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Carl David Anderson

1905 - 1991

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Carl David Anderson (September 3, 1905 – January 11, 1991) was an American particle physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Victor Francis Hess for his discovery of the positron. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl David Anderson is the 93rd most popular physicist (down from 71st in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from United States (down from 237th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Physicist.

Carl David Anderson was an American physicist who is most famous for his discovery of the positron in 1932.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Carl David Anderson ranks 93 out of 851. Before him are Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Rudolf Clausius, Robert Andrews Millikan, Georg Bednorz, C. F. Powell, and Otto von Guericke. After him are Barry Barish, Ben Roy Mottelson, J. Hans D. Jensen, Percy Williams Bridgman, Jean Baptiste Perrin, and William Henry Bragg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Carl David Anderson ranks 13. Before him are Dag Hammarskjöld, Viktor Frankl, Elias Canetti, Christian Dior, Henry Fonda, and Greta Garbo. After him are Fred Trump, Faustina Kowalska, Mikhail Sholokhov, Emilio Segrè, Astrid of Sweden, and Felix Bloch. Among people deceased in 1991, Carl David Anderson ranks 8. Before him are Olav V of Norway, Vasily Zaitsev, Edwin McMillan, Dr. Seuss, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Serge Gainsbourg. After him are Yves Montand, Klaus Barbie, Klaus Kinski, Gustáv Husák, W. Arthur Lewis, and Jiang Qing.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl David Anderson ranks 277 out of 20,380. Before him are Beyoncé (1981), Peter Falk (1927), Gary Cooper (1901), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), Barbra Streisand (1942), and Edward Tatum (1909). After him are Joe Jackson (1928), Ray Charles (1930), Fred Trump (1905), Jane Fonda (1937), Burt Lancaster (1913), and Bill Paxton (1955).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Carl David Anderson ranks 9. Before him are Philip Warren Anderson (1923), Richard Feynman (1918), Sheldon Lee Glashow (1932), Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (1915), Luis Walter Alvarez (1911), and Robert Andrews Millikan (1868). After him are Barry Barish (1936), Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Percy Williams Bridgman (1882), Donald A. Glaser (1926), Clinton Davisson (1881), and Ernest Lawrence (1901).

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