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Zoltán Lajos Bay

1900 - 1992

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Zoltán Lajos Bay (July 24, 1900 in Gyulavári – October 4, 1992 in Washington, D.C.) was a Hungarian physicist, professor, and engineer who developed technologies, including tungsten lamps and microwave devices. He was the leader of the second group to observe radar echoes from the Moon (Moonbounce). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zoltán Lajos Bay has received more than 35,425 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Zoltán Lajos Bay is the 695th most popular physicist (down from 644th in 2019), the 592nd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 523rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Hungarian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Zoltán Lajos Bay ranks 695 out of 851. Before him are Leona Woods, Kazuhiko Nishijima, Leonard Mlodinow, Alfred Ewing, Yvette Cauchois, and Leonid Sedov. After him are Humberto Fernández-Morán, E. C. George Sudarshan, Alvin M. Weinberg, Elda Emma Anderson, Helen Quinn, and Gregor Wentzel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Zoltán Lajos Bay ranks 246. Before him are Konrad Hirsch, Ernie Pyle, Christian Matras, Nikolai Pogodin, Alice Neel, and Zenón Noriega Agüero. After him are Stamatios Nikolopoulos, Simon Janashia, Colin Clive, Malvina Reynolds, Jacques Moeschal, and David Hand. Among people deceased in 1992, Zoltán Lajos Bay ranks 215. Before him are Nancy Walker, Luis Alcoriza, Per Olof Sundman, Nguyễn Thị Định, Ronnie Bucknum, and Jan Flinterman. After him are Bep van Klaveren, Morris Kline, Kenneth MacMillan, Arvo Ylppö, Andor Földes, and Lazăr Sfera.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Zoltán Lajos Bay ranks 592 out of 1,077. Before him are María Corda (1898), Ferenc Kiss (1942), Gabriele Possanner (1860), Tom Lantos (1928), Ödön Földessy (1929), and Károly Fogl (1895). After him are Gyula Szapáry (1832), Levente Lengyel (1933), Eva Šuranová (1946), István Kausz (1932), Károly Makk (1925), and László Berti (1875).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Hungary

Among physicists born in Hungary, Zoltán Lajos Bay ranks 9. Before him are Leo Szilard (1898), Dennis Gabor (1900), Georg von Békésy (1899), Ferenc Krausz (1962), Arpad Elo (1903), and Nicholas Kurti (1908). After him are Valentine Telegdi (1922), and Egon Orowan (1902).

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