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Léon Brillouin

1889 - 1969

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Léon Nicolas Brillouin (French: [leɔ̃ nikɔla bʁijwɛ̃]; August 7, 1889 – October 4, 1969) was a French physicist. He made contributions to quantum mechanics, radio wave propagation in the atmosphere, solid-state physics, and information theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Brillouin is the 391st most popular physicist (up from 394th in 2019), the 2,083rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,238th in 2019) and the 47th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Léon Brillouin ranks 391 out of 851. Before him are Edward Witten, George Johnstone Stoney, Qian Xuesen, Donna Strickland, Christopher Polhem, and Manfred von Ardenne. After him are Hiroshi Amano, Moritz von Jacobi, Walter A. Shewhart, Stefan Hell, Jean-Antoine Nollet, and John Kerr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Léon Brillouin ranks 77. Before him are R. G. Collingwood, María Capovilla, Takeo Kurita, Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, Tom Naudé, and Philippe Thys. After him are Pierre Reverdy, Erle Stanley Gardner, Karel Doorman, Imre Schlosser, Warner Baxter, and Pierre-Étienne Flandin. Among people deceased in 1969, Léon Brillouin ranks 69. Before him are Kimon Georgiev, Prince Konrad of Bavaria, Ramón Grau, Mark Bernes, Tom Naudé, and Leo McCarey. After him are Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Joseph Kosma, Adolfo López Mateos, Rómulo Gallegos, Frederic Bartlett, and Meher Baba.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Brillouin ranks 2,083 out of 6,770. Before him are Émile Chartier (1868), Jean Sorel (1934), Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740), Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (1343), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), and Charles, Prince Napoléon (1950). After him are Antoine Coysevox (1640), Peter Nolasco (1180), Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (1489), Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), Jehan Alain (1911), and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Léon Brillouin ranks 47. Before him are Louis Poinsot (1777), Jean-Charles de Borda (1733), Henri Pitot (1695), Gaston Planté (1834), Maurice de Broglie (1875), and John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683). After him are Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700), Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (1851), Jules Jamin (1818), Henri Tresca (1814), Marie Alfred Cornu (1841), and Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822).

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