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Vikram Sarabhai

1919 - 1971

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Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (12 August 1919 – 30 December 1971) was an Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped to develop nuclear power in India. Often regarded as the "Father of Indian space program", Sarabhai was honored with Padma Bhushan in 1966 and the Padma Vibhushan (posthumously) in 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vikram Sarabhai is the 532nd most popular physicist (down from 464th in 2019), the 464th most popular biography from India (down from 338th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Indian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Vikram Sarabhai ranks 532 out of 851. Before him are George Volkoff, Paul Davies, Giovanni Poleni, Fabiola Gianotti, Heinz von Foerster, and Leonid Mandelstam. After him are Gustave Trouvé, Maurice Karnaugh, Leona Woods, Ludvig Lorenz, August Beer, and Arthur Jeffrey Dempster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Vikram Sarabhai ranks 171. Before him are Eva Gabor, Irmgard Seefried, Oswaldo Guayasamín, Antonio Aguilar, Fritz Muliar, and Carole Landis. After him are Dan O'Herlihy, Leona Woods, Angelo Felici, Gene Barry, François Bordes, and Pief Panofsky. Among people deceased in 1971, Vikram Sarabhai ranks 121. Before him are Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Bill W., Erik Almlöf, Viliam Široký, Naoya Shiga, and Gunnar Sköld. After him are Armando Picchi, Paul Bader, Earl Thomson, Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe, Josef Košťálek, and Étienne Gailly.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vikram Sarabhai ranks 464 out of 1,861. Before him are Madhubala (1933), Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874), Chandra Shekhar (1927), Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556), Ravindra Prabhat (1969), and Farrukhsiyar (1685). After him are Tina Ambani (1957), Ajith Kumar (1971), Alamgir II (1699), Mehmood (1932), Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892), and Rajesh Khanna (1942).

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Among PHYSICISTS In India

Among physicists born in India, Vikram Sarabhai ranks 8. Before him are Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936), Anna Mani (1918), Tom Kibble (1932), Homi J. Bhabha (1909), and Jayant Narlikar (1938). After him are Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893), Udupi Ramachandra Rao (1932), Abhay Ashtekar (1949), Daulat Singh Kothari (1906), G. N. Ramachandran (1922), and Raja Ramanna (1925).

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