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George Volkoff

1914 - 2000

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George Michael Volkoff, (February 23, 1914 – April 24, 2000) was a Russian-Canadian physicist and academic who helped, with J. Robert Oppenheimer, predict the existence of neutron stars before they were discovered. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Volkoff is the 526th most popular physicist (down from 439th in 2019), the 1,181st most popular biography from Russia (down from 876th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Russian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, George Volkoff ranks 526 out of 851. Before him are Yuri Orlov, Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, David J. Griffiths, Ole Worm, John Leslie, and Vagn Walfrid Ekman. After him are Paul Davies, Giovanni Poleni, Fabiola Gianotti, Heinz von Foerster, Leonid Mandelstam, and Vikram Sarabhai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, George Volkoff ranks 197. Before him are Giuseppe Caprio, Harold Russell, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Johannes Virolainen, Kevin McCarthy, and Marcel Kint. After him are Haroun Tazieff, Dorival Caymmi, Hans Wegner, Afonsinho, Arvīds Jansons, and Viola Desmond. Among people deceased in 2000, George Volkoff ranks 143. Before him are Ferenc Farkas, Ioannis Mitropoulos, Anton Heida, Karen Hoff, Johannes Virolainen, and René Favaloro. After him are Gérard Blain, Elek Schwartz, Jean Carzou, Jerzy Giedroyc, Jean-Claude Izzo, and Henck Arron.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, George Volkoff ranks 1,181 out of 3,761. Before him are Solomon Lefschetz (1884), Olena Teliha (1906), Yulian Semyonov (1931), Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia (1890), Alexander Karpinsky (1846), and Paul Gorguloff (1895). After him are Denis Davydov (1784), Aleksandra Beļcova (1892), Valerian Zorin (1902), Aleksandr Serebrov (1944), Aino Kallas (1878), and Boris Gryzlov (1950).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Russia

Among physicists born in Russia, George Volkoff ranks 29. Before him are Pyotr Lebedev (1866), Andrei Linde (1948), Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (1891), George Zweig (1937), Konstantin Novoselov (1974), and Yuri Orlov (1924). After him are Vladimir Steklov (1864), Ludvig Faddeev (1934), Boris Rosing (1869), Lev Artsimovich (1909), Yakov Frenkel (1894), and Yulii Khariton (1904).

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