1889 - 1969
Vilho Väisälä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋilho ˈʋæi̯sælæ]; September 28, 1889 – August 12, 1969) was a Finnish meteorologist and physicist, and founder of Vaisala Oyj. After graduation in mathematics in 1912, Väisälä worked for the Finnish Meteorological Institute in aerological measurements, specializing in the research of the higher troposphere. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vilho Väisälä has received more than 25,197 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vilho Väisälä is the 666th most popular physicist (down from 623rd in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from Finland (down from 254th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Physicist.
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Among physicists, Vilho Väisälä ranks 666 out of 717. Before him are Orest Khvolson, Max Tegmark, Stanley Mandelstam, Brandon Carter, Antonius van den Broek, and Humberto Fernández-Morán. After him are Julian Barbour, Ash Carter, Egon Orowan, Pief Panofsky, Joseph Polchinski, and Bernard Lovell.
1852 - 1934
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 660
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 661
1928 - 2016
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 662
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 663
1870 - 1926
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 664
1924 - 1999
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 665
1889 - 1969
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 666
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 667
1954 - 2022
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 668
1902 - 1989
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 669
1919 - 2007
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 670
1954 - 2018
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 671
1913 - 2012
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 672
Among people born in 1889, Vilho Väisälä ranks 222. Before him are Anna Kéthly, Paul Nash, Harry Clarke, Rolf Johnsson, Tom Naudé, and Lajos Asztalos. After him are Minta Durfee, Arnulf Øverland, Wesley Ruggles, Claude McKay, Tryggvi Þórhallsson, and Carl Bertilsson. Among people deceased in 1969, Vilho Väisälä ranks 171. Before him are Eero Berg, Corneliu Robe, Veli Saarinen, Barton MacLane, Walter Hagen, and Tom Naudé. After him are Óscar Osorio, Leigh Harline, Károly Dietz, Miles Dempsey, Vernon Duke, and Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río.
1889 - 1976
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 216
1889 - 1946
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 217
1889 - 1931
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 218
1889 - 1931
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 219
1889 - 1969
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 220
1889 - 1956
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 221
1889 - 1969
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 222
1889 - 1975
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 223
1889 - 1968
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 224
1889 - 1972
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 225
1889 - 1948
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 226
1889 - 1935
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 227
1889 - 1968
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 228
1898 - 1969
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 165
1908 - 1969
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 166
1902 - 1969
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 167
1902 - 1969
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 168
1892 - 1969
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 169
1889 - 1969
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 170
1889 - 1969
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 171
1910 - 1969
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 172
1907 - 1969
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 173
1885 - 1969
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 174
1896 - 1969
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 175
1903 - 1969
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 176
1893 - 1969
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 177
Among people born in Finland, Vilho Väisälä ranks 304 out of 642. Before him are Antero Kivi (1904), Siiri Rantanen (1924), Olli Rehn (1962), Yrjö Saarela (1884), Pertti Karppinen (1953), and Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903). After him are Sulo Bärlund (1910), Jouko Törmänen (1954), Pentti Hämäläinen (1929), Tua Forsström (1947), Pekka Vasala (1948), and Mr Lordi (1974).
1904 - 1981
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 298
1924 - 2023
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 299
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 300
1884 - 1951
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 301
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 302
1903 - 1982
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 303
1889 - 1969
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 304
1910 - 1986
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 305
1954 - 2015
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 306
1929 - 1984
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 307
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 308
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 309
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 310
Among physicists born in Finland, Vilho Väisälä ranks 2. Before him are Gunnar Nordström (1881).