PHYSICIST
Yuri Oganessian
1933 - Today

Yuri Oganessian
Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian (born 14 April 1933) is an Armenian and Russian nuclear physicist who is best known as a researcher of superheavy elements. He has led the discovery of multiple chemical elements. He succeeded Georgy Flyorov as director of the Flyorov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in 1989 and is now its scientific director. The heaviest known element, oganesson, is named after him, only the second time that an element was named after a living person (the other is seaborgium). Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yuri Oganessian is the 304th most popular physicist (down from 290th in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Russia (up from 400th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Physicist.
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Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Yuri Oganessian ranks 304 out of 851. Before him are Samuel C. C. Ting, Klaus Hasselmann, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Walter Kohn, Friedrich Hund, and Henry Way Kendall. After him are Anna Mani, Freeman Dyson, Alain Aspect, Rainer Weiss, Andre Geim, and Otto Robert Frisch.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsSamuel C. C. Ting
1936 - Present
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 298
Klaus Hasselmann
1931 - Present
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 299
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
1912 - 2007
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 300
Walter Kohn
1923 - 2016
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 301
Friedrich Hund
1896 - 1997
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 302
Henry Way Kendall
1926 - 1999
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 303
Yuri Oganessian
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 304
Anna Mani
1918 - 2001
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 305
Freeman Dyson
1923 - 2020
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 306
Alain Aspect
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 307
Rainer Weiss
1932 - Present
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 308
Andre Geim
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 309
Otto Robert Frisch
1904 - 1979
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 310
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1933, Yuri Oganessian ranks 87. Before him are Teresa Berganza, Waichiro Omura, Henryk Górecki, Tomislav Ivić, Franz, Duke of Bavaria, and Yasukazu Tanaka. After him are Oliver Sacks, Edward de Bono, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Walter Kasper, Larry King, and Danny Aiello.
Others Born in 1933
Go to all RankingsTeresa Berganza
SINGER
1933 - 2022
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 81
Waichiro Omura
SOCCER PLAYER
1933 - 2003
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 82
Henryk Górecki
COMPOSER
1933 - 2010
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 83
Tomislav Ivić
COACH
1933 - 2011
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 84
Franz, Duke of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 85
Yasukazu Tanaka
SOCCER PLAYER
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 86
Yuri Oganessian
PHYSICIST
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 87
Oliver Sacks
WRITER
1933 - 2015
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 88
Edward de Bono
PHILOSOPHER
1933 - 2021
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 89
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
JUDGE
1933 - 2020
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 90
Walter Kasper
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 91
Larry King
PRESENTER
1933 - 2021
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 92
Danny Aiello
ACTOR
1933 - 2019
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 93
In Russia
Among people born in Russia, Yuri Oganessian ranks 371 out of 3,761. Before him are Dmitri Ivanovsky (1864), Jani Beg (1300), Nikolai Patrushev (1951), Vera Menchik (1906), Onfim (1250), and Svetlana Savitskaya (1948). After him are Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848), Sergey Nechayev (1847), Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786), Nadezhda von Meck (1831), Alexander Ostrovsky (1823), and Nikolai Leskov (1831).
Others born in Russia
Go to all RankingsDmitri Ivanovsky
BIOLOGIST
1864 - 1920
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 365
Jani Beg
POLITICIAN
1300 - 1357
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 366
Nikolai Patrushev
POLITICIAN
1951 - Present
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 367
Vera Menchik
CHESS PLAYER
1906 - 1944
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 368
Onfim
ARTIST
1250 - Present
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 369
Svetlana Savitskaya
ASTRONAUT
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 370
Yuri Oganessian
PHYSICIST
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 371
Zinovy Rozhestvensky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1848 - 1909
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 372
Sergey Nechayev
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1847 - 1882
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 373
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia
POLITICIAN
1786 - 1859
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 374
Nadezhda von Meck
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1831 - 1894
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 375
Alexander Ostrovsky
WRITER
1823 - 1886
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 376
Nikolai Leskov
WRITER
1831 - 1895
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 377
Among PHYSICISTS In Russia
Among physicists born in Russia, Yuri Oganessian ranks 14. Before him are Igor Tamm (1895), Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (1928), Pyotr Kapitsa (1894), Vitaly Ginzburg (1916), Nikolay Basov (1922), and Igor Kurchatov (1903). After him are Andre Geim (1958), Alexey Ekimov (1945), Vladimir Shukhov (1853), Vladimir Fock (1898), Georgy Flyorov (1913), and Boris Podolsky (1896).
Igor Tamm
1895 - 1971
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 8
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov
1928 - 2017
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 9
Pyotr Kapitsa
1894 - 1984
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 10
Vitaly Ginzburg
1916 - 2009
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 11
Nikolay Basov
1922 - 2001
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 12
Igor Kurchatov
1903 - 1960
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 13
Yuri Oganessian
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 14
Andre Geim
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 15
Alexey Ekimov
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 16
Vladimir Shukhov
1853 - 1939
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 17
Vladimir Fock
1898 - 1974
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 18
Georgy Flyorov
1913 - 1990
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 19
Boris Podolsky
1896 - 1966
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 20