1920 - 1998
Tetsuya Theodore Fujita (; FOO-jee-tah) (藤田 哲也, Fujita Tetsuya, October 23, 1920 – November 19, 1998) was a Japanese American meteorologist whose research primarily focused on severe weather. His research at the University of Chicago on severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and typhoons revolutionized the knowledge of each. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ted Fujita has received more than 407,239 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ted Fujita is the 585th most popular physicist (up from 636th in 2019), the 1,092nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,173rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Physicist.
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Among physicists, Ted Fujita ranks 585 out of 717. Before him are Artem Alikhanian, Frank J. Tipler, C. P. Snow, Gordon Gould, Isaak Khalatnikov, and Alexander Markovich Polyakov. After him are Bill Nye, John D. Barrow, John Robison, Willem Hendrik Keesom, Georges-Louis Le Sage, and Giovanni Giorgi.
1908 - 1978
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 579
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 580
1905 - 1980
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 581
1920 - 2005
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 582
1919 - 2021
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 583
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 584
1920 - 1998
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 585
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 586
1952 - 2020
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 587
1739 - 1805
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 588
1876 - 1956
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 589
1724 - 1803
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 590
1871 - 1950
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 591
Among people born in 1920, Ted Fujita ranks 267. Before him are Franjo Mihalić, Henry Eriksson, Bruno Ruffo, Richard N. Frye, Gordon Gould, and Georges Balandier. After him are Frances Ames, Julian Jaynes, Alfredo II, André Simon, Olga Orozco, and Raisa Aronova. Among people deceased in 1998, Ted Fujita ranks 184. Before him are Jafar Sharif-Emami, Władysław Komar, António Ribeiro, Mary Millar, Johannes Kotkas, and Rob Pilatus. After him are William Gaddis, Bobo Brazil, Gottfried Dienst, Kim Ki-young, Héctor Vilches, and Consalvo Sanesi.
1920 - 2015
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 261
1920 - 2000
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 262
1920 - 2007
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 263
1920 - 2014
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 264
1920 - 2005
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 265
1920 - 2016
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 266
1920 - 1998
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 267
1920 - 2002
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 268
1920 - 1997
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 269
1920 - 1997
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 270
1920 - 2012
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 271
1920 - 1999
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 272
1920 - 1982
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 273
1910 - 1998
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 178
1940 - 1998
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 179
1928 - 1998
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 180
1936 - 1998
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 181
1915 - 1998
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 182
1965 - 1998
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 183
1920 - 1998
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 184
1922 - 1998
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 185
1924 - 1998
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 186
1919 - 1998
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 187
1919 - 1998
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 188
1926 - 1998
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 189
1911 - 1998
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 190
Among people born in Japan, Ted Fujita ranks 1,092 out of 6,048. Before him are Hiroshi Abe (1964), Masayoshi Ito (1913), Masakatsu Miyamoto (1938), Shigefumi Mori (1951), Masi Oka (1974), and Hajime Isayama (1986). After him are Takeshi Okada (1956), Yumi Matsutoya (1954), Takako Doi (1928), Koji Kondo (1961), Miyoshi Umeki (1929), and Tsukasa Hojo (1959).
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 1,086
1913 - 1994
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 1,087
1938 - 2002
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 1,088
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 1,089
1974 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 1,090
1986 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 1,091
1920 - 1998
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 1,092
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 1,093
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 1,094
1928 - 2014
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 1,095
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 1,096
1929 - 2007
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 1,097
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 1,098
Among physicists born in Japan, Ted Fujita ranks 16. Before him are Shuji Nakamura (1954), Hantaro Nagaoka (1865), Yoshio Nishina (1890), Hiroshi Amano (1960), Takaaki Kajita (1959), and Sumio Iijima (1939). After him are Toshiko Yuasa (1909) and Shoichi Sakata (1911).
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 10
1865 - 1950
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 11
1890 - 1951
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 12
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 13
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 14
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 15
1920 - 1998
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 16
1909 - 1980
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 17
1911 - 1970
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 18