1883 - 1964
Victor Franz Hess (German: [ˈvɪktoːɐ̯ fʁants ˈhɛs]; 24 June 1883 – 17 December 1964) was an Austrian-American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics, who discovered cosmic rays. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Francis Hess has received more than 175,835 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Victor Francis Hess is the 108th most popular physicist (down from 78th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Austria (down from 88th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Physicist.
Victor Francis Hess is most famous for his discovery of cosmic rays.
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Among physicists, Victor Francis Hess ranks 108 out of 717. Before him are Alfred Kastler, Joseph von Fraunhofer, Kip Thorne, Henry Moseley, George Gamow, and Javier Solana. After him are Augustin-Jean Fresnel, J. Hans D. Jensen, Edward Victor Appleton, Julius von Mayer, Anders Jonas Ångström, and George Paget Thomson.
1902 - 1984
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 102
1787 - 1826
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 103
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 104
1887 - 1915
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 105
1904 - 1968
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 106
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 107
1883 - 1964
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 108
1788 - 1827
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 109
1907 - 1973
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 110
1892 - 1965
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 111
1814 - 1878
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 112
1814 - 1874
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 113
1892 - 1975
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 114
Among people born in 1883, Victor Francis Hess ranks 25. Before him are Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Mohammed Nadir Shah, Semyon Budyonny, Theo van Doesburg, Pierre Laval, and Maurice Utrillo. After him are Johannes Blaskowitz, Celâl Bayar, Andrey Vyshinsky, Lon Chaney, Wang Jingwei, and Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy. Among people deceased in 1964, Victor Francis Hess ranks 11. Before him are Paul of Greece, Rachel Carson, Norbert Wiener, James Franck, Alma Mahler, and Gerhard Domagk. After him are Vasily Grossman, Karl Polanyi, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Leo Szilard, Gerrit Rietveld, and Giorgio Morandi.
1883 - 1963
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 19
1883 - 1933
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 20
1883 - 1973
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 21
1883 - 1931
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 22
1883 - 1945
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 23
1883 - 1955
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 24
1883 - 1964
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 25
1883 - 1948
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 26
1883 - 1986
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 27
1883 - 1954
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 28
1883 - 1930
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 29
1883 - 1944
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 30
1883 - 1945
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 31
1901 - 1964
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 5
1907 - 1964
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 6
1894 - 1964
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 7
1882 - 1964
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 8
1879 - 1964
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 9
1895 - 1964
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 10
1883 - 1964
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 11
1905 - 1964
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 12
1886 - 1964
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 13
1888 - 1964
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 14
1898 - 1964
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 15
1888 - 1964
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 16
1890 - 1964
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 17
Among people born in Austria, Victor Francis Hess ranks 109 out of 1,237. Before him are Alfred Hermann Fried (1864), Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928), Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643), Josef Strauss (1827), Hans Asperger (1906), and Engelbert Dollfuss (1892). After him are Paul Feyerabend (1924), Saint Florian (250), Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746), Józef Poniatowski (1763), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1743), and Karl Polanyi (1886).
1864 - 1921
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 103
1928 - 2000
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 104
1643 - 1690
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 105
1827 - 1870
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 106
1906 - 1980
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 107
1892 - 1934
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 108
1883 - 1964
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 109
1924 - 1994
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 110
250 - 304
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 111
1746 - 1804
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 112
1763 - 1813
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 113
1743 - 1808
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 114
1886 - 1964
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 115
Among physicists born in Austria, Victor Francis Hess ranks 6. Before him are Erwin Schrödinger (1887), Lise Meitner (1878), Wolfgang Pauli (1900), Ludwig Boltzmann (1844), and Christian Doppler (1803). After him are Otto Robert Frisch (1904), Fritjof Capra (1939), Walter Kohn (1923), Victor Weisskopf (1908), Marietta Blau (1894), and Anton Zeilinger (1945).
1887 - 1961
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 1
1878 - 1968
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 2
1900 - 1958
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 3
1844 - 1906
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 4
1803 - 1853
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 5
1883 - 1964
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 6
1904 - 1979
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 7
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 8
1923 - 2016
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 9
1908 - 2002
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 10
1894 - 1970
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 11
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 12