# Wilhelm Röntgen

> He found a new kind of light that could see through flesh to bone - and refused to patent it, believing the world should have it free.

*German physicist (1845-1923)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-rontgen

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1845-03-27
- **Died:** 1923-02-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German experimental physicist working in the dim hours of November 1895 when he noticed a strange glow from a covered screen across his lab. He'd stumbled on electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength no one had isolated before: X-rays, capable of passing through soft tissue and exposing the skeleton beneath. The discovery tore through medicine and science. In 1901 he became the first person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics, cited for "the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him." He died in 1923, his name lodged in periodic tables and radiology departments, the element roentgenium carrying it forward.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 79.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 25.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 11.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Physics, #Germany, #Europe, #19th Century

## Timeline
- **1923** - Died
- **1918** - Helmholtz Medal
- **1909** - Honorary Citizenship
- **1901** - Honorary Member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt Am Main, Germany)
- **1901** - Nobel Prize in Physics
- **1900** - Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science
- **1898** - Elliott Cresson Medal
- **1896** - Matteucci Medal
- **1896** - Rumford Medal
- **1845** - Born

## Sources
- [Wilhelm Röntgen](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen)
- [Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Conrad_R%C3%B6ntgen)
- [Wilhelm Röntgen](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen)
- [Рентген, Вильгельм Конрад](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4)
- [Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Conrad_R%C3%B6ntgen)
- [Wilhelm Röntgen](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen)
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- [Wilhelm Röntgen](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen)
- [威廉·伦琴](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E4%BC%A6%E7%90%B4)
- [ヴィルヘルム・レントゲン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%98%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%82%B2%E3%83%B3)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35149)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Wilhelm%20R%C3%B6ntgen)
- [Vilhelm Rentgen](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_Rentgen)
- [ویلهلم رونتقن](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%86)
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- [ভিলহেল্ম র‌ন্টজেন](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%B0%E2%80%8C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8)
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- [Вилхелм Рьонтген](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BC_%D0%A0%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD)
- [Вільгельм Конрад Рэнтген](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD)
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- [ڤیلھێڵم ڕۆنتگن](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%BE%DB%8E%DA%B5%D9%85_%DA%95%DB%86%D9%86%D8%AA%DA%AF%D9%86)
- [Wikiquote](https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BC_%D0%A0%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD)
- [Wikiquote](https://bn.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%B0%E2%80%8C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8)
- [Вільгэльм Конрад Рэнтген](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD)

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