The Most Famous
Physicists from Latvia
This page contains a list of the greatest Latvians Physicists. The pantheon dataset contains 851 Physicists, 2 of which were born in Latvia. This makes Latvia the birth place of the 40th most number of Physicists behind Indonesia and Finland.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Latvians Physicists of all time. This list of famous Latvians Physicists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Anatole Abragam (1914 - 2011)
With an HPI of 61.66, Anatole Abragam is the most famous Latvians Physicist. biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.
2. Juris Upatnieks (b. 1936)
With an HPI of 47.49, Juris Upatnieks is the 2nd most famous Latvians Physicist. biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Latvians physicists born between 1914 and 1936. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Latvians physicists include Juris Upatnieks. The most famous deceased Latvians physicists include Anatole Abragam.
