1900 - 1992
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 33,144 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Zoltán Lajos Bay is the 644th most popular physicist (down from 604th in 2019), the 524th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 437th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Hungarian Physicist.
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Among physicists, Zoltán Lajos Bay ranks 644 out of 717. Before him are Lee Smolin, Paul Peter Ewald, Carlo Alberto Castigliano, Edward Condon, Leonid Sedov, and Mark Oliphant. After him are César Lattes, Nikolay Umov, Tom Kibble, Bruno Zumino, Shoichi Sakata, and Leona Woods.
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 638
1888 - 1985
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 639
1847 - 1884
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 640
1902 - 1974
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 641
1907 - 1999
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 642
1901 - 2000
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 643
1900 - 1992
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 644
1924 - 2005
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 645
1846 - 1915
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 646
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 647
1923 - 2014
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 648
1911 - 1970
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 649
1919 - 1986
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 650
Among people born in 1900, Zoltán Lajos Bay ranks 233. Before him are Alfredo Dinale, Ludovico Bidoglio, Ernie Pyle, Stamatios Nikolopoulos, Alfredo Porzio, and Alan Helffrich. After him are Roman Steinberg, Christian Matras, Simon Janashia, Fernando Quiroga Palacios, Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira, and Panagiotis Pavlidis. Among people deceased in 1992, Zoltán Lajos Bay ranks 191. Before him are Vladas Mikėnas, William Schuman, André Vandewyer, Arvo Ylppö, Andor Földes, and George Adams. After him are Brenda Marshall, Luigi Marchisio, Jan Flinterman, Luis Alcoriza, Per Olof Sundman, and Sabiha Bengütaş.
1900 - 1976
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 227
1900 - 1970
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 228
1900 - 1945
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 229
1900 - 1910
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 230
1900 - 1976
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 231
1900 - 1994
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 232
1900 - 1992
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 233
1900 - 1928
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 234
1900 - 1988
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 235
1900 - 1947
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 236
1900 - 1971
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 237
1900 - 1988
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 238
1900 - 1968
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 239
1910 - 1992
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 185
1910 - 1992
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 186
1909 - 1992
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 187
1887 - 1992
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 188
1913 - 1992
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 189
1940 - 1992
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 190
1900 - 1992
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 191
1915 - 1992
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 192
1909 - 1992
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 193
1919 - 1992
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 194
1918 - 1992
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 195
1922 - 1992
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 196
1904 - 1992
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 197
Among people born in Hungary, Zoltán Lajos Bay ranks 524 out of 866. Before him are Ödön Zombori (1906), Andor Földes (1913), József Szájer (1961), Edith Farkas (1921), Emília Rotter (1906), and Dezső Földes (1880). After him are Kolos Ferenc Vaszary (1832), József Turay (1905), Júlia Szendrey (1828), Gyula Török (1938), Angéla Németh (1946), and László Szollás (1907).
1906 - 1989
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 518
1913 - 1992
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 519
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 520
1921 - 1993
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 521
1906 - 2003
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 522
1880 - 1950
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 523
1900 - 1992
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 524
1832 - 1915
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 525
1905 - 1963
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 526
1828 - 1868
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 527
1938 - 2014
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 528
1946 - 2014
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 529
1907 - 1980
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 530
Among physicists born in Hungary, Zoltán Lajos Bay ranks 8. Before him are Dennis Gabor (1900), Edward Teller (1908), Leo Szilard (1898), Georg von Békésy (1899), Arpad Elo (1903), and Nicholas Kurti (1908). After him are Valentine Telegdi (1922) and Egon Orowan (1902).
1900 - 1979
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 2
1908 - 2003
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 3
1898 - 1964
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 4
1899 - 1972
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 5
1903 - 1992
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 6
1908 - 1998
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 7
1900 - 1992
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 8
1922 - 2006
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 9
1902 - 1989
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 10