1913 - 1993
Wolfgang Paul (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈpaʊ̯l] (listen); 10 August 1913 – 7 December 1993) was a German physicist, who co-developed the non-magnetic quadrupole mass filter which laid the foundation for what is now called an ion trap. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Paul has received more than 135,652 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Wolfgang Paul is the 207th most popular physicist (down from 182nd in 2019), the 800th most popular biography from Germany (down from 551st in 2019) and the 29th most popular German Physicist.
Wolfgang Paul is most famous for his discovery of the element Hafnium.
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Among physicists, Wolfgang Paul ranks 207 out of 721. Before him are Abdus Salam, John Vincent Atanasoff, Isamu Akasaki, John Archibald Wheeler, James Cronin, and James Rainwater. After him are Joseph Plateau, Edward Mills Purcell, Jim Peebles, Kai Siegbahn, Robert Hofstadter, and Frederick Reines.
1926 - 1996
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 201
1903 - 1995
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 202
1929 - Present
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 203
1911 - 2008
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 204
1931 - 2016
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 205
1917 - 1986
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 206
1913 - 1993
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 207
1801 - 1883
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 208
1912 - 1997
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 209
1935 - Present
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 210
1918 - 2007
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 211
1915 - 1990
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 212
1918 - 1998
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 213
Among people born in 1913, Wolfgang Paul ranks 40. Before him are Erich Priebke, Silvio Piola, Artur Axmann, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Willis Lamb, and René Clément. After him are Mehmet Shehu, Muddy Waters, Masanobu Fukuoka, Charles Trenet, Aimé Césaire, and Irwin Shaw. Among people deceased in 1993, Wolfgang Paul ranks 26. Before him are Kōbō Abe, André the Giant, Dizzy Gillespie, Polykarp Kusch, Lillian Gish, and Vincent Price. After him are Brandon Lee, Cantinflas, Léon Theremin, Bobby Moore, Yuri Lotman, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
1913 - 2013
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 34
1913 - 1996
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 35
1913 - 1996
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 36
1913 - 1994
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 37
1913 - 2008
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 38
1913 - 1996
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 39
1913 - 1993
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 40
1913 - 1981
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 41
1913 - 1983
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 42
1913 - 2008
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 43
1913 - 2001
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 44
1913 - 2008
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 45
1913 - 1984
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 46
1924 - 1993
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 20
1946 - 1993
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 21
1917 - 1993
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 22
1911 - 1993
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 23
1893 - 1993
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 24
1911 - 1993
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 25
1913 - 1993
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 26
1965 - 1993
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 27
1911 - 1993
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 28
1896 - 1993
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 29
1941 - 1993
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 30
1922 - 1993
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 31
1909 - 1993
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 32
Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Paul ranks 800 out of 5,289. Before him are Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735), Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865), Albert Göring (1895), Gotthard Kettler (1517), Anna Seghers (1900), and Agnes of Merania (1175). After him are Wilhelm Cuno (1876), John George III, Elector of Saxony (1647), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Frank Farian (1941), Tannhäuser (1205), and Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521).
1735 - 1806
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 794
1865 - 1932
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 795
1895 - 1966
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 796
1517 - 1587
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 797
1900 - 1983
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 798
1175 - 1201
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 799
1913 - 1993
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 800
1876 - 1933
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 801
1647 - 1691
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 802
1723 - 1787
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 803
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 804
1205 - 1270
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 805
1521 - 1553
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 806
Among physicists born in Germany, Wolfgang Paul ranks 29. Before him are Hans Geiger (1882), Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742), Julius von Mayer (1814), Rudolf Mössbauer (1929), Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922), and Polykarp Kusch (1911). After him are Carl von Linde (1842), Gerd Binnig (1947), Max Delbrück (1906), Klaus Fuchs (1911), Herbert Kroemer (1928), and Ludwig Prandtl (1875).
1882 - 1945
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 23
1742 - 1799
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 24
1814 - 1878
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 25
1929 - 2011
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 26
1922 - 2017
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 27
1911 - 1993
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 28
1913 - 1993
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 29
1842 - 1934
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 30
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 31
1906 - 1981
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 32
1911 - 1988
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 33
1928 - Present
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 34
1875 - 1953
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 35