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Famous scientists

Physicists, chemists, biologists, astronomers, mathematicians, computer scientists and social scientists with articles in at least 30 Wikimedia projects, with dates of birth and death, citizenship and number of notable works. One row per person.

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KeyNameTypeDescription
rankRankintegerPosition in this list by number of Wikimedia sitelinks (ties share a rank).
nameNamestring—
wikidataWikidataentityWikidata item for the person.
descriptionDescriptionstringWikidata's short description of the person.
occupationOccupationstringThe person's main occupation as classified by Pantheon.
birth_dateBorndateDate of birth, at the precision Wikidata records (Pantheon's birth year if Wikidata has none).
death_dateDieddateDate of death; blank if living or unknown.
countryCitizenshipcountryISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code when the person has a single present-day country of citizenship in Wikidata.
citizenshipCountries of citizenshipstringCountries of citizenship recorded in Wikidata (preferred ones only, if marked).
birth_countryBirth countrycountryPresent-day country of birth (Pantheon) — useful for people whose citizenship was a state that no longer exists.
notable_worksNotable worksintegerNumber of notable works (P800) Wikidata lists for the person.
sitelinksSitelinksintegerNumber of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia pages about the person — a rough measure of worldwide notability.
hpiHPInumberPantheon's Historical Popularity Index (0–100).
imageImageimagePicture from Wikimedia Commons.

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