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Vladimir Belousov

1946 - today

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Vladimir Vladimirovich Belousov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Белоу́сов) (30 October [O.S. 17 October] 1907 in Moscow – December 25, 1990) was an Earth scientist in the Soviet Union, and a prominent advocate of alternatives to the theories of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading during the period of intense debate on these subjects in the 20th century. Belousov was head of the Geodynamics Department at the Institute of the Physics of the Earth in Moscow (from 1944). He was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (from 1953), and a professor at both the Moscow Geological Surveyance Institute (from 1943) and Moscow State University (from 1953). From 1960 to 1963, Belousov was President of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Belousov is the 1,600th most popular athlete (down from 1,218th in 2024), the 2,179th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,172nd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among Athletes

Among athletes, Vladimir Belousov ranks 1,600 out of 6,025. Before him are Mikhail Krivonosov, Frank Shorter, Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský, Reidar Liaklev, Charles Jenkins Sr., and Helmut Berthold. After him are Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Brit Pettersen, Ana Fidelia Quirot, Pat O'Callaghan, Burton Downing, and Róbert Antal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Vladimir Belousov ranks 645. Before him are Dean Cundey, Michel Chossudovsky, Marcial Pina, Wiesław Rudkowski, Shirley Ann Jackson, and Irene Fernandez. After him are Humphrey Carpenter, Ricky Jay, Reinhard Lauck, Tom Harrell, Karina, and Bruce Buck.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Belousov ranks 2,179 out of 3,761. Before him are Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin (1953), Igor Lediakhov (1968), Mikhail Yefremov (1963), Vasily Belov (1932), Yegor Letov (1964), and Igor Akinfeev (1986). After him are Viktor Krovopuskov (1948), Ansa Ikonen (1913), Roman Pavlyuchenko (1981), Ekaterina Gordeeva (1971), Lev Shcherba (1880), and Aleksandr Zarkhi (1908).

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Among Athletes In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Vladimir Belousov ranks 72. Before him are Vitold Kreyer (1932), Nina Otkalenko (1928), Sylvi Saimo (1914), Mark Rakita (1938), Yuriy Lituyev (1925), and Antonina Seredina (1929). After him are Vladimir Nevzorov (1952), Maria Golubnichaya (1924), Ellina Zvereva (1960), Aleksandr Klepikov (1950), Ivan Kizimov (1928), and Vyacheslav Vedenin (1941).

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