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Klaus von Klitzing

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Klaus von Klitzing (German: [ˈklaʊs fɔn ˈklɪtsɪŋ] ; born 28 June 1943) is a German physicist, known for discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, for which he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Klaus von Klitzing is the 204th most popular physicist (down from 186th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 138th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Polish Physicist.

Klaus von Klitzing is most famous for his work on the quantum Hall effect. He was able to measure the Hall resistance of a two-dimensional electron gas.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Klaus von Klitzing ranks 204 out of 851. Before him are Bertram Brockhouse, Max Delbrück, David Brewster, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Kip Thorne, and Hugh Everett III. After him are Karl Schwarzschild, Maurice Wilkins, Murray Gell-Mann, Theodor W. Hänsch, Edward Mills Purcell, and James Cronin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Klaus von Klitzing ranks 49. Before him are Malcolm McDowell, Johnny Hallyday, Richard Wright, Mario Monti, Ralph M. Steinman, and Griselda Blanco. After him are Mariss Jansons, Mohammad Khatami, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Antonio Tabucchi, Billie Jean King, and Helmut Marko.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Klaus von Klitzing ranks 122 out of 1,694. Before him are Casimir Funk (1884), Władysław Sikorski (1881), Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), Alexander Jagiellon (1461), Pola Negri (1897), and Alfred von Tirpitz (1849). After him are Fred Zinnemann (1907), Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793), Joseph Rotblat (1908), Julia, Princess of Battenberg (1825), Antoni Grabowski (1857), and Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Poland

Among physicists born in Poland, Klaus von Klitzing ranks 8. Before him are Albert A. Michelson (1852), Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906), Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686), Otto Stern (1888), Rudolf Clausius (1822), and Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898). After him are Joseph Rotblat (1908), Hagen Kleinert (1941), Leopold Infeld (1898), Friedrich Ernst Dorn (1848), Vladimir Chelomey (1914), and Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (1803).

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