1029 - 1087
Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyā al-Naqqāsh al-Zarqālī al-Tujibi (Arabic: إبراهيم بن يحيى الزرقالي); also known as Al-Zarkali or Ibn Zarqala (1029–1100), was an Arab maker of astronomical instruments and an astrologer from the western part of the Islamic world. Although his name is conventionally given as al-Zarqālī, it is probable that the correct form was al-Zarqālluh. In Latin he was referred to as Arzachel or Arsechieles, a modified form of Arzachel, meaning 'the engraver'. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī has received more than 105,480 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī is the 75th most popular astronomer (up from 77th in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Spain (down from 300th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Astronomer.
Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī is most famous for his work on optics, Kitāb al-Manāzir. He is also credited with the invention of the camera obscura and the pinhole camera.
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Among astronomers, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī ranks 75 out of 531. Before him are Albert Marth, William Lassell, Victor Ambartsumian, Abu Hanifa Dinawari, Max Wolf, and Russell Alan Hulse. After him are Stephen Gray, Petrus Plancius, Arthur B. McDonald, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Karl Ludwig Harding, and Lewis A. Swift.
1828 - 1897
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 69
1799 - 1880
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 70
1908 - 1996
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 71
815 - 896
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 72
1863 - 1932
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 73
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 74
1029 - 1087
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 75
1666 - 1736
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 76
1552 - 1622
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 77
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 78
810 - 860
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 79
1765 - 1834
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 80
1820 - 1913
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 81
Among people born in 1029, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī ranks 3. Before him are Alp Arslan and Mahmud al-Kashgari. After him are Al-Mustansir Billah, Vseslav of Polotsk, and Theodosius of Kiev. Among people deceased in 1087, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī ranks 4. Before him are William the Conqueror, Pope Victor III, and Solomon, King of Hungary. After him are Bertha of Savoy, Blot-Sweyn, William I, Count of Burgundy, Constantine the African, Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Maria Dobroniega of Kiev.
1029 - 1072
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 1
1029 - 1101
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 2
1029 - 1087
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 3
1029 - 1094
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 4
1029 - 1101
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 5
1029 - 1074
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 6
1028 - 1087
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 1
1027 - 1087
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 2
1053 - 1087
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 3
1029 - 1087
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 4
1051 - 1087
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 5
1001 - 1087
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 6
1020 - 1087
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 7
1020 - 1087
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 8
1015 - 1087
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 9
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 10
Among people born in Spain, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī ranks 310 out of 2,932. Before him are Hisham II (965), Prudentius (348), Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877), Ildefons Cerdà (1815), Iker Casillas (1981), and Sancho VII of Navarre (1154). After him are Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927), Ferdinand II of León (1137), Blanche II of Navarre (1424), Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), Al-Hakam I (770), and Jorge Semprún (1923).
965 - 1013
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 304
348 - 413
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 305
1877 - 1949
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 306
1815 - 1876
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 307
1981 - Present
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 308
1154 - 1234
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 309
1029 - 1087
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 310
1927 - 2021
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 311
1137 - 1188
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 312
1424 - 1464
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 313
1453 - 1515
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 314
770 - 822
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 315
1923 - 2011
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 316
Among astronomers born in Spain, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī ranks 2. Before him are Avempace (1080). After him are Maslama al-Majriti (950), Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (1200), Antonio de Ulloa (1716), and Josep Comas i Solà (1868).
1080 - 1138
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 1
1029 - 1087
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 2
950 - 1007
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 3
1200 - 1204
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 4
1716 - 1795
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 5
1868 - 1937
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 6