1928 - 2012
Sergey Petrovich Kapitsa (Russian: Сергей Петрович Капица; 14 February 1928 – 14 August 2012) was a Russian physicist and demographer. He was best known as host of the popular and long-running Russian scientific TV show, Evident, but Incredible. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergey Kapitsa has received more than 57,871 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Sergey Kapitsa is the 523rd most popular physicist (up from 553rd in 2019), the 2,609th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,748th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Physicist.
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Among physicists, Sergey Kapitsa ranks 523 out of 717. Before him are Carlo Rovelli, Robert H. Dicke, Vladimir Steklov, Clarence Zener, Lester Germer, and Max Wien. After him are John Sealy Townsend, Gerard K. O'Neill, Samuel T. Cohen, Yakir Aharonov, Dmitri Ivanenko, and Georg Hermann Quincke.
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 517
1916 - 1997
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 518
1864 - 1926
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 519
1905 - 1993
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 520
1896 - 1971
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 521
1866 - 1938
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 522
1928 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 523
1868 - 1957
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 524
1927 - 1992
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 525
1921 - 2010
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 526
1932 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 527
1904 - 1994
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 528
1834 - 1924
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 529
Among people born in 1928, Sergey Kapitsa ranks 279. Before him are Leon Fleisher, Estelle Harris, Paul Johnson, José Bonaparte, Peter Shirayanagi, and Natalie Zemon Davis. After him are Anita Brookner, Milka Babović, Mitchell Ryan, Art Farmer, Emilio Pericoli, and Kiyoshi Atsumi. Among people deceased in 2012, Sergey Kapitsa ranks 196. Before him are Txillardegi, Dom Mintoff, Kurt Adolff, Assef Shawkat, Simeon ten Holt, and Marvin Hamlisch. After him are Fang Lizhi, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Pierre Sinibaldi, Eugene Polley, Paavo Berglund, and George Knobel.
1928 - 2020
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 273
1928 - 2022
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 274
1928 - 2023
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 275
1928 - 2020
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 276
1928 - 2009
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 277
1928 - 2023
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 278
1928 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 279
1928 - 2016
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 280
1928 - 2020
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 281
1928 - 2022
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 282
1928 - 1999
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 283
1928 - 2013
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 284
1928 - 1996
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 285
1929 - 2012
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 190
1916 - 2012
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 191
1921 - 2012
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 192
1950 - 2012
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 193
1923 - 2012
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 194
1944 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 195
1928 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 196
1936 - 2012
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 197
1941 - 2012
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 198
1924 - 2012
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 199
1915 - 2012
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 200
1929 - 2012
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 201
1922 - 2012
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 202
Among people born in United Kingdom, Sergey Kapitsa ranks 2,609 out of 7,765. Before him are Venetia Burney (1918), Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609), John Wilkes (1725), Gladys Cooper (1888), Jeremy Bulloch (1945), and Ralph Abercromby (1734). After him are Amanda Tapping (1965), Rory McCann (1969), Harry Seeley (1839), Norman Lockyer (1836), Kathleen Kenyon (1906), and Ron Flowers (1934).
1918 - 2009
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 2,603
1609 - 1674
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 2,604
1725 - 1797
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 2,605
1888 - 1971
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 2,606
1945 - 2020
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,607
1734 - 1801
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,608
1928 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,609
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,610
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,611
1839 - 1909
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 2,612
1836 - 1920
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,613
1906 - 1978
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,614
1934 - 2021
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 2,615
Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Sergey Kapitsa ranks 62. Before him are John Leslie (1766), Ernest Marsden (1889), Dennis W. Sciama (1926), Michael Green (1946), Michael Berry (1941), and Paul Davies (1946). After him are James David Forbes (1809), William Edward Ayrton (1847), Francis Hauksbee (1660), C. P. Snow (1905), John D. Barrow (1952), and John Robison (1739).
1766 - 1832
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 56
1889 - 1970
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 57
1926 - 1999
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 58
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 59
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 60
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 61
1928 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 62
1809 - 1868
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 63
1847 - 1908
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 64
1660 - 1713
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 65
1905 - 1980
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 66
1952 - 2020
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 67
1739 - 1805
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 68