PHYSICIST
Alan Guth
1947 - Today
Alan Guth
Alan Harvey Guth (; born February 27, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is the Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Along with Alexei Starobinsky and Andrei Linde, he won the 2014 Kavli Prize "for pioneering the theory of cosmic inflation." Guth's research focuses on elementary particle theory and how particle theory is applicable to the early universe. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Guth has received more than 539,301 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Guth is the 453rd most popular physicist (up from 457th in 2019), the 3,257th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,687th in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Physicist.
Memorability Metrics
540k
Page Views (PV)
54.26
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
34
Languages Editions (L)
5.80
Effective Languages (L*)
3.41
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Alan Guths by language
Over the past year Alan Guth has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 53,740 views, followed by Spanish (8,725), and Chinese (4,300). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Sinhalese (107.39%), Southern Azerbaijani (67.25%), and Basque (65.85%)
Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Alan Guth ranks 453 out of 851. Before him are Lyman Spitzer, Hagen Kleinert, Louis Harold Gray, Louis-François-Clement Breguet, Boris Podolsky, and Erich Hückel. After him are Marietta Blau, Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, Berta Karlik, William Watson, Jules Jamin, and Rashid Sunyaev.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsLyman Spitzer
1914 - 1997
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 447
Hagen Kleinert
1941 - Present
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 448
Louis Harold Gray
1905 - 1965
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 449
Louis-François-Clement Breguet
1804 - 1883
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 450
Boris Podolsky
1896 - 1966
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 451
Erich Hückel
1896 - 1980
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 452
Alan Guth
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 453
Marietta Blau
1894 - 1970
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 454
Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille
1797 - 1869
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 455
Berta Karlik
1904 - 1990
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 456
William Watson
1715 - 1787
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 457
Jules Jamin
1818 - 1886
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 458
Rashid Sunyaev
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 459
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1947, Alan Guth ranks 231. Before him are Anatoli Polivoda, Jiří Kylián, Pauline Moran, Steve Howe, Louis Michel, and Emmylou Harris. After him are Harry Redknapp, Co Adriaanse, Andréa Ferréol, Michel Berger, Benoît Jacquot, and Petra Kelly.
Others Born in 1947
Go to all RankingsAnatoli Polivoda
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1947 - 2024
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 225
Jiří Kylián
DANCER
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 226
Pauline Moran
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 227
Steve Howe
MUSICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 228
Louis Michel
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 229
Emmylou Harris
SINGER
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 230
Alan Guth
PHYSICIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 231
Harry Redknapp
COACH
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 232
Co Adriaanse
COACH
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 233
Andréa Ferréol
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 234
Michel Berger
SINGER
1947 - 1992
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 235
Benoît Jacquot
FILM DIRECTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 236
Petra Kelly
POLITICIAN
1947 - 1992
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 237
In United States
Among people born in United States, Alan Guth ranks 3,257 out of 20,380. Before him are Benjamin Spock (1903), Nathan Homer Knorr (1905), David Ausubel (1918), Dan Hedaya (1940), Emmylou Harris (1947), and Warner Baxter (1889). After him are Paul Winfield (1939), Nolan Bushnell (1943), Bob Pettit (1932), Helen Kane (1904), Jonathan Haidt (1963), and Jason Bateman (1969).
Others born in United States
Go to all RankingsBenjamin Spock
PSYCHOLOGIST
1903 - 1998
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 3,251
Nathan Homer Knorr
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1905 - 1977
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 3,252
David Ausubel
PSYCHOLOGIST
1918 - 2008
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 3,253
Dan Hedaya
ACTOR
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 3,254
Emmylou Harris
SINGER
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 3,255
Warner Baxter
ACTOR
1889 - 1951
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 3,256
Alan Guth
PHYSICIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 3,257
Paul Winfield
ACTOR
1939 - 2004
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 3,258
Nolan Bushnell
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 3,259
Bob Pettit
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 3,260
Helen Kane
SINGER
1904 - 1966
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 3,261
Jonathan Haidt
PSYCHOLOGIST
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 3,262
Jason Bateman
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 3,263
Among PHYSICISTS In United States
Among physicists born in United States, Alan Guth ranks 95. Before him are Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Mildred Dresselhaus (1930), Robert W. Wood (1868), Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898), Richard C. Tolman (1881), and Lyman Spitzer (1914). After him are Clarence Zener (1905), Maurice Karnaugh (1924), Gordon Gould (1920), Ira Sprague Bowen (1898), Edwin H. Land (1909), and Gene Amdahl (1922).
Douglas Hofstadter
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 89
Mildred Dresselhaus
1930 - 2017
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 90
Robert W. Wood
1868 - 1955
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 91
Katharine Burr Blodgett
1898 - 1979
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 92
Richard C. Tolman
1881 - 1948
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 93
Lyman Spitzer
1914 - 1997
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 94
Alan Guth
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 95
Clarence Zener
1905 - 1993
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 96
Maurice Karnaugh
1924 - 2022
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 97
Gordon Gould
1920 - 2005
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 98
Ira Sprague Bowen
1898 - 1973
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 99
Edwin H. Land
1909 - 1991
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 100
Gene Amdahl
1922 - 2015
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 101