The Most Famous
ASTRONOMERS from Brazil
This page contains a list of the greatest Brazilian Astronomers. The pantheon dataset contains 531 Astronomers, 1 of which were born in Brazil. This makes Brazil the birth place of the 58th most number of Astronomers behind Vietnam and Hong Kong.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Brazilian Astronomers of all time. This list of famous Brazilian Astronomers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Rosaly Lopes (1957 - )
With an HPI of 36.98, Rosaly Lopes is the most famous Brazilian Astronomer. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Rosaly M. C. Lopes (born January 8, 1957) is a planetary geologist, volcanologist, an author of numerous scientific papers and several books, as well as a proponent of education. Her major research interests are in planetary and terrestrial surface processes with an emphasis on volcanology.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as astronomers born between 1957 and 1957. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living astronomers include Rosaly Lopes.
