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PHYSICIST

Robert J. Van de Graaff

1901 - 1967

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Robert Jemison Van de Graaff (December 20, 1901 – January 16, 1967) was an American physicist, noted for his design and construction of high-voltage Van de Graaff generators. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert J. Van de Graaff has received more than 261,259 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert J. Van de Graaff is the 369th most popular physicist (up from 386th in 2019), the 2,441st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,738th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Robert J. Van de Graaff ranks 369 out of 717Before him are Nick Holonyak, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, George Uhlenbeck, Franz Ernst Neumann, Edwin Hall, and Ralph Asher Alpher. After him are Franz Aepinus, Carl Wieman, Maurice de Broglie, Arpad Elo, Giovanni Aldini, and Johanna Budwig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Robert J. Van de Graaff ranks 96Before him are Cassandre, Margarete Buber-Neumann, J. D. Bernal, Hendrik Verwoerd, Miklós Nyiszli, and Ramón Serrano Suñer. After him are Marino Marini, Jean Prouvé, Fred Uhlman, Eiji Tsuburaya, Michel Leiris, and Henri Cochet. Among people deceased in 1967, Robert J. Van de Graaff ranks 84Before him are Joseph Boxhall, Martine Carol, Abdel Hakim Amer, David Burliuk, Hans Ledwinka, and Eddie Eagan. After him are Zbigniew Cybulski, Shukri al-Quwatli, Harold Holt, Jane Darwell, H. H. Kung, and Carl Sandburg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert J. Van de Graaff ranks 2,441 out of 18,182Before him are Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), Terry Crews (1968), Sofia Coppola (1971), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Leo Ryan (1925), and Felicity Huffman (1962). After him are James Baker (1930), Robert Benton (1932), Jim Bridger (1804), Louis Gossett Jr. (1936), Richie Sambora (1959), and Karen Allen (1951).

Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Robert J. Van de Graaff ranks 76Before him are Edward Witten (1951), Luis Walter Alvarez (1911), Robert B. Laughlin (1950), Nick Holonyak (1928), Edwin Hall (1855), and Ralph Asher Alpher (1921). After him are Carl Wieman (1951), Edwin H. Land (1909), Robert W. Wood (1868), Lyman Spitzer (1914), Chester Carlson (1906), and Philip Abelson (1913).