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Adriaan Fokker

1887 - 1972

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Adriaan Daniël Fokker (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːdrijaːn ˈdaːnijɛl ˈfɔkər]; 17 August 1887 – 24 September 1972) was a Dutch physicist. He worked in the fields of special relativity and statistical mechanics. He was the inventor of the Fokker organ, a 31-tone equal-tempered (31-TET) organ. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adriaan Fokker is the 746th most popular physicist (down from 659th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Indonesia (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indonesian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Adriaan Fokker ranks 746 out of 851. Before him are Ted Fujita, Shirley Ann Jackson, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Robert Bacher, Hans Reissner, and Hubert Curien. After him are Humberto Fernández-Morán, Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels, Stanton T. Friedman, John Hopkinson, Balfour Stewart, and Max Tegmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Adriaan Fokker ranks 258. Before him are George Abbott, Martín Luis Guzmán, Rudolph Schindler, Emil Magnusson, Umberto Zanolini, and Emilio Lunghi. After him are Giuseppe Domenichelli, Charles Reisner, Barnes Wallis, Walter Janssen, Ira Davenport, and Lynn Fontanne. Among people deceased in 1972, Adriaan Fokker ranks 230. Before him are Henry Dreyfuss, Colin Munro MacLeod, Martin Schröttle, Emma P. Carr, François Devries, and Moe Berg. After him are Józef Lange, John Berryman, Betty Blythe, Wesley Ruggles, Warren Kealoha, and François Bourbotte.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Adriaan Fokker ranks 81 out of 158. Before him are Christine Hakim (1956), Xaviera Hollander (1943), Taco (1955), Achmad Nawir (1912), Agnez Mo (1986), and Sapardi Djoko Damono (1940). After him are Amir Sjarifuddin (1907), Lien Gisolf (1910), Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana (1908), Ruurd Leegstra (1877), Iko Uwais (1983), and Usmar Ismail (1921).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Indonesia

Among physicists born in Indonesia, Adriaan Fokker ranks 2. Before him are George Uhlenbeck (1900).

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