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Theodore Hall

1925 - 1999

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Theodore Alvin Hall (October 20, 1925 – November 1, 1999) was an American physicist and an atomic spy for the Soviet Union, who, during his work on United States efforts to develop the first and second atomic bombs during World War II (the Manhattan Project), gave a detailed description of the "Fat Man" plutonium bomb, and of several processes for purifying plutonium, to Soviet intelligence. His brother, Edward N. Hall, was a rocket scientist who led the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodore Hall has received more than 925,523 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Theodore Hall is the 509th most popular physicist, the 4,075th most popular biography from United States and the 102nd most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Theodore Hall ranks 509 out of 851. Before him are Jakob II Bernoulli, Edwin H. Land, Gene Amdahl, Giovanni Poleni, Gustave Trouvé, and Andrei Linde. After him are Anatoly Alexandrov, William Edward Ayrton, Lester Germer, Alan Sokal, John Henry Schwarz, and Heinrich Barkhausen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Theodore Hall ranks 214. Before him are Ilie Verdeț, Mike Connors, Robert Mulligan, David Warren, Czesław Kiszczak, and Otto Muehl. After him are Carlo Rambaldi, José Napoleón Duarte, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Bobbejaan Schoepen, and Evelyn Berezin. Among people deceased in 1999, Theodore Hall ranks 125. Before him are Horst Frank, Grover Washington Jr., Mario Soldati, Flávio Costa, Reiner Klimke, and Paul Sacher. After him are Carlos Romero, Milt Jackson, Oswaldo Guayasamín, Jacques Lecoq, Riccardo Freda, and Bing Xin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Theodore Hall ranks 4,075 out of 20,380. Before him are Sean Astin (1971), Matthew Lillard (1970), Yusef Lateef (1920), George Clinton (1941), Jim Carroll (1949), and Kevin McCarthy (1914). After him are Robert Prosky (1930), Peter Benchley (1940), Leonard Adleman (1945), George M. Dallas (1792), John Nance Garner (1868), and Philip Bosco (1930).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Theodore Hall ranks 102. Before him are Clarence Zener (1905), Maurice Karnaugh (1924), Gordon Gould (1920), Ira Sprague Bowen (1898), Edwin H. Land (1909), and Gene Amdahl (1922). After him are Lester Germer (1896), Alan Sokal (1955), John Henry Schwarz (1941), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), Edward Condon (1902), and Bryce DeWitt (1923).

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