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Hubert Curien

1924 - 2005

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Hubert Curien (30 October 1924 – 6 February 2005) was a French physicist and a key figure in European science politics, as the President of CERN Council (1994–1996), the first chairman of the European Space Agency (ESA) (1981–1984), and second President of the Academia Europæa and a President of Fondation de France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hubert Curien is the 745th most popular physicist (down from 742nd in 2019), the 4,935th most popular biography from France (down from 4,898th in 2019) and the 70th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Hubert Curien ranks 745 out of 851. Before him are Peter Mark Roget, Ted Fujita, Shirley Ann Jackson, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Robert Bacher, and Hans Reissner. After him are Adriaan Fokker, Humberto Fernández-Morán, Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels, Stanton T. Friedman, John Hopkinson, and Balfour Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Hubert Curien ranks 424. Before him are Ron Moody, Raúl Córdoba, Daniel Akaka, Gisela May, Margaret Truman, and Knut Steen. After him are Humberto Fernández-Morán, Arvo Viitanen, Maria Golubnichaya, Donald Richie, Muhammad Osman Said, and James Lighthill. Among people deceased in 2005, Hubert Curien ranks 306. Before him are Atef Sedky, Miriam Rothschild, Raoul Bott, Humphrey Carpenter, Ismail Merchant, and David Lange. After him are Leonid Shamkovich, Percy Heath, Faimalaga Luka, Lucky Thompson, Ruth Hussey, and Henry Proctor.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hubert Curien ranks 4,935 out of 6,770. Before him are Léon Thiébaut (1878), Sybilla of Normandy (1092), Gaël Clichy (1985), René Lorain (1900), Robert Budzynski (1940), and Roman Coppola (1965). After him are Marcel Capelle (1904), Pascal Dusapin (1955), Roger Vercel (1894), Diane Kurys (1948), Cédric Klapisch (1961), and André Chamson (1900).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Hubert Curien ranks 70. Before him are Prosper-René Blondlot (1849), Jean Becquerel (1878), Carl August von Steinheil (1801), Yvette Cauchois (1908), Ferdinand Monoyer (1836), and Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791). After him are Jacques Friedel (1921), and Thibault Damour (1951).

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