1932 - 2002
Robert Lull Forward (August 15, 1932 – September 21, 2002) was an American physicist and science fiction writer. His literary work was noted for its scientific credibility and use of ideas developed from his career as an aerospace engineer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert L. Forward has received more than 147,245 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert L. Forward is the 674th most popular physicist (down from 650th in 2019), the 7,878th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,036th in 2019) and the 140th most popular American Physicist.
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Among physicists, Robert L. Forward ranks 674 out of 717. Before him are Ash Carter, Egon Orowan, Pief Panofsky, Joseph Polchinski, Bernard Lovell, and Vladimir Veksler. After him are Robert R. Wilson, Gerald Guralnik, Ernst Stueckelberg, Abraham Pais, Sulamith Goldhaber, and Clyde Cowan.
1954 - 2022
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 668
1902 - 1989
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 669
1919 - 2007
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 670
1954 - 2018
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 671
1913 - 2012
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 672
1907 - 1966
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 673
1932 - 2002
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 674
1914 - 2000
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 675
1936 - 2014
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 676
1905 - 1984
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 677
1918 - 2000
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 678
1923 - 1965
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 679
1919 - 1974
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 680
Among people born in 1932, Robert L. Forward ranks 373. Before him are Derog Gioura, Gerald Carr, Abel Aganbegyan, José Varacka, François Deguelt, and Gay Talese. After him are Pak Ui-chun, Robert H. Dennard, Guillaume Bieganski, Muhammad Khan Junejo, Imre Polyák, and Jenő Dalnoki. Among people deceased in 2002, Robert L. Forward ranks 252. Before him are Mahmoud Fayad, Jeff Corey, Johnny Unitas, Conny Vandenbos, Louis-Marie Billé, and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal. After him are John R. Pierce, Willie Davenport, Mustafa Mansour, Anatoli Bashashkin, Ruth Svedberg, and Signe Hasso.
1932 - 2008
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 367
1932 - 2020
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 368
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 369
1932 - 2018
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 370
1932 - 2014
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 371
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 372
1932 - 2002
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 373
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 374
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 375
1932 - 2016
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 376
1932 - 1993
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 377
1932 - 2010
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 378
1932 - 2006
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 379
1925 - 2002
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 246
1914 - 2002
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 247
1933 - 2002
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 248
1937 - 2002
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 249
1938 - 2002
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 250
1928 - 2002
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 251
1932 - 2002
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 252
1910 - 2002
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 253
1943 - 2002
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 254
1914 - 2002
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 255
1924 - 2002
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 256
1903 - 2002
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 257
1915 - 2002
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 258
Among people born in United States, Robert L. Forward ranks 7,878 out of 18,182. Before him are Daniel Henney (1979), Tim Powers (1952), Big Van Vader (1955), Robert A. Parker (1936), Elizabeth Dole (1936), and Robert Weinberg (1942). After him are Frank Robinson (1935), James Crafts (1839), Ty Hardin (1930), Christina Milian (1981), Carol Kaye (1935), and Rufus Thomas (1917).
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,872
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,873
1955 - 2018
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,874
1936 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,875
1936 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,876
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 7,877
1932 - 2002
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 7,878
1935 - 2019
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 7,879
1839 - 1917
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 7,880
1930 - 2017
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 7,881
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 7,882
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 7,883
1917 - 2001
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 7,884
Among physicists born in United States, Robert L. Forward ranks 140. Before him are Lee Smolin (1955), Edward Condon (1902), Leona Woods (1919), Lisa Randall (1962), Ash Carter (1954), and Joseph Polchinski (1954). After him are Robert R. Wilson (1914), Gerald Guralnik (1936), Clyde Cowan (1919), Frank Benford (1883), Leonard Mlodinow (1954), and Charles H. Bennett (1943).
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 134
1902 - 1974
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 135
1919 - 1986
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 136
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 137
1954 - 2022
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 138
1954 - 2018
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 139
1932 - 2002
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 140
1914 - 2000
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 141
1936 - 2014
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 142
1919 - 1974
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 143
1883 - 1948
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 144
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 145
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 146