewi, Maria of Yugoslavia, and Luigi Einaudi.
1882 - 1944
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 28
1882 - 1949
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 29
1882 - 1920
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 30
1882 - 1954
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 31
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 32
1882 - 1960
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 33
1882 - 1961
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 34
1882 - 1945
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 35
1882 - 1956
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 36
1882 - 1936
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 37
1882 - 1955
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 38
1882 - 1945
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 39
1882 - 1950
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 40
1891 - 1961
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 11
1867 - 1961
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 12
1910 - 1961
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 13
1925 - 1961
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 14
1909 - 1961
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 15
1899 - 1961
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 16
1882 - 1961
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 17
1894 - 1961
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 18
1875 - 1961
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 19
1910 - 1961
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 20
1873 - 1961
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 21
1900 - 1961
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 22
1874 - 1961
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 23
Among people born in United States, Percy Williams Bridgman ranks 582 out of 15,968. Before him are Carrie Fisher (1956), Martha Graham (1894), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Bing Crosby (1903), Ruth Benedict (1887), and Albert Ellis (1913). After him are Les Paul (1915), George R. R. Martin (1948), John Stith Pemberton (1831), Bradley Cooper (1975), Reese Witherspoon (1976), and Mia Farrow (1945).
1956 - 2016
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 576
1894 - 1991
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 577
1940 - Present
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 578
1903 - 1977
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 579
1887 - 1948
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 580
1913 - 2007
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 581
1882 - 1961
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 582
1915 - 2009
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 583
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 584
1831 - 1888
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 585
1975 - Present
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 586
1976 - Present
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 587
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 588
Among physicists born in United States, Percy Williams Bridgman ranks 13. Before him are Joseph Henry (1797), Clinton Davisson (1881), Ernest Lawrence (1901), John Bardeen (1908), Kip Thorne (1940), and Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839). After him are Owen Chamberlain (1920), Benjamin Thompson (1753), Murray Gell-Mann (1929), Hugh Everett III (1930), Robert H. Goddard (1882), and Martin Lewis Perl (1927).
1797 - 1878
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 7
1881 - 1958
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 8
1901 - 1958
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 9
1908 - 1991
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 10
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 11
1839 - 1903
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 12
1882 - 1961
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 13
1920 - 2006
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 14
1753 - 1814
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 15
1929 - 2019
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 16
1930 - 1982
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 17
1882 - 1945
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 18
1927 - 2014
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 19