PHYSICIST

Moshé Feldenkrais

1904 - 1984

Moshé Feldenkrais

Moshé Pinchas Feldenkrais (Hebrew: משה פנחס פלדנקרייז; May 6, 1904 – July 1, 1984) was a Ukrainian-Israeli engineer and physicist, known as the founder of the Feldenkrais Method. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Moshé Feldenkrais is the 331st most popular physicist (down from 311th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 174th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ukrainian Physicist.

Moshé Feldenkrais was a pioneer in the field of human movement. He was most famous for his work in the field of somatic education, which is the idea that the body is an instrument of learning.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Moshé Feldenkrais ranks 331 out of 851. Before him are Armen Sarkissian, Ludwig Prandtl, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, Marguerite Perey, Paul-Jacques Curie, and Giovanni Battista Venturi. After him are Louis Paul Cailletet, Leopold Infeld, Giovanni Battista Amici, Carl Wieman, Jan Ingenhousz, and John B. Goodenough.

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Armen Sarkissian
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 325
Ludwig Prandtl
1875 - 1953
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 326
Jean Charles Athanase Peltier
1785 - 1845
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 327
Marguerite Perey
1909 - 1975
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 328
Paul-Jacques Curie
1855 - 1941
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 329
Giovanni Battista Venturi
1746 - 1822
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 330
Moshé Feldenkrais
1904 - 1984
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 331
Louis Paul Cailletet
1832 - 1913
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 332
Leopold Infeld
1898 - 1968
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 333
Giovanni Battista Amici
1786 - 1863
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 334
Carl Wieman
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 335
Jan Ingenhousz
1730 - 1799
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 336
John B. Goodenough
1922 - 2023
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 337

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Moshé Feldenkrais ranks 57. Before him are Otto Robert Frisch, František Plánička, Prince Ernst of Hohenberg, Serge Lifar, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and Luigi Dallapiccola. After him are Peter Lorre, Henri Cartan, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Ba Jin, Josef Bühler, and Rudolf Arnheim. Among people deceased in 1984, Moshé Feldenkrais ranks 49. Before him are Oskar Werner, Tito Gobbi, Brassaï, Ngô Đình Thục, Souvanna Phouma, and Enrico Berlinguer. After him are Yılmaz Güney, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Janet Gaynor, Kim Il, Jackie Coogan, and Walter Rauff.

Others Born in 1904

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Otto Robert Frisch
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1979
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 51
František Plánička
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1996
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 52
Prince Ernst of Hohenberg
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1954
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 53
Serge Lifar
DANCER
1904 - 1986
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 54
Lal Bahadur Shastri
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1904 - 1966
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 55
Luigi Dallapiccola
COMPOSER
1904 - 1975
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 56
Moshé Feldenkrais
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1984
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 57
Peter Lorre
ACTOR
1904 - 1964
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 58
Henri Cartan
MATHEMATICIAN
1904 - 2008
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 59
Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta
COMPANION
1904 - 1974
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 60
Ba Jin
WRITER
1904 - 2005
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 61
Josef Bühler
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1948
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 62
Rudolf Arnheim
PSYCHOLOGIST
1904 - 2007
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 63