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Werner Israel

1931 - 2022

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Werner Israel, (October 4, 1931 – May 18, 2022) was a theoretical physicist known for his contributions to gravitational theory, and especially to the understanding of black holes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Werner Israel has received more than 86,635 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Werner Israel is the 788th most popular physicist (down from 745th in 2019), the 5,599th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,944th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular German Physicist.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Werner Israel ranks 788 out of 851. Before him are James Hartle, Samuel King Allison, Daniel Kleppner, John Pendry, Robert L. Forward, and Ayşe Erzan. After him are Léon Rosenfeld, Emil Wolf, Cumrun Vafa, Yash Pal, Egon Orowan, and Sarah Frances Whiting.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Werner Israel ranks 561. Before him are Gianuario Carta, Bill Hoskyns, Clifford Jordan, Arne Nordheim, Thane Baker, and Isidore Mankofsky. After him are Bassano Staffieri, Ernie Banks, Teresa Brewer, Thomas Shardelow, Marisa Del Frate, and Robert Fowler. Among people deceased in 2022, Werner Israel ranks 583. Before him are Yelizaveta Dementyeva, Joan Copeland, Richard Taruskin, Tomasz Wójtowicz, Alexei Panshin, and Bappi Lahiri. After him are Hérard Abraham, Duvall Hecht, Don Young, Charlbi Dean, Aaron Carter, and Oksana Shvets.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Werner Israel ranks 5,599 out of 7,253. Before him are Hugo Budinger (1927), Karim Adeyemi (2002), Thomas Lange (1964), Ulrike Tauber (1958), Natalia Wörner (1967), and Ludwig Schick (1949). After him are Sybille Bedford (1911), Maxi Gnauck (1964), Siegfried Brietzke (1952), Maren Ade (1976), Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst (1959), and Dietmar Woidke (1961).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Werner Israel ranks 103. Before him are Ernst Ising (1900), Arthur Schuster (1851), Rolf-Dieter Heuer (1948), Rolf Landauer (1927), Jürgen Kurths (1953), and Hedwig Kohn (1887). After him are Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell (1886), Sabine Hossenfelder (1976), Katherine Freese (1957), and Gabriele Hegerl (1962).

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