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Pief Panofsky

1919 - 2007

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Wolfgang Kurt Hermann "Pief" Panofsky (April 24, 1919 – September 24, 2007), was a German-American physicist who won many awards including the National Medal of Science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pief Panofsky has received more than 12,904 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pief Panofsky is the 670th most popular physicist, the 4,403rd most popular biography from Germany and the 89th most popular German Physicist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Pief Panofsky ranks 670 out of 717. Before him are Antonius van den Broek, Humberto Fernández-Morán, Vilho Väisälä, Julian Barbour, Ash Carter, and Egon Orowan. After him are Joseph Polchinski, Bernard Lovell, Vladimir Veksler, Robert L. Forward, Robert R. Wilson, and Gerald Guralnik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Pief Panofsky ranks 259. Before him are Jan Flinterman, Jorge de Sena, Manna Dey, Finn Helgesen, Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, and Cláudio Santoro. After him are Kira Zvorykina, Gevorg Emin, Roy Cochran, Folke Alnevik, Strother Martin, and Aldo Campatelli. Among people deceased in 2007, Pief Panofsky ranks 286. Before him are Freddie Francis, Robert Goulet, R. B. Kitaj, Adam Kozłowiecki, Grace Paley, and Pedro Cubilla. After him are Bohdan Paczyński, Jerry Falwell, Heinz Schiller, Ray Evans, Pascal Yoadimnadji, and Dennis Johnson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Pief Panofsky ranks 4,403 out of 6,142. Before him are Christopher Franke (1953), Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin (1943), Nick Menza (1964), Eduard David (1863), Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann (1785), and Barbara Hendricks (1952). After him are Hansi Kürsch (1966), Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839), Dietmar Bartsch (1958), Christian Streich (1965), Dietmar Hamann (1973), and Katharine Cornell (1893).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Pief Panofsky ranks 89. Before him are Ralph Kronig (1904), Alfred Landé (1888), Ursula Franklin (1921), Paul Peter Ewald (1888), Hedwig Kohn (1887), and Arthur Schuster (1851). After him are Ernst Ising (1900), Gregor Wentzel (1898), Jürgen Kurths (1953), Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1769), Rolf-Dieter Heuer (1948), and Rudolf Haag (1922).

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