1925 - 2004
Raja Ramanna (28 January 1925 – 23 September 2004) was an Indian physicist who is best known for his role in India's nuclear program during its early stages. Having joined the nuclear program in 1964, Ramanna worked under Homi Jehangir Bhabha, and later became the director of this program in 1967. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raja Ramanna has received more than 586,898 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Raja Ramanna is the 704th most popular physicist (down from 644th in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from India (down from 573rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Indian Physicist.
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Among physicists, Raja Ramanna ranks 704 out of 717. Before him are Cumrun Vafa, Helen Quinn, Jürgen Kurths, Christian Møller, Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert, and Seymour Benzer. After him are Hubert Curien, Karl Taylor Compton, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Juan Martín Maldacena, Jacques Friedel, and Lene Hau.
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 698
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.13
Rank: 699
1953 - Present
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 700
1904 - 1980
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 701
1769 - 1824
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 702
1921 - 2007
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 703
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 704
1924 - 2005
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 705
1887 - 1954
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 706
1948 - Present
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 707
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 708
1921 - 2014
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 709
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 710
Among people born in 1925, Raja Ramanna ranks 419. Before him are Robert B. Sherman, D. A. Pennebaker, Janet Rowley, Ilona Novák, Bruno Pesaola, and Yuriy Lituyev. After him are Shirley Strickland, Phillip V. Tobias, Ruth First, Lilyan Chauvin, Jacques Grimonpon, and Fernand Decanali. Among people deceased in 2004, Raja Ramanna ranks 247. Before him are Victor Argo, Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, David Raksin, Frances Dee, Carl Anderson, and Robert Pastorelli. After him are Shirley Strickland, Alexey Korneyev, Lennart Strand, Julius Sang, Vilayat Khan, and Mulk Raj Anand.
1925 - 2012
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 413
1925 - 2019
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 414
1925 - 2013
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 415
1925 - 2019
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 416
1925 - 2015
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 417
1925 - 2000
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 418
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 419
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 420
1925 - 2012
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 421
1925 - 1982
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 422
1925 - 2008
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 423
1925 - 2013
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 424
1925 - 2017
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 425
1934 - 2004
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 241
1937 - 2004
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 242
1912 - 2004
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 243
1909 - 2004
HPI: 43.03
Rank: 244
1945 - 2004
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 245
1954 - 2004
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 246
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 247
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 248
1939 - 2004
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 249
1921 - 2004
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 250
1946 - 2004
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 251
1928 - 2004
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 252
1905 - 2004
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 253
Among people born in India, Raja Ramanna ranks 664 out of 1,493. Before him are Jagjit Singh (1941), Arunachalam Muruganantham (1961), Surekha Sikri (1945), Aruna Irani (1946), Michael Bates (1920), and R. D. Burman (1939). After him are Charles Sturt (1795), Muiz ud din Bahram (null), Baselios Cleemis (1959), Harish-Chandra (1923), Juhi Chawla (1967), and Govinda (1963).
1941 - 2011
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 658
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 659
1945 - 2021
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 660
1946 - Present
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 661
1920 - 1978
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 662
1939 - 1994
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 663
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 664
1795 - 1869
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 665
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 666
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 667
1923 - 1983
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 668
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 669
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.75
Rank: 670
Among physicists born in India, Raja Ramanna ranks 10. Before him are Anna Mani (1918), Homi J. Bhabha (1909), Jayant Narlikar (1938), Vikram Sarabhai (1919), Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893), and Tom Kibble (1932). After him are Narinder Singh Kapany (1926), Abhay Ashtekar (1949), Udupi Ramachandra Rao (1932), and Ashoke Sen (1956).
1918 - 2001
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 4
1909 - 1966
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 5
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 6
1919 - 1971
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 7
1893 - 1972
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 8
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 9
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 10
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 11
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 12
1932 - 2017
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 13
1956 - Present
HPI: 29.69
Rank: 14