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John L. Hall

1934 - Today

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John Lewis "Jan" Hall (born August 21, 1934) is an American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics. He shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics with Theodor W. Hänsch and Roy Glauber for his work in precision spectroscopy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John L. Hall is the 254th most popular physicist (down from 222nd in 2019), the 1,091st most popular biography from United States (down from 882nd in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Physicist.

John L. Hall is most famous for his work on the Hall-Petch equation, which is a mathematical formula that relates the elastic modulus of a material to its shear modulus.

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Among physicists, John L. Hall ranks 254 out of 851. Before him are Anton Zeilinger, Kenneth G. Wilson, C. P. Snow, Jim Peebles, Benjamin Thompson, and Leon M. Lederman. After him are John Archibald Wheeler, Igor Kurchatov, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Abdus Salam, Chien-Shiung Wu, and Serge Haroche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, John L. Hall ranks 51. Before him are Louise Fletcher, Bill Bixby, Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Niklaus Wirth, Alan Arkin, and Lansana Conté. After him are Albert Speer, Carlo Rubbia, Wole Soyinka, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Yasuo Takamori, and John Surtees.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John L. Hall ranks 1,091 out of 20,380. Before him are John Searle (1932), Keith Haring (1958), Ritchie Valens (1941), Carroll Shelby (1923), Richard Crenna (1926), and Shelley Duvall (1949). After him are James Comey (1960), Jimmy Connors (1952), John Archibald Wheeler (1911), Gene Wilder (1933), Lee Radziwill (1933), and Kris Kristofferson (1936).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, John L. Hall ranks 55. Before him are Robert Hofstadter (1915), Arthur Ashkin (1922), David Bohm (1992), Kenneth G. Wilson (1936), Benjamin Thompson (1753), and Leon M. Lederman (1922). After him are John Archibald Wheeler (1911), Julian Schwinger (1918), John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899), David J. Wineland (1944), John C. Mather (1946), and John Robert Schrieffer (1931).

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