Physicist
Walther Gerlach
1889 - 1979
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Walther Gerlach
His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Walther Gerlach is the 347th most popular physicist (up from 405th in 2024), the 1,540th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,276th in 2019) and the 47th most popular German Physicist.
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Among Physicists
Among physicists, Walther Gerlach ranks 347 out of 851. Before him are Bruno Pontecorvo, Stephen Hales, Giorgio Parisi, Joseph Swan, Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, and Yakov Zeldovich. After him are John G. Trump, Theodore Lyman IV, Ami Argand, Auguste Bravais, Louis Poinsot, and Hans Kramers.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
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Bruno Pontecorvo
1913 - 1993
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 341
Stephen Hales
1677 - 1761
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 342
Giorgio Parisi
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 343
Joseph Swan
1828 - 1914
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 344
Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille
1797 - 1869
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 345
Yakov Zeldovich
1914 - 1987
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 346
Walther Gerlach
1889 - 1979
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 347
John G. Trump
1907 - 1985
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 348
Theodore Lyman IV
1874 - 1954
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 349
Ami Argand
1750 - 1803
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 350
Auguste Bravais
1811 - 1863
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 351
Louis Poinsot
1777 - 1859
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 352
Hans Kramers
1894 - 1952
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 353
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1889, Walther Gerlach ranks 61. Before him are Hannes Meyer, Erik Jan Hanussen, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, Efim Bogoljubov, Beno Gutenberg, and Gunnar Gunnarsson. After him are Olave Baden-Powell, Richard Glücks, Eberhard von Mackensen, Zoltán Tildy, Amrit Kaur, and Harry Nyquist. Among people deceased in 1979, Walther Gerlach ranks 56. Before him are Nicholas Ray, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Louis Durey, Conrad Hilton, Richard Rodgers, and Charles W. Morris. After him are Pier Luigi Nervi, Michael Wilding, Rudi Dutschke, Heinz Reinefarth, Nicos Poulantzas, and Nereo Rocco.
Others Born in 1889
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Hannes Meyer
ARCHITECT
1889 - 1954
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 55
Erik Jan Hanussen
OCCULTIST
1889 - 1933
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 56
Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma
NOBLEMAN
1889 - 1977
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 57
Efim Bogoljubov
CHESS PLAYER
1889 - 1952
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 58
Beno Gutenberg
GEOLOGIST
1889 - 1960
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 59
Gunnar Gunnarsson
WRITER
1889 - 1975
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 60
Walther Gerlach
PHYSICIST
1889 - 1979
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 61
Olave Baden-Powell
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1977
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 62
Richard Glücks
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1945
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 63
Eberhard von Mackensen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1889 - 1969
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 64
Zoltán Tildy
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1961
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 65
Amrit Kaur
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1964
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 66
Harry Nyquist
ENGINEER
1889 - 1976
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 67
Others Deceased in 1979
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Nicholas Ray
FILM DIRECTOR
1911 - 1979
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 50
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
ASTRONOMER
1892 - 1979
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 51
Louis Durey
COMPOSER
1888 - 1979
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 52
Conrad Hilton
POLITICIAN
1887 - 1979
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 53
Richard Rodgers
COMPOSER
1902 - 1979
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 54
Charles W. Morris
PHILOSOPHER
1903 - 1979
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 55
Walther Gerlach
PHYSICIST
1889 - 1979
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 56
Pier Luigi Nervi
ARCHITECT
1891 - 1979
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 57
Michael Wilding
ACTOR
1912 - 1979
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 58
Rudi Dutschke
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1940 - 1979
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 59
Heinz Reinefarth
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1903 - 1979
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 60
Nicos Poulantzas
PHILOSOPHER
1936 - 1979
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 61
Nereo Rocco
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 1979
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 62
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Walther Gerlach ranks 1,540 out of NaN. Before him are Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1907), Karl Richter (1926), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884), Albert Günther (1830), Karl August von Hardenberg (1750), and Douglas Sirk (1897). After him are Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal (1861), Edda Göring (1938), Alice Weidel (1979), Annemarie Schimmel (1922), and Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1831).
Others born in Germany
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Fabian von Schlabrendorff
LAWYER
1907 - 1980
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 1,534
Karl Richter
COMPOSER
1926 - 1981
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,535
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
PAINTER
1884 - 1976
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,536
Albert Günther
BIOLOGIST
1830 - 1914
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,537
Karl August von Hardenberg
POLITICIAN
1750 - 1822
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,538
Douglas Sirk
FILM DIRECTOR
1897 - 1987
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,539
Walther Gerlach
PHYSICIST
1889 - 1979
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 1,540
Johann Adam Schall von Bell
ASTRONOMER
1591 - 1666
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 1,541
Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1942
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 1,542
Edda Göring
CELEBRITY
1938 - 2018
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 1,543
Alice Weidel
POLITICIAN
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 1,544
Annemarie Schimmel
PHILOSOPHER
1922 - 2003
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 1,545
Princess Charlotte of Prussia
NOBLEMAN
1831 - 1855
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 1,546
Among Physicists In Germany
Among physicists born in Germany, Walther Gerlach ranks 47. Before him are Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912), Friedrich Hund (1896), Rainer Weiss (1932), Christoph Scheiner (1575), Ludwig Prandtl (1875), and John B. Goodenough (1922). After him are Pascual Jordan (1902), Franz Aepinus (1724), Heinrich Geißler (1814), Wolfgang Ketterle (1957), Franz Ernst Neumann (1798), and Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (1824).
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
1912 - 2007
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 41
Friedrich Hund
1896 - 1997
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 42
Rainer Weiss
1932 - 2025
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 43
Christoph Scheiner
1575 - 1650
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 44
Ludwig Prandtl
1875 - 1953
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 45
John B. Goodenough
1922 - 2023
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 46
Walther Gerlach
1889 - 1979
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 47
Pascual Jordan
1902 - 1980
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 48
Franz Aepinus
1724 - 1802
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 49
Heinrich Geißler
1814 - 1879
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 50
Wolfgang Ketterle
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 51
Franz Ernst Neumann
1798 - 1895
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 52
Johann Wilhelm Hittorf
1824 - 1914
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 53
