PHYSICIST
Werner Heisenberg
1901 - 1976
Werner Heisenberg
Werner Karl Heisenberg (; German: [ˈvɛʁnɐ kaʁl ˈhaɪzn̩bɛʁk] ; 5 December 1901 – 1 February 1976) was a German theoretical physicist, one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics, and a principal scientist in the Nazi nuclear weapons program during World War II. He published his Umdeutung paper in 1925, a major reinterpretation of old quantum theory. In the subsequent series of papers with Max Born and Pascual Jordan, during the same year, his matrix formulation of quantum mechanics was substantially elaborated. He is known for the uncertainty principle, which he published in 1927. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Werner Heisenberg has received more than 9,894,535 page views. His biography is available in 110 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 107 in 2019). Werner Heisenberg is the 16th most popular physicist (up from 19th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 53rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Physicist.
Werner Heisenberg is most famous for his uncertainty principle. This principle states that it is impossible to measure both the position and momentum of a particle at the same time.
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9.9M
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
110
Languages Editions (L)
8.62
Effective Languages (L*)
4.99
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Werner Heisenberg ranks 16 out of 851. Before him are Pierre Curie, Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, James Prescott Joule, Robert Hooke, and J. Robert Oppenheimer. After him are Evangelista Torricelli, Henri Becquerel, Enrico Fermi, André-Marie Ampère, Erwin Schrödinger, and Georg Ohm.
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HPI: 80.59
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Robert Hooke
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Werner Heisenberg
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1901, Werner Heisenberg ranks 3. Before him are Hirohito, and Walt Disney. After him are Marlene Dietrich, Enrico Fermi, Leopold III of Belgium, Louis Armstrong, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Jacques Lacan, Sukarno, Fulgencio Batista, and Ngo Dinh Diem. Among people deceased in 1976, Werner Heisenberg ranks 4. Before him are Mao Zedong, Agatha Christie, and Martin Heidegger. After him are Howard Hughes, Alvar Aalto, Luchino Visconti, Zhou Enlai, Fritz Lang, Max Ernst, Jean Gabin, and Bernard Montgomery.
Others Born in 1901
Go to all RankingsHirohito
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1989
HPI: 81.58
Rank: 1
Walt Disney
PRODUCER
1901 - 1966
HPI: 81.21
Rank: 2
Werner Heisenberg
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1976
HPI: 79.86
Rank: 3
Marlene Dietrich
ACTOR
1901 - 1992
HPI: 79.34
Rank: 4
Enrico Fermi
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1954
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 5
Leopold III of Belgium
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1983
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 6
Louis Armstrong
MUSICIAN
1901 - 1971
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 7
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
NOBLEMAN
1901 - 1918
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 8
Jacques Lacan
PSYCHOLOGIST
1901 - 1981
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 9
Sukarno
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1970
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 10
Fulgencio Batista
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1973
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 11
Ngo Dinh Diem
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1963
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1976
Go to all RankingsMao Zedong
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1976
HPI: 85.42
Rank: 1
Agatha Christie
WRITER
1890 - 1976
HPI: 82.01
Rank: 2
Martin Heidegger
PHILOSOPHER
1889 - 1976
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 3
Werner Heisenberg
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1976
HPI: 79.86
Rank: 4
Howard Hughes
BUSINESSPERSON
1905 - 1976
HPI: 78.82
Rank: 5
Alvar Aalto
ARCHITECT
1898 - 1976
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 6
Luchino Visconti
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 1976
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 7
Zhou Enlai
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1976
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 8
Fritz Lang
FILM DIRECTOR
1890 - 1976
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 9
Max Ernst
PAINTER
1891 - 1976
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 10
Jean Gabin
ACTOR
1904 - 1976
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 11
Bernard Montgomery
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1976
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 12
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Werner Heisenberg ranks 42 out of 7,253. Before him are Angela Merkel (1954), Thomas Mann (1875), Erwin Rommel (1891), Robert Koch (1843), Hermann Göring (1893), and Bernhard Riemann (1826). After him are Alexander von Humboldt (1769), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), Pope Benedict XVI (1927), Karl Benz (1844), Marlene Dietrich (1901), and Adolf Eichmann (1906).
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POLITICIAN
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HPI: 80.66
Rank: 36
Thomas Mann
WRITER
1875 - 1955
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 37
Erwin Rommel
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1891 - 1944
HPI: 80.09
Rank: 38
Robert Koch
PHYSICIAN
1843 - 1910
HPI: 79.98
Rank: 39
Hermann Göring
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1946
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 40
Bernhard Riemann
MATHEMATICIAN
1826 - 1866
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 41
Werner Heisenberg
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1976
HPI: 79.86
Rank: 42
Alexander von Humboldt
GEOGRAPHER
1769 - 1859
HPI: 79.86
Rank: 43
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
912 - 973
HPI: 79.65
Rank: 44
Pope Benedict XVI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1927 - 2022
HPI: 79.55
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Karl Benz
INVENTOR
1844 - 1929
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 46
Marlene Dietrich
ACTOR
1901 - 1992
HPI: 79.34
Rank: 47
Adolf Eichmann
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1906 - 1962
HPI: 79.19
Rank: 48
Among PHYSICISTS In Germany
Among physicists born in Germany, Werner Heisenberg ranks 4. Before him are Albert Einstein (1879), Wilhelm Röntgen (1845), and Max Planck (1858). After him are Georg Ohm (1789), Heinrich Hertz (1857), Max Born (1882), Max von Laue (1879), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821), J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), Johannes Stark (1874), and Otto von Guericke (1602).
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HPI: 92.13
Rank: 1
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1845 - 1923
HPI: 83.96
Rank: 2
Max Planck
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HPI: 82.51
Rank: 3
Werner Heisenberg
1901 - 1976
HPI: 79.86
Rank: 4
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HPI: 78.54
Rank: 5
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HPI: 76.10
Rank: 6
Max Born
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HPI: 75.00
Rank: 7
Max von Laue
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HPI: 73.48
Rank: 8
Hermann von Helmholtz
1821 - 1894
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 9
J. Hans D. Jensen
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HPI: 70.93
Rank: 10
Johannes Stark
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HPI: 70.78
Rank: 11
Otto von Guericke
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Rank: 12