The Most Famous
ASTRONOMERS from Lithuania
This page contains a list of the greatest Lithuanian Astronomers. The pantheon dataset contains 644 Astronomers, 2 of which were born in Lithuania. This makes Lithuania the birth place of the 35th most number of Astronomers behind Iraq, and Croatia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Lithuanian Astronomers of all time. This list of famous Lithuanian Astronomers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (1799 - 1875)
With an HPI of 62.80, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander is the most famous Lithuanian Astronomer. His biography has been translated into 44 different languages on wikipedia.
Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander (22 March 1799 – 17 February 1875) was a German astronomer. He is known for his determinations of stellar brightnesses, positions, and distances.
2. Bohdan Paczyński (1940 - 2007)
With an HPI of 45.54, Bohdan Paczyński is the 2nd most famous Lithuanian Astronomer. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Bohdan Paczyński or Bohdan Paczynski (8 February 1940 – 19 April 2007) was a Polish astronomer notable for his theories and work in the fields of stellar evolution, accretion discs, and gamma ray bursts. He is the recipient of the Eddington Medal (1987), the Henry Draper Medal (1997), the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1999), and the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007).
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Lithuanian astronomers born between 1799 and 1940. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Lithuanian astronomers include Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, and Bohdan Paczyński.
