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Rudolf Haag

1922 - 2016

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Rudolf Haag (17 August 1922 – 5 January 2016) was a German theoretical physicist, who mainly dealt with fundamental questions of quantum field theory. He was one of the founders of the modern formulation of quantum field theory and he identified the formal structure in terms of the principle of locality and local observables. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Haag has received more than 60,238 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Haag is the 723rd most popular physicist (down from 649th in 2019), the 4,766th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,041st in 2019) and the 95th most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Rudolf Haag ranks 723 out of 717Before him are Ronald Drever, John Pendry, Kees Schouhamer Immink, Erwin Hahn, Raymond Gosling, and C. V. Boys. After him are Léon Rosenfeld, Sidney Coleman, Narinder Singh Kapany, Ludvig Lorenz, Ayşe Erzan, and Walter Munk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Rudolf Haag ranks 367Before him are Niels Holst-Sørensen, Jesús Iglesias, Hattie Jacques, Dick King-Smith, Cécile DeWitt-Morette, and Fyvush Finkel. After him are Les Baxter, Roger Gautier, Héctor Rossetto, John B. Anderson, Nancy Mackay, and Janis Paige. Among people deceased in 2016, Rudolf Haag ranks 450Before him are William Schallert, Gunnel Vallquist, Anatoli Isayev, Erwin Hahn, Fyvush Finkel, and Eddie Keizan. After him are Tyrus Wong, Cléber Santana, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Tammy Grimes, Joseph Mascolo, and François Dupeyron.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Haag ranks 4,766 out of 6,142Before him are Jürgen Rüttgers (1951), Joël Matip (1991), Roland Wohlfarth (1963), Kevin Großkreutz (1988), Rudolf Schoeller (1902), and Paul Günther (1882). After him are Manuela Schwesig (1974), Uli Kusch (1967), Ewald Balser (1898), Natalie Horler (1981), Dirk Bach (1961), and Karl Allgöwer (1957).

Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Rudolf Haag ranks 95Before him are Pief Panofsky (1919), Ernst Ising (1900), Gregor Wentzel (1898), Jürgen Kurths (1953), Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1769), and Rolf-Dieter Heuer (1948). After him are Werner Israel (1931) and Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell (1886).