PHYSICIST

Charles Fabry

1867 - 1945

Charles Fabry

Marie Paul Auguste Charles Fabry (French: [maʁi pɔl oɡyst ʃaʁl fabʁi]; 11 June 1867 – 11 December 1945) was a French physicist working on optics. Together with Alfred Pérot he invented the Fabry–Pérot interferometer. He is also one of the co-discoverers of the ozone layer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Fabry is the 322nd most popular physicist (up from 363rd in 2019), the 1,383rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,946th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Charles Fabry ranks 322 out of 851. Before him are Hagen Kleinert, Pierre Louis Dulong, Shuji Nakamura, Félix Savart, John Tyndall, and Hélène Langevin-Joliot. After him are Alexey Ekimov, John Stewart Bell, Armen Sarkissian, Ludwig Prandtl, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, and Marguerite Perey.

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Hagen Kleinert
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 316
Pierre Louis Dulong
1785 - 1838
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 317
Shuji Nakamura
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 318
Félix Savart
1791 - 1841
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 319
John Tyndall
1820 - 1893
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 320
Hélène Langevin-Joliot
1927 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 321
Charles Fabry
1867 - 1945
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 322
Alexey Ekimov
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 323
John Stewart Bell
1928 - 1990
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 324
Armen Sarkissian
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 325
Ludwig Prandtl
1875 - 1953
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 326
Jean Charles Athanase Peltier
1785 - 1845
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 327
Marguerite Perey
1909 - 1975
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 328

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Charles Fabry ranks 42. Before him are Sakichi Toyoda, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Edward B. Titchener, Eugen Sandow, Antti Aarne, and Martin Kutta. After him are Hans Driesch, Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Adam Stefan Sapieha, Wilhelm Groener, Madam C. J. Walker, and Charles Koechlin. Among people deceased in 1945, Charles Fabry ranks 91. Before him are Hans Oster, Elisabeth Volkenrath, Mitsuru Ushijima, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, John Ambrose Fleming, and Kurt Gerstein. After him are Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, Josef Čapek, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Fritz Klein, Hans Kammler, and Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger.

Others Born in 1867

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Sakichi Toyoda
INVENTOR
1867 - 1930
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 36
Joseph Maria Olbrich
ARCHITECT
1867 - 1908
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 37
Edward B. Titchener
PSYCHOLOGIST
1867 - 1927
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 38
Eugen Sandow
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1867 - 1925
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 39
Antti Aarne
POLITICIAN
1867 - 1925
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 40
Martin Kutta
MATHEMATICIAN
1867 - 1944
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 41
Charles Fabry
PHYSICIST
1867 - 1945
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 42
Hans Driesch
BIOLOGIST
1867 - 1941
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 43
Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
POLITICIAN
1867 - 1909
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 44
Adam Stefan Sapieha
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1867 - 1951
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 45
Wilhelm Groener
POLITICIAN
1867 - 1939
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 46
Madam C. J. Walker
BUSINESSPERSON
1867 - 1919
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 47
Charles Koechlin
COMPOSER
1867 - 1950
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 48

Others Deceased in 1945

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Hans Oster
POLITICIAN
1887 - 1945
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 85
Elisabeth Volkenrath
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1919 - 1945
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 86
Mitsuru Ushijima
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1945
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 87
Rudolf von Sebottendorf
WRITER
1875 - 1945
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 88
John Ambrose Fleming
ENGINEER
1849 - 1945
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 89
Kurt Gerstein
ENGINEER
1905 - 1945
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 90
Charles Fabry
PHYSICIST
1867 - 1945
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 91
Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk
NOBLEMAN
1893 - 1945
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 92
Josef Čapek
WRITER
1887 - 1945
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 93
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
WRITER
1893 - 1945
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 94
Fritz Klein
PHYSICIAN
1888 - 1945
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 95
Hans Kammler
ENGINEER
1901 - 1945
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 96
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1945
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 97

In France

Among people born in France, Charles Fabry ranks 1,383 out of 6,770. Before him are Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1724), Sebastian Castellio (1515), Otto Meissner (1880), Pierre Bergé (1930), Coluche (1944), and Antoine Griezmann (1991). After him are François-Édouard Picot (1786), Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817), François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville (1818), Clément Ader (1841), Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), and Cléo de Mérode (1875).

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Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
POLITICIAN
1724 - 1767
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 1,377
Sebastian Castellio
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1515 - 1563
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 1,378
Otto Meissner
POLITICIAN
1880 - 1953
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 1,379
Pierre Bergé
BUSINESSPERSON
1930 - 2017
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 1,380
Coluche
ACTOR
1944 - 1986
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 1,381
Antoine Griezmann
SOCCER PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 1,382
Charles Fabry
PHYSICIST
1867 - 1945
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 1,383
François-Édouard Picot
PAINTER
1786 - 1868
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 1,384
Princess Clémentine of Orléans
COMPANION
1817 - 1907
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 1,385
François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville
POLITICIAN
1818 - 1900
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 1,386
Clément Ader
INVENTOR
1841 - 1925
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 1,387
Antoine Augustin Cournot
MATHEMATICIAN
1801 - 1877
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 1,388
Cléo de Mérode
ACTOR
1875 - 1966
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 1,389