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François Arago

1786 - 1853

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Dominique François Jean Arago (Catalan: Domènec Francesc Joan Aragó), known simply as François Arago (French: [fʁɑ̃swa aʁaɡo]; Catalan: Francesc Aragó, IPA: [fɾənˈsɛsk əɾəˈɣo]; 26 February 1786 – 2 October 1853), was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, freemason, supporter of the Carbonari revolutionaries and politician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Arago is the 120th most popular physicist (down from 103rd in 2019), the 387th most popular biography from France (up from 456th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Physicist.

François Arago is most famous for being the first to measure the speed of light.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, François Arago ranks 120 out of 851. Before him are Heinrich Rohrer, Walther Bothe, Peter Grünberg, Willis Lamb, Ernst Ruska, and Arnold Sommerfeld. After him are Albert Fert, Owen Chamberlain, Anders Jonas Ångström, Joseph von Fraunhofer, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, and Alfred Kastler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, François Arago ranks 5. Before him are Carl Maria von Weber, William R. King, Christian VIII of Denmark, and Ludwig I of Bavaria. After him are Wilhelm Grimm, John Vianney, Marie Walewska, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Friedrich Kuhlau, and Davy Crockett. Among people deceased in 1853, François Arago ranks 3. Before him are William R. King, and Christian Doppler. After him are Maria II of Portugal, Ludwig Tieck, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Leopold Gmelin, and Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Arago ranks 387 out of 6,770. Before him are Robert Guiscard (1016), Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738), Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908), Fernand Braudel (1902), Marie Louise d’Orléans (1662), and Dagobert I (611). After him are Jean Arp (1886), Marquis de Condorcet (1743), Ève Curie (1904), Marin Mersenne (1588), Pierre Bonnard (1867), and Charles Messier (1730).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, François Arago ranks 11. Before him are Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736), Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792), Henry Cavendish (1731), Léon Foucault (1819), Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900), and Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870). After him are Albert Fert (1938), Alfred Kastler (1902), Hans Bethe (1906), Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799), Louis Néel (1904), and Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774).

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