The Most Famous
ASTRONOMERS from Mexico
This page contains a list of the greatest Mexican Astronomers. The pantheon dataset contains 531 Astronomers, 1 of which were born in Mexico. This makes Mexico the birth place of the 50th most number of Astronomers behind Czech Republic and Indonesia.
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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Mexican Astronomers of all time. This list of famous Mexican Astronomers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Guillermo Haro (1913 - 1988)
With an HPI of 45.05, Guillermo Haro is the most famous Mexican Astronomer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Guillermo Haro Barraza (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ˈaɾo βaˈrasa]; 21 March 1913 – 26 April 1988) was a Mexican astronomer. Through his own astronomical research and the formation of new institutions, Haro was influential in the development of modern observational astronomy in Mexico. Internationally, he is best known for his contribution to the discovery of Herbig–Haro objects.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as astronomers born between 1913 and 1913. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased astronomers include Guillermo Haro.
