PHYSICIST
Roald Sagdeev
1932 - Today

Roald Sagdeev
Roald Zinnurovich Sagdeev (Russian: Роальд Зиннурович Сагдеев, Tatar: Роальд Зиннур улы Сәгъдиев; born 26 December 1932) is a Russian expert in plasma physics and a former director of the Space Research Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences. He was also a science advisor to the Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Sagdeev graduated from Moscow State University. He is a member of both the Russian Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roald Sagdeev is the 734th most popular physicist (down from 723rd in 2019), the 2,128th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,114th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Russian Physicist.
Memorability Metrics
Page views of Roald Sagdeev by language
Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Roald Sagdeev ranks 734 out of 851. Before him are Gerald Guralnik, Karl Taylor Compton, Walter Gordon, Arthur Schuster, James Hartle, and Gregor Wentzel. After him are Mordehai Milgrom, Valentine Telegdi, Vilho Väisälä, Seymour Benzer, Peter Mark Roget, and Ted Fujita.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsGerald Guralnik
1936 - 2014
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 728
Karl Taylor Compton
1887 - 1954
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 729
Walter Gordon
1893 - 1939
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 730
Arthur Schuster
1851 - 1934
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 731
James Hartle
1939 - 2023
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 732
Gregor Wentzel
1898 - 1978
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 733
Roald Sagdeev
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 734
Mordehai Milgrom
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 735
Valentine Telegdi
1922 - 2006
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 736
Vilho Väisälä
1889 - 1969
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 737
Seymour Benzer
1921 - 2007
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 738
Peter Mark Roget
1779 - 1869
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 739
Ted Fujita
1920 - 1998
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 740
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1932, Roald Sagdeev ranks 441. Before him are Noël Milarew Odingar, Marc Bazin, Abel Aganbegyan, Vitold Kreyer, Pauline Oliveros, and Dino Bruni. After him are Policarpo Paz García, Rokurō Naya, Alberto Winkler, Ernst Hinterseer, Dobrosav Krstić, and Richard Herd.
Others Born in 1932
Go to all RankingsNoël Milarew Odingar
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2007
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 435
Marc Bazin
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2010
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 436
Abel Aganbegyan
ECONOMIST
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 437
Vitold Kreyer
ATHLETE
1932 - 2020
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 438
Pauline Oliveros
COMPOSER
1932 - 2016
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 439
Dino Bruni
CYCLIST
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 440
Roald Sagdeev
PHYSICIST
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 441
Policarpo Paz García
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2000
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 442
Rokurō Naya
ACTOR
1932 - 2014
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 443
Alberto Winkler
ATHLETE
1932 - 1981
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 444
Ernst Hinterseer
SKIER
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 445
Dobrosav Krstić
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 2015
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 446
Richard Herd
ACTOR
1932 - 2020
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 447
In Russia
Among people born in Russia, Roald Sagdeev ranks 2,128 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Ilyin (1947), Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro (1929), Yelena Davydova (1961), Pavel Sadyrin (1942), Daniil Kvyat (1994), and Ivan Lepyokhin (1740). After him are Karl Ludwig Littrow (1811), Lidiya Tseraskaya (1855), Anastasia Zavorotnyuk (1971), Gregory Ratoff (1897), Vladimir Andreyev (1930), and Nina Otkalenko (1928).
Others born in Russia
Go to all RankingsVladimir Ilyin
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 2,122
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro
MATHEMATICIAN
1929 - 2009
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 2,123
Yelena Davydova
GYMNAST
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 2,124
Pavel Sadyrin
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 2001
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 2,125
Daniil Kvyat
RACING DRIVER
1994 - Present
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 2,126
Ivan Lepyokhin
BIOLOGIST
1740 - 1802
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 2,127
Roald Sagdeev
PHYSICIST
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 2,128
Karl Ludwig Littrow
ASTRONOMER
1811 - 1877
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 2,129
Lidiya Tseraskaya
ASTRONOMER
1855 - 1931
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 2,130
Anastasia Zavorotnyuk
ACTOR
1971 - 2024
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 2,131
Gregory Ratoff
FILM DIRECTOR
1897 - 1960
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 2,132
Vladimir Andreyev
ACTOR
1930 - 2020
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 2,133
Nina Otkalenko
ATHLETE
1928 - 2015
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 2,134
Among PHYSICISTS In Russia
Among physicists born in Russia, Roald Sagdeev ranks 46. Before him are Orest Khvolson (1852), Aleksandr Andronov (1901), Nikolay Umov (1846), Grigory Landsberg (1890), Alexei Starobinsky (1948), and Boris Borisovich Golitsyn (1862). After him are Leonid Sedov (1907).
Orest Khvolson
1852 - 1934
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 40
Aleksandr Andronov
1901 - 1952
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 41
Nikolay Umov
1846 - 1915
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 42
Grigory Landsberg
1890 - 1957
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 43
Alexei Starobinsky
1948 - 2023
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 44
Boris Borisovich Golitsyn
1862 - 1916
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 45
Roald Sagdeev
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 46
Leonid Sedov
1907 - 1999
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 47