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Egon Orowan

1902 - 1989

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Egon Orowan FRS (Hungarian: Orován Egon) (2 August 1902 – 3 August 1989) was a Hungarian-British physicist and metallurgist. He was key in introducing crystal dislocation into physics and understanding of how materials plastically deform under stress. According to György Marx, he was one of The Martians, a group of Jews born in Pest between 1890 and 1910 who shaped the 20th century's technology after moving to the West. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Egon Orowan is the 778th most popular physicist (up from 794th in 2019), the 771st most popular biography from Hungary (up from 795th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Hungarian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Egon Orowan ranks 778 out of 851. Before him are Juan Martín Maldacena, Samuel King Allison, C. R. Hagen, Julian Barbour, Miguel Alcubierre, and Emil Wolf. After him are Harvey Fletcher, Frank Press, Walter Munk, Anatoly Logunov, Henrik Svensmark, and James M. Bardeen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Egon Orowan ranks 315. Before him are Howie Morenz, Hans Pulver, Virginia Fox, Emil Jónsson, Marguerite De La Motte, and Harold McMunn. After him are Stella Gibbons, Diógenes Domínguez, Rudolf Schoeller, George Murphy, Pietro Genovesi, and Nora Swinburne. Among people deceased in 1989, Egon Orowan ranks 275. Before him are Ludwig Schuberth, Edvin Laine, Lynn Bari, John Pritchard, Chris Gueffroy, and Wolfdietrich Schnurre. After him are Stella Gibbons, Ewan MacColl, Elaine de Kooning, S. David Griggs, Rebecca Schaeffer, and Frank Henry.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Egon Orowan ranks 771 out of 1,077. Before him are Sándor Bródy (1863), László Fábián (1936), Ambrus Nagy (1927), Gábor Csupó (1952), Péter Gulácsi (1990), and László Nemes (1977). After him are Gene Mako (1916), Stanley Jaki (1924), Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek (1939), Balázs Dzsudzsák (1986), Attila Dargay (1927), and István Tarlós (1948).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Hungary

Among physicists born in Hungary, Egon Orowan ranks 11. Before him are Georg von Békésy (1899), Arpad Elo (1903), Ferenc Krausz (1962), Nicholas Kurti (1908), Zoltán Lajos Bay (1900), and Valentine Telegdi (1922).

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