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Paul-Jacques Curie

1855 - 1941

Paul-Jacques Curie

Jacques Curie (29 October 1855 – 19 February 1941) was a French physicist and professor of mineralogy at the University of Montpellier. Along with his younger brother, Pierre Curie, he studied pyroelectricity in the 1880s, leading to their discovery of some of the mechanisms behind piezoelectricity. He is buried in the Saint-Lazare cemetery in Montpellier. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul-Jacques Curie is the 329th most popular physicist (down from 310th in 2019), the 1,454th most popular biography from France (down from 1,425th in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Paul-Jacques Curie ranks 329 out of 851. Before him are Alexey Ekimov, John Stewart Bell, Armen Sarkissian, Ludwig Prandtl, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, and Marguerite Perey. After him are Giovanni Battista Venturi, Moshé Feldenkrais, Louis Paul Cailletet, Leopold Infeld, Giovanni Battista Amici, and Carl Wieman.

Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia

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Alexey Ekimov
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 323
John Stewart Bell
1928 - 1990
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 324
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

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Paul-Jacques Curie ranks 18. Before him are Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Paul Deschanel, Eleanor Marx, Robert M. La Follette, Arthur Nikisch, and Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal. After him are Georges Rodenbach, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Ned Kelly, Anatoly Lyadov, Robert de Montesquiou, and Živojin Mišić. Among people deceased in 1941, Paul-Jacques Curie ranks 48. Before him are Mikhail Kirponos, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Sisowath Monivong, Tullio Levi-Civita, Benjamin Lee Whorf, and Hans Driesch. After him are Dmitry Pavlov, Franz Gürtner, Gottfried Feder, Maria Spiridonova, Frederick Griffith, and Rudolf Hilferding.

Others Born in 1855

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Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
BIOLOGIST
1855 - 1935
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 12
Paul Deschanel
POLITICIAN
1855 - 1922
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 13
Eleanor Marx
WRITER
1855 - 1898
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 14
Robert M. La Follette
POLITICIAN
1855 - 1925
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 15
Arthur Nikisch
MUSICIAN
1855 - 1922
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 16
Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal
NOBLEMAN
1855 - 1944
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 17
Paul-Jacques Curie
PHYSICIST
1855 - 1941
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 18
Georges Rodenbach
WRITER
1855 - 1898
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 19
Inukai Tsuyoshi
POLITICIAN
1855 - 1932
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 20
Ned Kelly
MAFIOSO
1855 - 1880
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 21
Anatoly Lyadov
COMPOSER
1855 - 1914
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 22
Robert de Montesquiou
WRITER
1855 - 1921
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 23
Živojin Mišić
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1855 - 1921
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 24

Others Deceased in 1941

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Mikhail Kirponos
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1941
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 42
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1923 - 1941
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 43
Sisowath Monivong
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1941
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 44
Tullio Levi-Civita
MATHEMATICIAN
1873 - 1941
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 45
Benjamin Lee Whorf
LINGUIST
1897 - 1941
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 46
Hans Driesch
BIOLOGIST
1867 - 1941
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 47
Paul-Jacques Curie
PHYSICIST
1855 - 1941
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 48
Dmitry Pavlov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1941
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 49
Franz Gürtner
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1941
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 50
Gottfried Feder
ECONOMIST
1883 - 1941
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 51
Maria Spiridonova
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1884 - 1941
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 52
Frederick Griffith
PHYSICIAN
1879 - 1941
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 53
Rudolf Hilferding
ECONOMIST
1877 - 1941
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 54

In France

Among people born in France, Paul-Jacques Curie ranks 1,454 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Claude Pascal (1927), Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767), François Pinault (1936), Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (1311), Guillaume de Nogaret (1260), and Anne Parillaud (1960). After him are Bernard of Italy (797), Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517), Jean Tirole (1953), Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774), Pierre Larousse (1817), and Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1435).

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Jean-Claude Pascal
ACTOR
1927 - 1992
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 1,448
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure
POLITICIAN
1767 - 1855
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 1,449
François Pinault
BUSINESSPERSON
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 1,450
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
POLITICIAN
1311 - 1356
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 1,451
Guillaume de Nogaret
POLITICIAN
1260 - 1313
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 1,452
Anne Parillaud
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 1,453
Paul-Jacques Curie
PHYSICIST
1855 - 1941
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 1,454
Bernard of Italy
POLITICIAN
797 - 818
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 1,455
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1517 - 1586
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 1,456
Jean Tirole
ECONOMIST
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 1,457
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
PAINTER
1774 - 1833
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 1,458
Pierre Larousse
WRITER
1817 - 1875
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 1,459
Francis II, Duke of Brittany
POLITICIAN
1435 - 1488
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 1,460