The Most Famous
ASTRONOMERS from Bulgaria
This page contains a list of the greatest Bulgarian Astronomers. The pantheon dataset contains 644 Astronomers, 1 of which were born in Bulgaria. This makes Bulgaria the birth place of the 37th most number of Astronomers behind Lithuania, and Saudi Arabia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bulgarian Astronomers of all time. This list of famous Bulgarian Astronomers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Fritz Zwicky (1898 - 1974)
With an HPI of 62.63, Fritz Zwicky is the most famous Bulgarian Astronomer. His biography has been translated into 50 different languages on wikipedia.
Fritz Zwicky (; German: [ˈtsvɪki]; February 14, 1898 – February 8, 1974) was a Swiss astronomer. He worked most of his life at the California Institute of Technology in the United States of America, where he made many important contributions in theoretical and observational astronomy. In 1933, Zwicky was the first to use the virial theorem to postulate the existence of unseen dark matter, describing it as "dunkle Materie".
2. Violeta G. Ivanova (b. 2000)
With an HPI of 17.64, Violeta G. Ivanova is the 2nd most famous Bulgarian Astronomer. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Violeta Ivanova (Виолета Иванова) is a Bulgarian astronomer. She is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 14 asteroids between 1984 and 1988. She works at the Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and has made her discoveries at the Smolyan Observatory, which became the Rozhen National Observatory (at the Mount of Rozhen in the Rhodopes) some time after 2002. The Koronian asteroid 4365 Ivanova was named after her on 25 August 1991 (M.P.C. 18645). She sometimes signs Violeta G. Ivanova. She should not be confused with V. V. Ivanova (who also signs V. F. Ivanova), now of the Institute of Physics, University of St. Petersburg, St. Petergof, Russia, previously with the Institut Geokhimii i Analiticheskoi Khimii (Vernadskii Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry), Moscow.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Bulgarian astronomers born between 1898 and 2000. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Bulgarian astronomers include Violeta G. Ivanova. The most famous deceased Bulgarian astronomers include Fritz Zwicky. As of April 2024, 1 new Bulgarian astronomers have been added to Pantheon including Violeta G. Ivanova.
