Physicist

Wolfgang Ketterle

German physicist

1957 - today

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Wolfgang Ketterle

His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2024). Wolfgang Ketterle is the 369th most popular physicist (up from 389th in 2024), the 1,788th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,054th in 2019) and the 51st most popular German Physicist.

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Wolfgang Ketterle's biography spans 66 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 64.61.

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Among Physicists

Among physicists, Wolfgang Ketterle ranks 369 out of 863. Before him are Duncan Haldane, Gaston Planté, Théophile de Donder, Louis Slotin, William Sturgeon, and George F. R. Ellis. After him are Karl Guthe Jansky, Jurij Vega, Vladimir Shukhov, Franz Ernst Neumann, Galileo Ferraris, and Johann Wilhelm Hittorf.

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Duncan Haldane
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 363
Gaston Planté
1834 - 1889
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 364
Théophile de Donder
1872 - 1957
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 365
Louis Slotin
1910 - 1946
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 366
William Sturgeon
1783 - 1850
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 367
George F. R. Ellis
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 368
Wolfgang Ketterle
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 369
Karl Guthe Jansky
1905 - 1950
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 370
Jurij Vega
1754 - 1802
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 371
Vladimir Shukhov
1853 - 1939
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 372
Franz Ernst Neumann
1798 - 1895
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 373
Galileo Ferraris
1847 - 1897
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 374
Johann Wilhelm Hittorf
1824 - 1914
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 375

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Wolfgang Ketterle ranks 77. Before him are Mario Grech, Christian Schmidt, Subcomandante Marcos, Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, Cesare Prandelli, and Johnny Lever. After him are Yuen Biao, Robert Harris, Šefik Džaferović, Daniel Stern, Preben Elkjær, and Clive Burr.

Others Born in 1957

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Mario Grech
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 71
Christian Schmidt
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 72
Subcomandante Marcos
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 73
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 74
Cesare Prandelli
COACH
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 75
Johnny Lever
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 76
Wolfgang Ketterle
PHYSICIST
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 77
Yuen Biao
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 78
Robert Harris
WRITER
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 79
Šefik Džaferović
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 80
Daniel Stern
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 81
Preben Elkjær
SOCCER PLAYER
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 82
Clive Burr
MUSICIAN
1957 - 2013
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 83

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Ketterle ranks 1,788 out of 8,184. Before him are Friedrich Parrot (1791), Michael Stifel (1487), Peter Thiel (1967), Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1562), Hillel Furstenberg (1935), and Charles the Child (847). After him are Walter Stennes (1895), Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (1885), Nicolaus von Below (1907), Sebald Beham (1500), Juan José Linz (1926), and Prince Konrad of Bavaria (1883).

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Friedrich Parrot
BIOLOGIST
1791 - 1841
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 1,782
Michael Stifel
MATHEMATICIAN
1487 - 1567
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 1,783
Peter Thiel
BUSINESSPERSON
1967 - Present
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 1,784
Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
POLITICIAN
1562 - 1602
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 1,785
Hillel Furstenberg
MATHEMATICIAN
1935 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 1,786
Charles the Child
POLITICIAN
847 - 866
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 1,787
Wolfgang Ketterle
PHYSICIST
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 1,788
Walter Stennes
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1895 - 1983
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 1,789
Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1970
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 1,790
Nicolaus von Below
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1907 - 1983
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 1,791
Sebald Beham
PAINTER
1500 - 1550
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 1,792
Juan José Linz
SOCIOLOGIST
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 1,793
Prince Konrad of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1969
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 1,794