PHYSICIST

G. N. Ramachandran

1922 - 2001

G. N. Ramachandran

Gopalasamudram Narayanan Ramachandran, or G. N. Ramachandran, FRS (8 October 1922 – 7 April 2001) was an Indian physicist who was known for his work that led to his creation of the Ramachandran plot for understanding peptide structure. He was the first to propose a triple-helical model for the structure of collagen. He subsequently went on to make other major contributions in biology and physics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. G. N. Ramachandran is the 804th most popular physicist (up from 825th in 2019), the 964th most popular biography from India (up from 1,018th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Indian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, G. N. Ramachandran ranks 804 out of 851. Before him are Daulat Singh Kothari, Mazlan Othman, Derek J. de Solla Price, Hedwig Kohn, He Jiankui, and William Penney, Baron Penney. After him are Herbert Goldstein, Stephen L. Adler, Alan Cottrell, Howard Georgi, Arthur Wightman, and Cumrun Vafa.

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Daulat Singh Kothari
1906 - 1993
HPI: 50.90
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Mazlan Othman
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HPI: 50.87
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, G. N. Ramachandran ranks 435. Before him are John B. Anderson, Billy Liddell, Dick King-Smith, Johnny Thomson, Herb McKenley, and Fortune Gordien. After him are Herbert Goldstein, Esther M. Conwell, Miller Anderson, Bill Macy, Norman Lear, and Arthur Wightman. Among people deceased in 2001, G. N. Ramachandran ranks 328. Before him are Horace Gwynne, Bob Tinning, Cássia Eller, Billy Higgins, Billy Liddell, and Jay Chamberlain. After him are A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, Tony Ashton, Govan Mbeki, Les Brown, Leon Wilkeson, and Imogene Coca.

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John B. Anderson
POLITICIAN
1922 - 2017
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 429
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1922 - 2001
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 430
Dick King-Smith
WRITER
1922 - 2011
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 431
Johnny Thomson
RACING DRIVER
1922 - 1960
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 432
Herb McKenley
ATHLETE
1922 - 2007
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 433
Fortune Gordien
ATHLETE
1922 - 1990
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 434
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PHYSICIST
1922 - 2001
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 435
Herbert Goldstein
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1922 - 2005
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 436
Esther M. Conwell
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1922 - 2014
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 437
Miller Anderson
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1922 - 1965
HPI: 49.96
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Bill Macy
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1922 - 2019
HPI: 49.94
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Norman Lear
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1922 - 2023
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Arthur Wightman
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1922 - 2013
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 441

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Horace Gwynne
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1912 - 2001
HPI: 51.00
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1925 - 2001
HPI: 50.69
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1962 - 2001
HPI: 50.62
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Billy Higgins
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HPI: 50.58
Rank: 325
Billy Liddell
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1922 - 2001
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 326
Jay Chamberlain
RACING DRIVER
1925 - 2001
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 327
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1922 - 2001
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 328
A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury
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1915 - 2001
HPI: 50.27
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Tony Ashton
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1946 - 2001
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 330
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1910 - 2001
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Les Brown
MUSICIAN
1912 - 2001
HPI: 49.90
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Leon Wilkeson
MUSICIAN
1952 - 2001
HPI: 49.77
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Imogene Coca
ACTOR
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HPI: 49.70
Rank: 334