1914 - 2000
Robert Rathbun Wilson (March 4, 1914 – January 16, 2000) was an American physicist known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, as a sculptor, and as an architect of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), where he was the first director from 1967 to 1978. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (BA and PhD), Wilson received his doctorate under the supervision of Ernest Lawrence for his work on the development of the cyclotron at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory. He subsequently went to Princeton University to work with Henry DeWolf Smyth on electromagnetic separation of the isotopes of uranium. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert R. Wilson has received more than 220,420 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Robert R. Wilson is the 675th most popular physicist (down from 646th in 2019), the 8,002nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,942nd in 2019) and the 141st most popular American Physicist.
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Among physicists, Robert R. Wilson ranks 675 out of 717. Before him are Egon Orowan, Pief Panofsky, Joseph Polchinski, Bernard Lovell, Vladimir Veksler, and Robert L. Forward. After him are Gerald Guralnik, Ernst Stueckelberg, Abraham Pais, Sulamith Goldhaber, Clyde Cowan, and Frank Benford.
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
1883 - 1948
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 681
Among people born in 1914, Robert R. Wilson ranks 295. Before him are Sven Jacobsson, Mary Carlisle, Wendell Corey, Billy Eckstine, František Čapek, and Mustafa Mansour. After him are Rolf Holmberg, Robert Alda, Sven Fahlman, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Hideko Maehata, and Bruce M. Metzger. Among people deceased in 2000, Robert R. Wilson ranks 246. Before him are Matija Ljubek, Georgiy Gongadze, Raymundo Rodríguez, Nils Täpp, Kazimierz Brandys, and Enric Miralles. After him are Abraham Pais, Petter Hugsted, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Alfredo Sánchez, Edward Battell, and Mark R. Hughes.
1914 - 1983
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 289
1914 - 2018
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 290
1914 - 1968
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 291
1914 - 1993
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 292
1914 - 2008
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 293
1914 - 2002
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 294
1914 - 2000
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 295
1914 - 1979
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 296
1914 - 1986
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 297
1914 - 2003
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 298
1914 - 1988
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 299
1914 - 1995
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 300
1914 - 2007
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 301
1953 - 2000
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 240
1969 - 2000
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 241
1905 - 2000
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 242
1917 - 2000
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 243
1916 - 2000
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 244
1955 - 2000
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 245
1914 - 2000
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 246
1918 - 2000
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 247
1921 - 2000
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 248
1938 - 2000
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 249
1904 - 2000
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 250
1900 - 2000
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 251
1956 - 2000
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 252
Among people born in United States, Robert R. Wilson ranks 8,002 out of 18,182. Before him are Gerry Goffin (1939), Adriano Directo Emperado (1926), John Lipsky (1947), Ina Claire (1893), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (1973), and George Russell (1923). After him are Aimee Garcia (1978), Dana Carvey (1955), Joan Van Ark (1943), Gerald Guralnik (1936), Ed Begley Jr. (1949), and Rudy Rucker (1946).
1939 - 2014
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 7,996
1926 - 2009
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 7,997
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 7,998
1893 - 1985
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 7,999
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 8,000
1923 - 2009
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 8,001
1914 - 2000
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 8,002
1978 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 8,003
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 8,004
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 8,005
1936 - 2014
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 8,006
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 8,007
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 8,008
Among physicists born in United States, Robert R. Wilson ranks 141. Before him are Edward Condon (1902), Leona Woods (1919), Lisa Randall (1962), Ash Carter (1954), Joseph Polchinski (1954), and Robert L. Forward (1932). After him are Gerald Guralnik (1936), Clyde Cowan (1919), Frank Benford (1883), Leonard Mlodinow (1954), Charles H. Bennett (1943), and John Clauser (1942).
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
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 147