Physicist

Stephen Hawking

English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author

1942 - 2018

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Stephen Hawking

His biography is available in 151 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 147 in 2024). Stephen Hawking is the 5th most popular physicist, the 24th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 18th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Physicist.

Stephen Hawking is most famous for his contributions to physics and cosmology, in particular his theory that black holes emit radiation.

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#24 / 9,870

Stephen Hawking ranks #24 among 9,870 people in Pantheon born in United Kingdom, inside the top 1% of that group.

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Stephen Hawking's biography appears in 151 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 99% of all Physicists.

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Stephen Hawking climbed 58 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #239 to #181.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, Stephen Hawking ranks 5 out of 863. Before him are Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, and J. Robert Oppenheimer. After him are Wilhelm Röntgen, Michael Faraday, Niels Bohr, Hans Christian Ørsted, Max Planck, Alessandro Volta, and Albert A. Michelson.

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Isaac Newton
1643 - 1726
HPI: 99.44
Rank: 1
Albert Einstein
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HPI: 94.83
Rank: 2
Marie Curie
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HPI: 94.30
Rank: 3
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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HPI: 90.85
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Stephen Hawking
1942 - 2018
HPI: 88.36
Rank: 5
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HPI: 87.15
Rank: 6
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HPI: 86.08
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HPI: 85.42
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Max Planck
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HPI: 85.41
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HPI: 85.34
Rank: 11
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HPI: 84.49
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Stephen Hawking ranks 2. Before him is Muhammad Ali. After him are Joe Biden, Muammar Gaddafi, Martin Scorsese, Aretha Franklin, Amitabh Bachchan, Eusébio, Hu Jintao, Calvin Klein, Ratko Mladić, and Paul McCartney. Among people deceased in 2018, Stephen Hawking ranks 1. After him are Aretha Franklin, George H. W. Bush, Barbara Bush, Ursula K. Le Guin, Kofi Annan, Charles Aznavour, Montserrat Caballé, Ingvar Kamprad, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Stan Lee.

Others Born in 1942

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Muhammad Ali
BOXER
1942 - 2016
HPI: 90.72
Rank: 1
Stephen Hawking
PHYSICIST
1942 - 2018
HPI: 88.36
Rank: 2
Joe Biden
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 86.00
Rank: 3
Muammar Gaddafi
POLITICIAN
1942 - 2011
HPI: 85.50
Rank: 4
Martin Scorsese
FILM DIRECTOR
1942 - Present
HPI: 85.42
Rank: 5
Aretha Franklin
SINGER
1942 - 2018
HPI: 83.92
Rank: 6
Amitabh Bachchan
ACTOR
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.47
Rank: 7
Eusébio
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 2014
HPI: 81.41
Rank: 8
Hu Jintao
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.29
Rank: 9
Calvin Klein
FASHION DESIGNER
1942 - Present
HPI: 80.51
Rank: 10
Ratko Mladić
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1942 - 2026
HPI: 79.73
Rank: 11
Paul McCartney
MUSICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 2018

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Stephen Hawking
PHYSICIST
1942 - 2018
HPI: 88.36
Rank: 1
Aretha Franklin
SINGER
1942 - 2018
HPI: 83.92
Rank: 2
George H. W. Bush
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2018
HPI: 82.46
Rank: 3
Barbara Bush
POLITICIAN
1925 - 2018
HPI: 82.18
Rank: 4
Ursula K. Le Guin
WRITER
1929 - 2018
HPI: 81.89
Rank: 5
Kofi Annan
DIPLOMAT
1938 - 2018
HPI: 81.80
Rank: 6
Charles Aznavour
SINGER
1924 - 2018
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 7
Montserrat Caballé
SINGER
1933 - 2018
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 8
Ingvar Kamprad
BUSINESSPERSON
1926 - 2018
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 9
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
NOBLEMAN
1934 - 2018
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 10
Bernardo Bertolucci
FILM DIRECTOR
1941 - 2018
HPI: 78.50
Rank: 11
Stan Lee
COMIC ARTIST
1922 - 2018
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 12