PHYSICIST

Pierre Weiss

1865 - 1940

Pierre Weiss

Pierre-Ernest Weiss (25 March 1865, Mulhouse – 24 October 1940, Lyon) was a French physicist who specialized in magnetism. He developed the domain theory of ferromagnetism in 1907. Weiss domains and the Weiss magneton are named after him. Weiss also developed the molecular or mean field theory, which is often called Weiss-mean-field theory, that led to the discovery of the Curie–Weiss law. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Weiss is the 604th most popular physicist (down from 560th in 2019), the 4,085th most popular biography from France (down from 3,796th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular French Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Pierre Weiss ranks 604 out of 851. Before him are Tullio Regge, William Edward Ayrton, Gustav Mie, Shoichi Sakata, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, and Anatoly Alexandrov. After him are Robert Mills, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, James David Forbes, Bryce DeWitt, Albert Betz, and Victor J. Stenger.

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Tullio Regge
1931 - 2014
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 598
William Edward Ayrton
1847 - 1908
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 599
Gustav Mie
1868 - 1957
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 600
Shoichi Sakata
1911 - 1970
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 601
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld
1882 - 1963
HPI: 57.41
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Anatoly Alexandrov
1903 - 1994
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 603
Pierre Weiss
1865 - 1940
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 604
Robert Mills
1927 - 1999
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 605
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
1958 - 2020
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 606
James David Forbes
1809 - 1868
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 607
Bryce DeWitt
1923 - 2004
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 608
Albert Betz
1885 - 1968
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 609
Victor J. Stenger
1935 - 2014
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 610

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Pierre Weiss ranks 128. Before him are Gustaf Söderström, May Whitty, Robert Henri, Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Sakina Akhundzadeh, and William Birdwood. After him are Charles Champaud, Mikhail Tskhakaya, Louis Borno, Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, Johannes Thiele, and Guido Castelnuovo. Among people deceased in 1940, Pierre Weiss ranks 130. Before him are Ljubomir Davidović, Mato Kósyk, Kamal-ol-molk, Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov, Jay O'Brien, and Helmut Wick. After him are Pierre Marie, Phoebus Levene, Robert Emden, Mary Anderson, Sam Eyde, and Heinrich Kayser.

Others Born in 1865

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Gustaf Söderström
ATHLETE
1865 - 1958
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 122
May Whitty
ACTOR
1865 - 1948
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 123
Robert Henri
PAINTER
1865 - 1929
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 124
Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil
WRITER
1865 - 1945
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 125
Sakina Akhundzadeh
WRITER
1865 - 1927
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 126
William Birdwood
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1865 - 1951
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 127
Pierre Weiss
PHYSICIST
1865 - 1940
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 128
Charles Champaud
GYMNAST
1865 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 129
Mikhail Tskhakaya
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1950
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 130
Louis Borno
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1942
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 131
Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
ASTRONOMER
1865 - 1939
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 132
Johannes Thiele
CHEMIST
1865 - 1918
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 133
Guido Castelnuovo
MATHEMATICIAN
1865 - 1952
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 134

Others Deceased in 1940

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Ljubomir Davidović
POLITICIAN
1863 - 1940
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 124
Mato Kósyk
WRITER
1853 - 1940
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 125
Kamal-ol-molk
PAINTER
1848 - 1940
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 126
Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1940
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 127
Jay O'Brien
ATHLETE
1883 - 1940
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 128
Helmut Wick
PILOT
1915 - 1940
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 129
Pierre Weiss
PHYSICIST
1865 - 1940
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 130
Pierre Marie
PHYSICIAN
1853 - 1940
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 131
Phoebus Levene
CHEMIST
1869 - 1940
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 132
Robert Emden
ASTRONOMER
1862 - 1940
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 133
Mary Anderson
ACTOR
1859 - 1940
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 134
Sam Eyde
ENGINEER
1866 - 1940
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 135
Heinrich Kayser
PHYSICIST
1853 - 1940
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 136

In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Weiss ranks 4,085 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Rozier (1926), Robert Guédiguian (1953), Louis Saha (1978), Austria at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Eventing (null), André Darrigade (1929), and Michel Aupetit (1951). After him are Charles Angrand (1854), Guy Lapébie (1916), Vincent Candela (1973), Dany Dauberson (1925), Alain Calmat (1940), and Charles Dupin (1784).

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Jacques Rozier
FILM DIRECTOR
1926 - 2023
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 4,079
Robert Guédiguian
FILM DIRECTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 4,080
Louis Saha
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 4,081
Austria at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Eventing
ATHLETE
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 4,082
André Darrigade
CYCLIST
1929 - Present
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 4,083
Michel Aupetit
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 4,084
Pierre Weiss
PHYSICIST
1865 - 1940
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 4,085
Charles Angrand
PAINTER
1854 - 1926
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 4,086
Guy Lapébie
CYCLIST
1916 - 2010
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 4,087
Vincent Candela
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 4,088
Dany Dauberson
SINGER
1925 - 1979
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 4,089
Alain Calmat
SKATER
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 4,090
Charles Dupin
MATHEMATICIAN
1784 - 1873
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 4,091