PHYSICIST
Wolfgang Ketterle
1957 - Today
Wolfgang Ketterle
Wolfgang Ketterle (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈkɛtɐlə] ; born 21 October 1957) is a German physicist and professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research has focused on experiments that trap and cool atoms to temperatures close to absolute zero, and he led one of the first groups to realize Bose–Einstein condensation in these systems in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Ketterle has received more than 246,168 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Wolfgang Ketterle is the 388th most popular physicist (down from 384th in 2019), the 2,054th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,144th in 2019) and the 56th most popular German Physicist.
Memorability Metrics
250k
Page Views (PV)
56.50
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
64
Languages Editions (L)
9.74
Effective Languages (L*)
3.85
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Wolfgang Ketterle ranks 388 out of 851. Before him are Hiroshi Amano, Oskar Klein, Christopher Polhem, Sameera Moussa, Robert Brout, and Louis Poinsot. After him are George Johnstone Stoney, John Henry Poynting, Franz Aepinus, Friedrich Paschen, Léon Brillouin, and Friedrich Ernst Dorn.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsHiroshi Amano
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 382
Oskar Klein
1894 - 1977
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 383
Christopher Polhem
1661 - 1751
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 384
Sameera Moussa
1917 - 1952
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 385
Robert Brout
1928 - 2011
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 386
Louis Poinsot
1777 - 1859
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 387
Wolfgang Ketterle
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 388
George Johnstone Stoney
1826 - 1911
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 389
John Henry Poynting
1852 - 1914
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 390
Franz Aepinus
1724 - 1802
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 391
Friedrich Paschen
1865 - 1947
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 392
Léon Brillouin
1889 - 1969
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 393
Friedrich Ernst Dorn
1848 - 1916
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 394
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1957, Wolfgang Ketterle ranks 70. Before him are Adrian Smith, Bamir Topi, Carrie Lam, Włodzimierz Smolarek, Timothy Spall, and Joaquim de Almeida. After him are Janick Gers, Lucien Favre, Klaus Augenthaler, Fred Vargas, Antonio Cabrini, and Alu Alkhanov.
Others Born in 1957
Go to all RankingsAdrian Smith
MUSICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 64
Bamir Topi
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 65
Carrie Lam
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 66
Włodzimierz Smolarek
SOCCER PLAYER
1957 - 2012
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 67
Timothy Spall
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 68
Joaquim de Almeida
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 69
Wolfgang Ketterle
PHYSICIST
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 70
Janick Gers
MUSICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 71
Lucien Favre
COACH
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 72
Klaus Augenthaler
SOCCER PLAYER
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 73
Fred Vargas
WRITER
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 74
Antonio Cabrini
SOCCER PLAYER
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 75
Alu Alkhanov
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 76
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Ketterle ranks 2,054 out of 7,253. Before him are Ralf Hütter (1946), Frederick I, Elector Palatine (1425), Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1688), George Müller (1805), Veit Harlan (1899), and Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1727). After him are Fredrik Pacius (1809), Walter Heitz (1878), Bernd Hölzenbein (1946), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), Wolfgang Borchert (1921), and Friedrich Kellner (1885).
Others born in Germany
Go to all RankingsRalf Hütter
MUSICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 2,048
Frederick I, Elector Palatine
POLITICIAN
1425 - 1476
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 2,049
Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
NOBLEMAN
1688 - 1748
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 2,050
George Müller
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1805 - 1898
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 2,051
Veit Harlan
FILM DIRECTOR
1899 - 1964
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 2,052
Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
POLITICIAN
1727 - 1759
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 2,053
Wolfgang Ketterle
PHYSICIST
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 2,054
Fredrik Pacius
COMPOSER
1809 - 1891
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 2,055
Walter Heitz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1878 - 1944
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 2,056
Bernd Hölzenbein
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - 2024
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 2,057
Johann Christoph Bach
COMPOSER
1671 - 1721
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 2,058
Wolfgang Borchert
WRITER
1921 - 1947
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 2,059
Friedrich Kellner
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1970
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 2,060
Among PHYSICISTS In Germany
Among physicists born in Germany, Wolfgang Ketterle ranks 56. Before him are Franz Ernst Neumann (1798), Moritz von Jacobi (1801), Heinrich Geißler (1814), Manfred von Ardenne (1907), Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (1824), and Paul Drude (1863). After him are Franz Aepinus (1724), Friedrich Paschen (1865), Rudolf Peierls (1907), Walther Gerlach (1889), Johanna Budwig (1908), and Charles Galton Darwin (1887).
Franz Ernst Neumann
1798 - 1895
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 50
Moritz von Jacobi
1801 - 1874
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 51
Heinrich Geißler
1814 - 1879
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 52
Manfred von Ardenne
1907 - 1997
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 53
Johann Wilhelm Hittorf
1824 - 1914
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 54
Paul Drude
1863 - 1906
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 55
Wolfgang Ketterle
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 56
Franz Aepinus
1724 - 1802
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 57
Friedrich Paschen
1865 - 1947
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 58
Rudolf Peierls
1907 - 1995
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 59
Walther Gerlach
1889 - 1979
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 60
Johanna Budwig
1908 - 2003
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 61
Charles Galton Darwin
1887 - 1962
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 62