1941 - Today
Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch (German pronunciation: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈhɛnʃ] ; born 30 October 1941) is a German physicist. He received one-third of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics for "contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique", sharing the prize with John L. Hall and Roy J. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodor W. Hänsch has received more than 157,162 page views. Her biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor W. Hänsch is the 250th most popular physicist (up from 264th in 2019), the 991st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,057th in 2019) and the 37th most popular German Physicist.
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Among physicists, Theodor W. Hänsch ranks 250 out of 717. Before her are Julian Schwinger, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Gustaf Dalén, Georg Bednorz, John B. Goodenough, and David J. Wineland. After her are Yoichiro Nambu, Serge Haroche, Joseph Plateau, Gérard Mourou, Klaus Fuchs, and Daniel Rutherford.
1918 - 1994
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 244
1932 - 2007
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 245
1869 - 1937
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 246
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 247
1922 - 2023
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 248
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 249
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 250
1921 - 2015
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 251
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 252
1801 - 1883
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 253
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 254
1911 - 1988
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 255
1749 - 1819
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 256
Among people born in 1941, Theodor W. Hänsch ranks 76. Before her are Toyo Ito, Louis Ignarro, Neil Diamond, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Ivica Osim, and Vladimir Voronin. After her are Gérson, Jacques Perrin, Michael Stuart Brown, Cass Elliot, Kyu Sakamoto, and Graham Chapman.
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 70
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 71
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 72
1941 - 2020
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 73
1941 - 2022
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 74
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 75
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 76
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 77
1941 - 2022
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 78
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 79
1941 - 1974
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 80
1941 - 1985
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 81
1941 - 1989
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 82
Among people born in Germany, Theodor W. Hänsch ranks 991 out of 6,142. Before her are Conrad Schumann (1942), Henry II, Duke of Austria (1107), Ernst Zermelo (1871), August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818), Ernst Heinkel (1888), and Ludwig Guttmann (1899). After her are Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823), Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854), Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792), Alfred Naujocks (1911), Hermann of Reichenau (1013), and Emil Jellinek (1853).
1942 - 1998
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 985
1107 - 1177
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 986
1871 - 1953
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 987
1818 - 1892
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 988
1888 - 1958
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 989
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 990
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 991
1823 - 1888
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 992
1854 - 1920
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 993
1792 - 1849
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 994
1911 - 1966
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 995
1013 - 1054
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 996
1853 - 1918
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 997
Among physicists born in Germany, Theodor W. Hänsch ranks 37. Before her are Herbert Kroemer (1928), Max Delbrück (1906), Carl von Linde (1842), Klaus Hasselmann (1931), Georg Bednorz (1950), and John B. Goodenough (1922). After her are Klaus Fuchs (1911), Rainer Weiss (1932), Jack Steinberger (1921), Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912), Ludwig Prandtl (1875), and Ernst Chladni (1756).
1928 - Present
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 31
1906 - 1981
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 32
1842 - 1934
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 33
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 34
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 35
1922 - 2023
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 36
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 37
1911 - 1988
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 38
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 39
1921 - 2020
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 40
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 41
1875 - 1953
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 42
1756 - 1827
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 43