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Sylvia Fedoruk

1927 - 2012

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Sylvia Olga Fedoruk ([Fe-doruk]; Ukrainian: Федорук) (May 5, 1927 – September 26, 2012) was a Canadian physicist, medical physicist, curler and the 17th lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, from 1988 to 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sylvia Fedoruk is the 813th most popular physicist (up from 826th in 2019), the 763rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 785th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Canadian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Sylvia Fedoruk ranks 813 out of 851. Before her are Alan Cottrell, Howard Georgi, Arthur Wightman, Cumrun Vafa, Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, and Daniel Kleppner. After her are Raja Ramanna, J. Richard Gott, Sidney Drell, Edwin Thompson Jaynes, Albert-László Barabási, and Sabine Hossenfelder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Sylvia Fedoruk ranks 471. Before her are Red Kelly, Malcolm Allison, Arnold Wolfendale, Nan Martin, John Dankworth, and Boots Randolph. After her are Cleo Laine, Ann Gillis, Connie Kay, Hank Ballard, Robert Bork, and Nayantara Sahgal. Among people deceased in 2012, Sylvia Fedoruk ranks 469. Before her are Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Mehdi Hassan, Jules Bocandé, Joe Paterno, Kenny Rollins, and Joe Kubert. After her are Bill Hinzman, Milt Campbell, Jose Tomas Sanchez, Nina Bawden, Alex Karras, and Frederica Sagor Maas.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Sylvia Fedoruk ranks 763 out of 1,622. Before her are Wendy Freedman (1957), Jay Baruchel (1982), Christophe Beck (1972), Sarah Gadon (1987), Hazel McCallion (1921), and Jason Reitman (1977). After her are Cory Doctorow (1971), Keegan Connor Tracy (1971), Kate McGarrigle (1946), Emily Murphy (1868), Bianca Beauchamp (1977), and Aaron Ashmore (1979).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Canada

Among physicists born in Canada, Sylvia Fedoruk ranks 10. Before her are Jim Peebles (1935), Louis Slotin (1910), Donna Strickland (1959), Arthur Jeffrey Dempster (1886), Harriet Brooks (1876), and Paul Corkum (1943).

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