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Léon Rosenfeld

1904 - 1974

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Léon Rosenfeld (French: [ʁɔzɛnfɛld]; 14 August 1904 in Charleroi – 23 March 1974) was a Belgian physicist and a communist activist. Rosenfeld was born into a secular Jewish family. He was a polyglot who knew eight or nine languages and was fluent in at least five of them. Rosenfeld obtained a PhD at the University of Liège in 1926, and he was a close collaborator of the physicist Niels Bohr from 1930 until Bohr's death in 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Rosenfeld is the 764th most popular physicist (up from 790th in 2019), the 772nd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 830th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Léon Rosenfeld ranks 764 out of 851. Before him are Paul Steinhardt, Jacques Friedel, Lene Hau, Charles Sheffield, Bertrand Halperin, and Peter Zoller. After him are Leonid Sedov, Inga Fischer-Hjalmars, Robert Marshak, Ernst Stueckelberg, Gersh Budker, and Ronald Drever.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Léon Rosenfeld ranks 316. Before him are Cemal Reşit Rey, Alfredo Sánchez, Thawi Bunyaket, Virgilio Levratto, Sabiha Bengütaş, and Clyfford Still. After him are Glenda Farrell, Steven Geray, Alexander Afinogenov, Antonio Janni, Laura La Plante, and Gordon Hodgson. Among people deceased in 1974, Léon Rosenfeld ranks 235. Before him are Sverre Hansen, Östen Undén, Katharine Cornell, Guy Simonds, Rafael Garza Gutiérrez, and Gene Ammons. After him are Giovanni D'Anzi, Ferreira de Castro, Harry Ricardo, Enrico Rivolta, Tex Ritter, and V. K. Krishna Menon.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Léon Rosenfeld ranks 772 out of 1,190. Before him are Victor Verschueren (1893), Jean-Michel Saive (1969), Simon Mignolet (1988), Benoît Lamy (1945), Alice von Hildebrand (1923), and Timmy Simons (1976). After him are Roger Foulon (1923), Alfons Van Brandt (1927), Albert Heremans (1906), Ludo Peeters (1953), Frank Vandenbroucke (1974), and Jean Brichaut (1911).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Belgium

Among physicists born in Belgium, Léon Rosenfeld ranks 6. Before him are Georges Lemaître (1894), François Englert (1932), Joseph Plateau (1801), Théophile de Donder (1872), and Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763). After him are Conny Aerts (1966).

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