PHYSICIST

John D. Barrow

1952 - 2020

John D. Barrow

John David Barrow (29 November 1952 – 26 September 2020) was an English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician. He served as Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College from 2008 to 2011. Barrow was also a writer of popular science and an amateur playwright. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John D. Barrow is the 593rd most popular physicist (up from 611th in 2019), the 3,275th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,165th in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, John D. Barrow ranks 593 out of 851. Before him are Michael Berry, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Kenneth Bainbridge, John Henry Schwarz, Artem Alikhanian, and Frank J. Tipler. After him are Evelyn Fox Keller, Friedrich Hasenöhrl, Vladimir Veksler, Henry Augustus Rowland, Tullio Regge, and William Edward Ayrton.

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Michael Berry
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Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
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Kenneth Bainbridge
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John Henry Schwarz
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Artem Alikhanian
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Frank J. Tipler
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John D. Barrow
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Rank: 593
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Rank: 594
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William Edward Ayrton
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, John D. Barrow ranks 314. Before him are Kurban Berdyev, Christiane Taubira, Lee Hae-chan, Hugo Broos, Marcella Bella, and Monika Zehrt. After him are Johnny Thunders, Irina Allegrova, Mansour Ojjeh, Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Alan Cooper, and Amina Wadud. Among people deceased in 2020, John D. Barrow ranks 364. Before him are Justus Dahinden, Nobby Stiles, Murad Wilfried Hofmann, Roger Carel, Robert Herbin, and Stuart Gordon. After him are Hans Cieslarczyk, Jeremy Bulloch, Rosa Maria Sardà, Edén Pastora, Neda Arnerić, and Martin Birch.

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Kurban Berdyev
COACH
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 308
Christiane Taubira
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 309
Lee Hae-chan
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 310
Hugo Broos
COACH
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 311
Marcella Bella
SINGER
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 312
Monika Zehrt
ATHLETE
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 313
John D. Barrow
PHYSICIST
1952 - 2020
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 314
Johnny Thunders
MUSICIAN
1952 - 1991
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 315
Irina Allegrova
SINGER
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 316
Mansour Ojjeh
BUSINESSPERSON
1952 - 2021
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 317
Vyacheslav Zaytsev
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1952 - 2023
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 318
Alan Cooper
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 319
Amina Wadud
PHILOSOPHER
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 320

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Justus Dahinden
ARCHITECT
1925 - 2020
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 358
Nobby Stiles
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 2020
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 359
Murad Wilfried Hofmann
WRITER
1931 - 2020
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 360
Roger Carel
ACTOR
1927 - 2020
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 361
Robert Herbin
SOCCER PLAYER
1939 - 2020
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 362
Stuart Gordon
FILM DIRECTOR
1947 - 2020
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 363
John D. Barrow
PHYSICIST
1952 - 2020
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 364
Hans Cieslarczyk
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - 2020
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 365
Jeremy Bulloch
ACTOR
1945 - 2020
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 366
Rosa Maria Sardà
ACTOR
1941 - 2020
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 367
Edén Pastora
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2020
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 368
Neda Arnerić
ACTOR
1953 - 2020
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 369
Martin Birch
MUSICIAN
1948 - 2020
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 370

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John D. Barrow ranks 3,276 out of 8,785. Before him are Adrian Paul (1959), Maxim (1967), William Sterndale Bennett (1816), Norman Read (1931), John Peel (1939), and Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400). After him are Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435), William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891), Vivian Fuchs (1908), Flora Sandes (1876), James Sowerby (1757), and Harry Gregson-Williams (1961).

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Maxim
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William Sterndale Bennett
COMPOSER
1816 - 1875
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 3,272
Norman Read
ATHLETE
1931 - 1994
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 3,273
John Peel
PRESENTER
1939 - 2004
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 3,274
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury
POLITICIAN
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John D. Barrow
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Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
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William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
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Vivian Fuchs
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HPI: 57.63
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