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William Higinbotham

1910 - 1994

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William Alfred Higinbotham (October 22, 1910 – November 10, 1994) was an American physicist. A member of the team that developed the first nuclear bomb, he later became a leader in the nonproliferation movement. He also has a place in the history of video games for his 1958 creation of Tennis for Two, the first interactive analog computer game and one of the first electronic games to use a graphical display. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Higinbotham is the 655th most popular physicist (down from 648th in 2019), the 7,218th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,578th in 2019) and the 140th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, William Higinbotham ranks 655 out of 851. Before him are Charles W. Misner, John Polkinghorne, Christian Møller, Giovanni Giorgi, Bernard Lovell, and John Sealy Townsend. After him are Edward Condon, Brian Greene, C. V. Boys, Paul Scherrer, Alexis Thérèse Petit, and Matvei Bronstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, William Higinbotham ranks 268. Before him are Mamadou Dia, Ralph Metcalfe, Georges Beuchat, Tefta Tashko-Koço, Sulo Bärlund, and Willy Ronis. After him are Johann Urbanek, Adalberts Bubenko, Ludwig von Moos, Hua Luogeng, Christopher Cockerell, and Carlos Marcello. Among people deceased in 1994, William Higinbotham ranks 241. Before him are Enrico Maria Salerno, William Wilson Morgan, Ladislav Fuks, Koto Matsudaira, Maureen Starkey Tigrett, and Rosa Chacel. After him are Zoltán Beke, Bruno Habārovs, Harry Saltzman, Gilbert Roland, Yuri Nagibin, and Joseph Iléo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Higinbotham ranks 7,220 out of 20,380. Before him are Spike Jonze (1969), Eddie Cheever (1958), James Van Fleet (1892), Christopher McQuarrie (1968), James Dunn (1901), and William B. Travis (1809). After him are Paul Butterfield (1942), George Pickett (1825), Mayo Methot (1904), Tony Trabert (1930), Rube Goldberg (1883), and David E. Kelley (1956).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, William Higinbotham ranks 140. Before him are Lee Smolin (1955), Harold Brown (1927), Sidney Coleman (1937), Marcia Neugebauer (1932), Joan Feynman (1927), and Charles W. Misner (1932). After him are Edward Condon (1902), Brian Greene (1963), Seth Neddermeyer (1907), Edith Clarke (1883), Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), and Norris Bradbury (1909).

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