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David J. Wineland

1944 - Today

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David Jeffery Wineland (born February 24, 1944) is an American physicist at the Physical Measurement Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). His most notable contributions include the laser cooling of trapped ions and the use of ions for quantum-computing operations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David J. Wineland is the 270th most popular physicist (down from 203rd in 2019), the 1,235th most popular biography from United States (down from 778th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, David J. Wineland ranks 270 out of 851. Before him are John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Osborne Reynolds, Anthony James Leggett, Johannes Rydberg, Jack Steinberger, and Yang Chen-Ning. After him are Pierre Agostini, Gerard 't Hooft, John C. Mather, Masatoshi Koshiba, Claude-Louis Navier, and Daniel Rutherford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, David J. Wineland ranks 78. Before him are Askar Akayev, Sylvie Vartan, Luigi Riva, Kunishige Kamamoto, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, and Jonathan Demme. After him are Marc Ouellet, R. Lee Ermey, Raymond Moody, Udo Kier, Rudy Giuliani, and Maria João Pires.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David J. Wineland ranks 1,235 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward B. Lewis (1918), Lizzie Magie (1866), Scott Joplin (1868), J. K. Simmons (1955), Thomas Harris (1940), and Mike Johnson (1972). After him are Chick Corea (1941), Jim Jarmusch (1953), James Hetfield (1963), Daniel Nathans (1928), Matthew McConaughey (1969), and Angelo Badalamenti (1937).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, David J. Wineland ranks 59. Before him are Benjamin Thompson (1753), Leon M. Lederman (1922), John L. Hall (1934), John Archibald Wheeler (1911), Julian Schwinger (1918), and John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899). After him are John C. Mather (1946), John Robert Schrieffer (1931), David Gross (1941), William Daniel Phillips (1948), Ash Carter (1954), and Lawrence M. Krauss (1954).

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