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John Clauser

1942 - Today

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John Francis Clauser (; born December 1, 1942) is an American theoretical and experimental physicist known for contributions to the foundations of quantum mechanics, in particular the Clauser–Horne–Shimony–Holt inequality. Clauser was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Alain Aspect and Anton Zeilinger "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science". In 2023, he declared himself as a climate change denier. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Clauser is the 292nd most popular physicist (down from 223rd in 2019), the 1,453rd most popular biography from United States (down from 883rd in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, John Clauser ranks 292 out of 851. Before him are Ash Carter, Syukuro Manabe, Joseph Plateau, Charles Wheatstone, Ernest Walton, and Lawrence M. Krauss. After him are Anne L'Huillier, Harry Daghlian, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Zhores Alferov, Carl von Linde, and Samuel C. C. Ting.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, John Clauser ranks 93. Before him are László Sólyom, Maurizio Pollini, René Angélil, Pál Schmitt, Caetano Veloso, and Věra Čáslavská. After him are Gilberto Gil, Jean-Claude Trichet, Giuseppe Bertello, Jacques Dubochet, Oliviero Toscani, and Milan Milutinović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Clauser ranks 1,453 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Reich (1946), Hilary Putnam (1926), Bill de Blasio (1961), Patrick Wilson (1973), Uma Thurman (1970), and Groucho Marx (1890). After him are Mary Ainsworth (1913), Stan Smith (1946), The Ultimate Warrior (1959), Harrison Schmitt (1935), Harry Markowitz (1927), and Martin Balsam (1919).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, John Clauser ranks 66. Before him are John C. Mather (1946), John Robert Schrieffer (1931), David Gross (1941), William Daniel Phillips (1948), Ash Carter (1954), and Lawrence M. Krauss (1954). After him are Harry Daghlian (1921), Samuel C. C. Ting (1936), Henry Way Kendall (1926), John Vincent Atanasoff (1903), Steven Chu (1948), and Carl Wieman (1951).

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