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Rolf-Dieter Heuer

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Rolf-Dieter Heuer (German: [ʁɔlf ˈdiːtɐ ˈhɔʏɐ]; born 24 May 1948) is a German particle physicist. From 2009 to 2015 he was Director General of CERN and from 5 April 2016 to 9 April 2018 President of the German Physical Society (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft). Since 2015 he has been Chair of the European Commission's Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, and since May 2017 he has been President of the SESAME Council. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rolf-Dieter Heuer is the 742nd most popular physicist (up from 756th in 2019), the 5,240th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,302nd in 2019) and the 100th most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Rolf-Dieter Heuer ranks 742 out of 851. Before him are Valentine Telegdi, Vilho Väisälä, Seymour Benzer, Peter Mark Roget, Ted Fujita, and Shirley Ann Jackson. After him are Robert Bacher, Hans Reissner, Hubert Curien, Adriaan Fokker, Humberto Fernández-Morán, and Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Rolf-Dieter Heuer ranks 594. Before him are T. C. Boyle, Guido Knopp, Robert S. Langer, Birthe Kjær, Mayanga Maku, and Viktor Krovopuskov. After him are Danny Denzongpa, Abdul Quader Molla, Jerry L. Ross, Tipper Gore, Richard Tandy, and Maouhoub Ghazouani.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rolf-Dieter Heuer ranks 5,243 out of 7,253. Before him are Erich Koschik (1913), Toni Ulmen (1906), Gustav von Seyffertitz (1862), Stephan Weil (1958), Carl Jacob Löwig (1803), and Tommy Haas (1978). After him are Walther von Dyck (1856), Reinhard Lauck (1946), Helmut Braselmann (1911), Bruno Labbadia (1966), Kim Dotcom (1974), and Margit Schumann (1952).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Rolf-Dieter Heuer ranks 100. Before him are Jürgen Kurths (1953), Ernst Ising (1900), Rudolf Haag (1922), Walter Gordon (1893), Arthur Schuster (1851), and Gregor Wentzel (1898). After him are Hans Reissner (1874), Rolf Landauer (1927), Werner Israel (1931), Hedwig Kohn (1887), Sabine Hossenfelder (1976), and Gabriele Hegerl (1962).

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