The Most Famous
ASTRONOMERS from Estonia
This page contains a list of the greatest Estonian Astronomers. The pantheon dataset contains 531 Astronomers, 2 of which were born in Estonia. This makes Estonia the birth place of the 31st most number of Astronomers behind India and Uzbekistan.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Estonian Astronomers of all time. This list of famous Estonian Astronomers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Ernst Öpik (1893 - 1985)
With an HPI of 58.71, Ernst Öpik is the most famous Estonian Astronomer. His biography has been translated into 36 different languages on wikipedia.
Ernst Julius Öpik (22 October [O.S. 10 October] 1893 – 10 September 1985) was an Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career (1948–1981) at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland. He is best known for his pioneering work on solar system dynamics.
2. Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819 - 1905)
With an HPI of 54.60, Otto Wilhelm von Struve is the 2nd most famous Estonian Astronomer. His biography has been translated into 28 different languages.
Otto Wilhelm von Struve (May 7, 1819 (Julian calendar: April 25) – April 14, 1905) was a Russian astronomer of Baltic German origins. In Russian, his name is normally given as Otto Vasil'evich Struve (Отто Васильевич Струве). Together with his father, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Otto Wilhelm von Struve is considered a prominent 19th century astronomer who headed the Pulkovo Observatory between 1862 and 1889 and was a leading member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as astronomers born between 1819 and 1893. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased astronomers include Ernst Öpik and Otto Wilhelm von Struve.
