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Karl Guthe Jansky

1905 - 1950

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Karl Guthe Jansky (October 22, 1905 – February 14, 1950) was an American physicist and radio engineer who in April 1933 first announced his discovery of radio waves emanating from the Milky Way in the constellation Sagittarius. He is considered one of the founding figures of radio astronomy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Guthe Jansky is the 370th most popular physicist (up from 428th in 2019), the 2,398th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,867th in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Karl Guthe Jansky ranks 370 out of 851. Before him are Gaston Planté, Théophile de Donder, Louis Slotin, William Sturgeon, George F. R. Ellis, and Wolfgang Ketterle. After him are Jurij Vega, Vladimir Shukhov, Franz Ernst Neumann, Galileo Ferraris, Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, and Maurice de Broglie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Karl Guthe Jansky ranks 84. Before him are Wolfram Sievers, Pierre Levegh, Takeo Fukuda, Pierre Gemayel, Chen Yun, and Albert Pierrepoint. After him are Ludwig Fischer, Attila József, Guy Mollet, Erich Naumann, Yen Chia-kan, and Dhyan Chand. Among people deceased in 1950, Karl Guthe Jansky ranks 52. Before him are Charles Koechlin, Jan Smuts, Fevzi Çakmak, Francesco Cilea, Frederick Keeping, and Hattie Wyatt Caraway. After him are Charles Bennett, Melitta Bentz, Rafael Sabatini, Liane de Pougy, Henry L. Stimson, and Grigory Kulik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karl Guthe Jansky ranks 2,398 out of 20,380. Before him are Art Tatum (1909), Robert Silverberg (1935), David Ellefson (1964), Elizabeth George (1949), Samantha Fox (1950), and Robert Wilson (1941). After him are Don L. Lind (1930), Jack Swigert (1931), King Vidor (1894), Mark Felt (1913), Roy Raymond (1947), and Husband E. Kimmel (1882).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Karl Guthe Jansky ranks 78. Before him are Carl Wieman (1951), Robert B. Laughlin (1950), John G. Trump (1907), Theodore Lyman IV (1874), Frank Wilczek (1951), and Nathan Rosen (1909). After him are Edward Witten (1951), Walter A. Shewhart (1891), Nick Holonyak (1928), Edwin Hall (1855), Philip Abelson (1913), and Charles H. Bennett (1943).

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