1914 - 2006
Raymond Davis Jr. (October 14, 1914 – May 31, 2006) was an American chemist and physicist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Davis Jr. has received more than 110,794 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Raymond Davis Jr. is the 189th most popular chemist (down from 95th in 2019), the 1,346th most popular biography from United States (down from 635th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Chemist.
Raymond Davis Jr. is most famous for the Davis Incident, in which he shot two men in Lahore, Pakistan, and was imprisoned for two years before being released in 2011.
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Among chemists, Raymond Davis Jr. ranks 189 out of 510. Before him are Alan J. Heeger, Robert Bruce Merrifield, John Fenn, Nicolas Leblanc, Julius Axelrod, and Richard F. Heck. After him are John Pople, F. Sherwood Rowland, Walter Gilbert, Paul Berg, Ignacy Mościcki, and William Henry Perkin.
1936 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 183
1921 - 2006
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 184
1917 - 2010
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 185
1742 - 1806
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 186
1912 - 2004
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 187
1931 - 2015
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 188
1914 - 2006
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 189
1925 - 2004
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 190
1927 - 2012
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 191
1932 - Present
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 192
1926 - Present
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 193
1867 - 1946
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 194
1838 - 1907
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 195
Among people born in 1914, Raymond Davis Jr. ranks 42. Before him are Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Max Perutz, Louis, Prince Napoléon, Boris Christoff, Edward T. Hall, and Vjekoslav Luburić. After him are William Westmoreland, Alan Hodgkin, Rafael Kubelík, Mario Bava, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, and George Dantzig. Among people deceased in 2006, Raymond Davis Jr. ranks 52. Before him are Romano Mussolini, Karel Appel, Glenn Ford, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Aaron Spelling, and Robert Bruce Merrifield. After him are Floyd Patterson, Lillian Asplund, David Bronstein, William Styron, Joachim Fest, and Richard Fleischer.
1914 - 1994
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 36
1914 - 2002
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 37
1914 - 1997
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 38
1914 - 1993
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 39
1914 - 2009
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 40
1914 - 1969
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 41
1914 - 2006
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 42
1914 - 2005
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 43
1914 - 1998
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 44
1914 - 1996
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 45
1914 - 1980
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 46
1914 - 1987
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 47
1914 - 2005
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 48
1927 - 2006
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 46
1921 - 2006
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 47
1916 - 2006
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 48
1926 - 2006
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 49
1923 - 2006
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 50
1921 - 2006
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 51
1914 - 2006
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 52
1935 - 2006
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 53
1906 - 2006
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 54
1924 - 2006
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 55
1925 - 2006
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 56
1926 - 2006
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 57
1916 - 2006
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 58
Among people born in United States, Raymond Davis Jr. ranks 1,346 out of 15,968. Before him are Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Gus Van Sant (1952), Marsha P. Johnson (1945), Rudy Giuliani (1944), Richard F. Heck (1931), and James J. Braddock (1905). After him are Sissy Spacek (1949), Ethan Hawke (1970), Matthew Perry (1969), Mike Pompeo (1963), William H. Macy (1950), and Floyd Patterson (1935).
1896 - 1993
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 1,340
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 1,341
1945 - 1992
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 1,342
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 1,343
1931 - 2015
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 1,344
1905 - 1974
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 1,345
1914 - 2006
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 1,346
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 1,347
1970 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 1,348
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 1,349
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 1,350
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 1,351
1935 - 2006
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 1,352
Among chemists born in United States, Raymond Davis Jr. ranks 36. Before him are Stephanie Kwolek (1923), Alan J. Heeger (1936), Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), John Fenn (1917), Julius Axelrod (1912), and Richard F. Heck (1931). After him are F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), Walter Gilbert (1932), Paul Berg (1926), Elias James Corey (1928), Arthur Kornberg (1918), and Paul D. Boyer (1918).
1923 - 2014
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 30
1936 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 31
1921 - 2006
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 32
1917 - 2010
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 33
1912 - 2004
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 34
1931 - 2015
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 35
1914 - 2006
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 36
1927 - 2012
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 37
1932 - Present
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 38
1926 - Present
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 39
1928 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 40
1918 - 2007
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 41
1918 - 2018
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 42