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GEOLOGIST

Walter Alvarez

1940 - Today

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Walter Alvarez (born October 3, 1940) is a professor in the Earth and Planetary Science department at the University of California, Berkeley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Alvarez has received more than 307,086 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Alvarez is the 62nd most popular geologist (down from 49th in 2019), the 7,994th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,175th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Geologist.

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  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Walter Alvarez ranks 62 out of 59. Before him are Maria Klenova, Joseph Thomson, Anna Missuna, David A. Johnston, Daniel Barringer, and Lawrence Lambe. After him are Robert Jameson, Hugo Benioff, Reginald Aldworth Daly, Judith Curry, Henry De la Beche, and Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Walter Alvarez ranks 428. Before him are Austin Pendleton, Billy McNeill, Roy Ayers, Jerzy Kulej, Steve Swallow, and Taylor Wang. After him are Marita Petersen, Sapardi Djoko Damono, Grigory Kriss, Ernő Solymosi, Barbara Boxer, and Danilo Astori.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Alvarez ranks 7,994 out of 18,182. Before him are Wes Borland (1975), Ted McGinley (1958), Isaac Kashdan (1905), Bill Richardson (1947), Jackie McLean (1931), and Kid Rock (1971). After him are Guru (1961), Gerry Goffin (1939), Adriano Directo Emperado (1926), John Lipsky (1947), Ina Claire (1893), and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (1973).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, Walter Alvarez ranks 9. Before him are Barnum Brown (1873), Niles Eldredge (1943), M. King Hubbert (1903), James Hall (1811), David A. Johnston (1949), and Daniel Barringer (1860). After him are Hugo Benioff (1899), Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), John Bell Hatcher (1861), and Michael E. Mann (1965).

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