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Martinus J. G. Veltman

1931 - 2021

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Martinus Justinus Godefriedus "Tini" Veltman (Dutch pronunciation: [mɑrˈtinʏ ɕʏsˈtinʏs xoːdəˈfridʏs ˈtini ˈvɛltmɑn]; 27 June 1931 – 4 January 2021) was a Dutch theoretical physicist. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his former PhD student Gerardus 't Hooft for their work on particle theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martinus J. G. Veltman is the 173rd most popular physicist (up from 184th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 91st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Dutch Physicist.

Martinus J. G. Veltman is most famous for his work in quantum chromodynamics, a theory that describes the strong nuclear force.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Martinus J. G. Veltman ranks 173 out of 851. Before him are Paul Langevin, Hideki Yukawa, François Englert, George E. Smith, Polykarp Kusch, and Edmond Becquerel. After him are Leon Cooper, James Jeans, Julius von Mayer, Herbert Kroemer, Martin Lewis Perl, and Richard E. Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Martinus J. G. Veltman ranks 24. Before him are Roger Penrose, Anita Ekberg, Desmond Tutu, Thomas Bernhard, Monica Vitti, and Vishwanath Pratap Singh. After him are Josef Masopust, Don King, Sofia Gubaidulina, Anatoly Dyatlov, Burton Richter, and Annie Girardot. Among people deceased in 2021, Martinus J. G. Veltman ranks 20. Before him are Frank Williams, Aaron T. Beck, F. W. de Klerk, Paul J. Crutzen, Desmond Tutu, and Raffaella Carrà. After him are Carlos Menem, Isamu Akasaki, Captain Tom, Richard R. Ernst, Jacques Rogge, and Robert Downey Sr..

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Martinus J. G. Veltman ranks 65 out of 1,646. Before him are Rem Koolhaas (1944), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870), Frank Rijkaard (1962), Theo van Doesburg (1883), and Theo van Gogh (1857). After him are Michiel de Ruyter (1607), Hugo de Vries (1848), L. E. J. Brouwer (1881), William II, Prince of Orange (1626), Pieter de Hooch (1629), and Ronald Koeman (1963).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Netherlands

Among physicists born in Netherlands, Martinus J. G. Veltman ranks 11. Before him are Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853), Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837), Peter Debye (1884), Simon van der Meer (1925), Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920), and Frits Zernike (1888). After him are Gerard 't Hooft (1946), Jan Ingenhousz (1730), Hans Kramers (1894), Samuel Goudsmit (1902), Hendrik Casimir (1909), and Wander Johannes de Haas (1878).

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