1933 - 2021
Steven Weinberg (; May 3, 1933 – July 23, 2021) was an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in physics for his contributions with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow to the unification of the weak force and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles. He held the Josey Regental Chair in Science at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a member of the Physics and Astronomy Departments. His research on elementary particles and physical cosmology was honored with numerous prizes and awards, including the 1979 Nobel Prize in physics and the 1991 National Medal of Science. In 2004, he received the Benjamin Franklin Medal of the American Philosophical Society, with a citation that said he was "considered by many to be the preeminent theoretical physicist alive in the world today." He was elected to the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steven Weinberg has received more than 1,066,532 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Steven Weinberg is the 161st most popular physicist (up from 174th in 2019), the 673rd most popular biography from United States (up from 784th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Physicist.
Weinberg is most famous for his work on the unification of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
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Among physicists, Steven Weinberg ranks 161 out of 717. Before him are Nicolaas Bloembergen, Hugh Everett III, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Michio Kaku, Willard Boyle, and Murray Gell-Mann. After him are Donald A. Glaser, Polykarp Kusch, Laura Bassi, Georges Charpak, Benjamin Thompson, and James Rainwater.
1920 - 2017
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 155
1930 - 1982
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 156
1910 - 1995
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 157
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 158
1924 - 2011
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 159
1929 - 2019
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 160
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 161
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 162
1911 - 1993
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 163
1711 - 1778
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 164
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 165
1753 - 1814
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 166
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 167
Among people born in 1933, Steven Weinberg ranks 36. Before him are Richard Rogers, Kim Novak, Philip Zimbardo, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stanley Milgram. After him are John Barry, Oliver Sacks, Gian Maria Volonté, Bernardo Provenzano, Gene Wilder, and Quincy Jones. Among people deceased in 2021, Steven Weinberg ranks 34. Before him are Lars Vilks, Donald Rumsfeld, Carlos Menem, Anne Rice, Abimael Guzmán, and Bernard Haitink. After him are Hans Küng, Frank Williams, Chick Corea, Robert Mundell, Jorge Sampaio, and Carlos Reutemann.
1933 - 2021
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 30
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 31
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 32
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 33
1933 - 2020
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 34
1933 - 1984
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 35
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 36
1933 - 2011
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 37
1933 - 2015
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 38
1933 - 1994
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 39
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 40
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 41
1933 - Present
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 42
1946 - 2021
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 28
1932 - 2021
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 29
1930 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 30
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 31
1934 - 2021
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 32
1929 - 2021
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 33
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 34
1928 - 2021
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 35
1942 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 36
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 37
1932 - 2021
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 38
1939 - 2021
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 39
1942 - 2021
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 40
Among people born in United States, Steven Weinberg ranks 673 out of 18,182. Before him are Frances McDormand (1957), Stanley Milgram (1933), Michio Kaku (1947), Bob Beamon (1946), Josephine Cochrane (1839), and Murray Gell-Mann (1929). After him are Sidney Lumet (1924), Brandon Lee (1965), Tim Robbins (1958), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Ellen Burstyn (1932), and Benny Goodman (1909).
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 667
1933 - 1984
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 668
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 669
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 670
1839 - 1913
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 671
1929 - 2019
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 672
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 673
1924 - 2011
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 674
1965 - 1993
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 675
1958 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 676
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 677
1932 - Present
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 678
1909 - 1986
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 679
Among physicists born in United States, Steven Weinberg ranks 23. Before him are Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Val Logsdon Fitch (1923), Hugh Everett III (1930), Michio Kaku (1947), and Murray Gell-Mann (1929). After him are Donald A. Glaser (1926), Benjamin Thompson (1753), James Rainwater (1917), Leon Cooper (1930), Robert H. Goddard (1882), and Edward Mills Purcell (1912).
1926 - 2022
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 17
1927 - 2014
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 18
1923 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 19
1930 - 1982
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 20
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 21
1929 - 2019
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 22
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 23
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 24
1753 - 1814
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 25
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 26
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 27
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 28
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 29