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William Higinbotham

1910 - 1994

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William Alfred Higinbotham (October 22, 1910 – November 10, 1994) was an American physicist. A member of the team that developed the first nuclear bomb, he later became a leader in the nonproliferation movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Higinbotham has received more than 281,024 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). William Higinbotham is the 647th most popular physicist (down from 620th in 2019), the 6,579th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,378th in 2019) and the 138th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, William Higinbotham ranks 647 out of 851. Before him are Charles Stark Draper, Ralph Kronig, Ferdinand Monoyer, Frederick Guthrie, Ștefania Mărăcineanu, and Ali Javan. After him are Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Julius Wess, Hertha Sponer, Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, César Lattes, and Michael Berry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, William Higinbotham ranks 254. Before him are Stanisław Kowalski, Oskar Sala, Guy Mairesse, Alexandru Borbely, Giancarlo Brusati, and Max Bense. After him are Charles P. Kindleberger, Lupita Tovar, John Wooden, László Lékai, Inge Meysel, and Iuliu Baratky. Among people deceased in 1994, William Higinbotham ranks 235. Before him are Jay Miner, Rudolf Raftl, Rudolf Firkušný, Hermann Josef Abs, Maureen Starkey Tigrett, and József Háda. After him are Grisha Filipov, Harry Saltzman, Alan Helffrich, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Ira Murchison, and Roger Bocquet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Higinbotham ranks 6,579 out of 20,380. Before him are John Pope (1822), Shelley Hack (1947), Florence R. Sabin (1871), Gene Haas (1952), Arthur Samuel (1901), and Richard Bong (1920). After him are John Myung (1967), Richmond Landon (1898), Landon Donovan (1982), Henry Slocum (1862), Kathleen Battle (1948), and Mario Segale (1934).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, William Higinbotham ranks 138. Before him are Leo Kadanoff (1937), Charles Kittel (1916), Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Victor J. Stenger (1935), Gerald Guralnik (1936), and Charles Stark Draper (1901). After him are Lee Smolin (1955), Charles H. Bennett (1943), Ash Carter (1954), John C. Slater (1900), Frederick Seitz (1911), and Edith Clarke (1883).

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