1932 - 2007
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (French: [ʒɛn]; 24 October 1932 – 18 May 2007) was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre-Gilles de Gennes has received more than 178,059 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Pierre-Gilles de Gennes is the 241st most popular physicist (down from 219th in 2019), the 1,129th most popular biography from France (down from 854th in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Physicist.
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was a French physicist who was most famous for his work in the field of surface physics. He is credited with the discovery of the laws of friction and the invention of the atomic force microscope.
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Among physicists, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes ranks 241 out of 721. Before him are Max Delbrück, Anthony James Leggett, Daniel Rutherford, Antoine César Becquerel, David Lee, and Martinus J. G. Veltman. After him are Nevill Francis Mott, Julian Schwinger, Leo Esaki, Fritjof Capra, Patrick Blackett, and Klaus Fuchs.
1906 - 1981
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 235
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 236
1749 - 1819
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 237
1788 - 1878
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 238
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 239
1931 - 2021
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 240
1932 - 2007
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 241
1905 - 1996
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 242
1918 - 1994
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 243
1925 - Present
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 244
1939 - Present
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 245
1897 - 1974
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 246
1911 - 1988
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 247
Among people born in 1932, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes ranks 64. Before him are Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, Anatoliy Solovianenko, Peter Eisenman, Robert Mundell, Khaled al-Asaad, and Nagisa Oshima. After him are David Scott, Sonny Liston, Hiroaki Sato, Algirdas Brazauskas, Lalo Schifrin, and Rainer Weiss. Among people deceased in 2007, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes ranks 33. Before him are Kai Siegbahn, Lois Maxwell, Henri Troyat, Paul Watzlawick, Ian Smith, and Vladimir Kryuchkov. After him are Stanley Miller, Paul Lauterbur, Barry Nelson, Ike Turner, Jaan Kross, and Abdul Rahman Arif.
1932 - Present
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 58
1932 - 1999
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 59
1932 - Present
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 60
1932 - Present
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 61
1932 - 2015
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 62
1932 - 2013
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 63
1932 - 2007
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 64
1932 - Present
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 65
1932 - 1970
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 66
1932 - 1988
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 67
1932 - 2010
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 68
1932 - Present
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 69
1932 - Present
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 70
1918 - 2007
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 27
1927 - 2007
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 28
1911 - 2007
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 29
1921 - 2007
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 30
1919 - 2007
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 31
1924 - 2007
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 32
1932 - 2007
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 33
1930 - 2007
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 34
1929 - 2007
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 35
1917 - 2007
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 36
1931 - 2007
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 37
1920 - 2007
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 38
1916 - 2007
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 39
Among people born in France, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes ranks 1,129 out of 5,234. Before him are Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Emma Watson (1990), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Sophie of France (1734), and Georges Auric (1899). After him are Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Paulinus of Nola (354), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Lúcio Costa (1902), Marcel Pagnol (1895), and Clément Janequin (1485).
1788 - 1878
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 1,123
1990 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 1,124
1844 - 1937
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 1,125
1857 - 1904
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 1,126
1734 - 1782
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 1,127
1899 - 1983
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 1,128
1932 - 2007
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 1,129
1953 - Present
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 1,130
354 - 431
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 1,131
1811 - 1896
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 1,132
1902 - 1998
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 1,133
1895 - 1974
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 1,134
1485 - 1558
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 1,135
Among physicists born in France, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes ranks 25. Before him are Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799), Jacques Charles (1763), Louis Néel (1904), Claude-Louis Navier (1785), Edmond Becquerel (1820), and Antoine César Becquerel (1788). After him are Edme Mariotte (1620), Pierre Louis Dulong (1785), Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754), Gérard Mourou (1944), Jean-Charles de Borda (1733), and Félix Savart (1791).
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
1820 - 1891
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 23
1788 - 1878
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 24
1932 - 2007
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 25
1620 - 1684
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 26
1785 - 1838
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 27
1754 - 1785
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 28
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 29
1733 - 1799
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 30
1791 - 1841
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 31