1935 - 2014
Victor John Stenger (; January 29, 1935 – August 25, 2014) was an American particle physicist, philosopher, author, and religious skeptic. Following a career as a research scientist in the field of particle physics, Stenger was associated with New Atheism and he authored popular science books. He published twelve books for general audiences on physics, quantum mechanics, cosmology, philosophy, religion, atheism, and pseudoscience, including the 2007 best-seller God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor J. Stenger has received more than 183,764 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Victor J. Stenger is the 575th most popular physicist (down from 559th in 2019), the 5,548th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,267th in 2019) and the 113th most popular American Physicist.
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Among physicists, Victor J. Stenger ranks 575 out of 717. Before her are Francis Hauksbee, Fabiola Gianotti, Yakov Frenkel, Alfred Perot, Emil Warburg, and José Celestino Mutis. After her are Burkhard Heim, Edith Clarke, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Artem Alikhanian, Frank J. Tipler, and C. P. Snow.
1660 - 1713
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 569
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 570
1894 - 1952
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 571
1863 - 1925
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 572
1846 - 1931
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 573
1732 - 1808
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 574
1935 - 2014
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 575
1925 - 2001
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 576
1883 - 1959
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 577
1874 - 1954
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 578
1908 - 1978
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 579
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 580
1905 - 1980
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 581
Among people born in 1935, Victor J. Stenger ranks 266. Before her are Fabio Cudicini, Christina Pickles, Henry Gibson, Ivan Dimitrov, David Ruelle, and Eulogio Martínez. After her are Ryhor Baradulin, Lee Meriwether, Hrvoje Šarinić, Omero Antonutti, Bernard Pivot, and Ronald Lacey. Among people deceased in 2014, Victor J. Stenger ranks 238. Before her are Gough Whitlam, Ernie Terrell, Bel Kaufman, Abdul Qadir, James Shigeta, and Małgorzata Braunek. After her are Ryhor Baradulin, Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Warren Clarke, Ilija Pantelić, Gordon Tullock, and François Cavanna.
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 260
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 261
1935 - 2009
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 262
1935 - 2019
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 263
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 264
1935 - 1984
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 265
1935 - 2014
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 266
1935 - 2014
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 267
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 268
1935 - 2017
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 269
1935 - 2019
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 270
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 271
1935 - 1991
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 272
1916 - 2014
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 232
1939 - 2014
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 233
1911 - 2014
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 234
1944 - 2014
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 235
1929 - 2014
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 236
1947 - 2014
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 237
1935 - 2014
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 238
1935 - 2014
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 239
1950 - 2014
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 240
1947 - 2014
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 241
1942 - 2014
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 242
1922 - 2014
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 243
1923 - 2014
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 244
Among people born in United States, Victor J. Stenger ranks 5,548 out of 18,182. Before her are Julie Bowen (1970), Tyler Perry (1969), Susanna Hoffs (1959), Bruce Kulick (1953), Allan Bloom (1930), and Shirley Verrett (1931). After her are Leighton Meester (1986), Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954), Johnny Knoxville (1971), Gene Tunney (1897), Bradford Dillman (1930), and Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737).
1970 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 5,542
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 5,543
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 5,544
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 5,545
1930 - 1992
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 5,546
1931 - 2010
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 5,547
1935 - 2014
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 5,548
1986 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 5,549
1954 - 2021
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 5,550
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 5,551
1897 - 1978
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 5,552
1930 - 2018
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 5,553
1737 - 1832
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 5,554
Among physicists born in United States, Victor J. Stenger ranks 113. Before her are Wallace Clement Sabine (1868), William D. Coolidge (1873), Charles Kittel (1916), Robert Mills (1927), Bryce DeWitt (1923), and James Hansen (1941). After her are Edith Clarke (1883), Frank J. Tipler (1947), Gordon Gould (1920), Bill Nye (1955), Henry Augustus Rowland (1848), and Alvin M. Weinberg (1915).
1868 - 1919
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 107
1873 - 1975
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 108
1916 - 2019
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 109
1927 - 1999
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 110
1923 - 2004
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 111
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 112
1935 - 2014
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 113
1883 - 1959
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 114
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 115
1920 - 2005
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 116
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 117
1848 - 1901
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 118
1915 - 2006
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 119