Astronomer

Charles Messier

18th- and 19th-century French astronomer

1730 - 1817

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His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2024). Charles Messier is the 26th most popular astronomer (down from 20th in 2024), the 393rd most popular biography from France (down from 340th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Astronomer.

Charles Messier was a French astronomer who is most famous for his catalogue of deep sky objects.

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#3,811

More than 2 centuries after death, Charles Messier still holds rank #3,811 among all individuals in Pantheon.

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Charles Messier's biography appears in 75 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 97% of all Astronomers.

Jun 26

Charles Messier shares a June 26 birthday with William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Salvador Allende, and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia.

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Among Astronomers

Among astronomers, Charles Messier ranks 26 out of 644. Before him are Carl Sagan, Avempace, Aryabhata, Caroline Herschel, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, and Jocelyn Bell Burnell. After him are Giuseppe Piazzi, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Roger Joseph Boscovich, Riccardo Giacconi, Charles Greeley Abbot, and Giovanni Schiaparelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1730, Charles Messier ranks 2. Before him is Alexander Suvorov. After him are Henry Clinton, Johann Georg Hamann, Étienne Bézout, Jan Ingenhousz, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Pieter Boddaert, Josiah Wedgwood, Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, and Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1817, Charles Messier ranks 5. Before him are Jane Austen, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Tadeusz Kościuszko, and Germaine de Staël. After him are André Masséna, Karađorđe, Marie Walewska, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, and Duke Louis of Württemberg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Messier ranks 393 out of 6,770. Before him are François Arago (1786), Jean Arp (1886), Marquis de Condorcet (1743), Ève Curie (1904), Marin Mersenne (1588), and Pierre Bonnard (1867). After him are Jean Buridan (1295), Maurice Leblanc (1864), Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930), Raymond Kopa (1931), Odilon Redon (1840), and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767).

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Among Astronomers In France

Among astronomers born in France, Charles Messier ranks 2. Before him is Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713). After him are Jérôme Lalande (1732), Édouard Stephan (1837), Pierre Méchain (1744), Pierre Janssen (1824), Jacques Cassini (1677), Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580), Jean Chacornac (1823), Auguste Charlois (1864), Bernard Lyot (1897), and Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688).

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