ASTRONOMER

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

903 - 986

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (Persian: عبدالرحمن الصوفی; 7 December 903 – 25 May 986) was a Persian astronomer. His work Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib ("The Book of Fixed Stars"), written in 964, included both textual descriptions and illustrations. The Persian polymath Al-Biruni wrote that al-Ṣūfī's work on the ecliptic was carried out in Shiraz. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi has received more than 374,335 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi is the 18th most popular astronomer (up from 22nd in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Iran (up from 54th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Astronomer.

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi is most famous for his work on the constellations. He wrote a book called "Kitab suwar al-kawakib" which means "Book of the Constellations of Fixed Stars."

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370k
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74.65
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Languages Editions (L)
10.98
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi ranks 18 out of 644. Before him are Edwin Hubble, Hipparchus, Ole Rømer, Carl Sagan, Aryabhata, and Giovanni Domenico Cassini. After him are Neil deGrasse Tyson, Charles Messier, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Avempace, Edmond Halley, and Roger Joseph Boscovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 903, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi ranks 1. After him is Taira no Masakado. Among people deceased in 986, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi ranks 1. After him are Harald Bluetooth, and Lothair of France.