1932 - 2016
Sir Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble (; 23 December 1932 – 2 June 2016) was a British theoretical physicist, senior research investigator at the Blackett Laboratory and Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London. His research interests were in quantum field theory, especially the interface between high-energy particle physics and cosmology. He is best known as one of the first to describe the Higgs mechanism, and for his research on topological defects. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Kibble has received more than 151,578 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Tom Kibble is the 647th most popular physicist (down from 632nd in 2019), the 565th most popular biography from India (down from 542nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Physicist.
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Among physicists, Tom Kibble ranks 647 out of 717. Before him are Edward Condon, Leonid Sedov, Mark Oliphant, Zoltán Lajos Bay, César Lattes, and Nikolay Umov. After him are Bruno Zumino, Shoichi Sakata, Leona Woods, Aleksandr Andronov, Peter Mark Roget, and Lisa Randall.
1902 - 1974
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 641
1907 - 1999
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 642
1901 - 2000
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 643
1900 - 1992
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 644
1924 - 2005
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 645
1846 - 1915
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 646
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 647
1923 - 2014
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 648
1911 - 1970
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 649
1919 - 1986
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 650
1901 - 1952
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 651
1779 - 1869
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 652
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 653
Among people born in 1932, Tom Kibble ranks 343. Before him are Vasili Kuznetsov, Lodewijk van den Berg, Paul Anderson, Bruce Glover, Raymond Kaelbel, and Richard Mulligan. After him are Howard Hodgkin, Christopher Lasch, Günter Sawitzki, Roger Dumas, Antonio Suárez, and Judy Tyler. Among people deceased in 2016, Tom Kibble ranks 351. Before him are Bobby Vee, Tom M. Apostol, Amelia Bence, Adolf Born, Henning Enoksen, and Piers Sellers. After him are Frano Selak, Burt Kwouk, Roger Dumas, Howard Marks, Hugh O'Brian, and Richard Davalos.
1932 - 2001
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 337
1932 - 2022
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 338
1932 - 1994
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 339
1932 - Present
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 340
1932 - 2007
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 341
1932 - 2000
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 342
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 343
1932 - 2017
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 344
1932 - 1994
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 345
1932 - 2020
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 346
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 347
1932 - 1981
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 348
1932 - 1957
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 349
1943 - 2016
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 345
1923 - 2016
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 346
1914 - 2016
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 347
1930 - 2016
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 348
1935 - 2016
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 349
1955 - 2016
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 350
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 351
1929 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 352
1930 - 2016
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 353
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 354
1945 - 2016
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 355
1925 - 2016
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 356
1930 - 2016
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 357
Among people born in India, Tom Kibble ranks 565 out of 1,493. Before him are Purushottam Das Tandon (1882), Girija Devi (1929), Jeetendra (1942), Tim Severin (1940), Pankaj Kapur (1954), and Paddy Ashdown (1941). After him are Medha Patkar (1954), Zakir Hussain (1951), Rani Mukerji (1978), Gopinath Bordoloi (1890), Kumar Pallana (1918), and Anandiben Patel (1941).
1882 - 1962
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 559
1929 - 2017
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 560
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 561
1940 - 2020
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 562
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 563
1941 - 2018
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 564
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 565
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 566
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 567
1978 - Present
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 568
1890 - 1950
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 569
1918 - 2013
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 570
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 571
Among physicists born in India, Tom Kibble ranks 9. Before him are Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936), Anna Mani (1918), Homi J. Bhabha (1909), Jayant Narlikar (1938), Vikram Sarabhai (1919), and Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893). After him are Raja Ramanna (1925), Narinder Singh Kapany (1926), Abhay Ashtekar (1949), Udupi Ramachandra Rao (1932), and Ashoke Sen (1956).
1936 - 2021
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 3
1918 - 2001
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 4
1909 - 1966
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 5
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 6
1919 - 1971
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 7
1893 - 1972
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 8
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 9
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 10
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 11
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 12
1932 - 2017
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 13
1956 - Present
HPI: 29.69
Rank: 14