1958 - Today
Alan Hale (born 1958) is an American professional astronomer, who co-discovered Comet Hale–Bopp along with amateur astronomer Thomas Bopp.Hale specializes in the study of Sun-like stars and the search for extra-solar planetary systems, and has side interests in the fields of comets and near-Earth asteroids. He has been an active astronomer most of his life and currently serves as the president of the Earthrise Institute, which he founded, and which has as its mission the use of astronomy as a tool for breaking down international and intercultural barriers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Hale has received more than 36,987 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Hale is the 541st most popular astronomer (down from 490th in 2019), the 1,823rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,391st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Alan Hale ranks 541 out of 531. Before him are Peter Goldreich, Françoise Combes, William Kwong Yu Yeung, Hiroshi Mori, Rosaly Lopes, and Naoto Satō. After him are Chad Trujillo, Miloš Tichý, David J. Tholen, Satoru Otomo, Wendy Freedman, and Gary Hug.
1939 - Present
HPI: 37.80
Rank: 535
1952 - Present
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 536
1960 - Present
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 537
1958 - Present
HPI: 37.53
Rank: 538
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.98
Rank: 539
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.79
Rank: 540
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 541
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.05
Rank: 542
1966 - Present
HPI: 35.85
Rank: 543
1955 - Present
HPI: 35.71
Rank: 544
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.55
Rank: 545
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.21
Rank: 546
1950 - Present
HPI: 35.15
Rank: 547
Among people born in 1958, Alan Hale ranks 562. Before him are Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, Chieko Asakawa, Mary Decker, Hamza Yusuf, Jeph Loeb, and Vladimir Parfenovich. After him are Louise Ritter, Lev Psakhis, Piotr Fijas, Rick Snyder, Brent W. Jett Jr., and Ginka Zagorcheva.
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.85
Rank: 556
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.84
Rank: 557
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.81
Rank: 558
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.79
Rank: 559
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.73
Rank: 560
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.72
Rank: 561
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 562
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 563
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.65
Rank: 564
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 565
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 566
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 567
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.61
Rank: 568
Among people born in Japan, Alan Hale ranks 1,823 out of 6,048. Before him are Naoto Satō (1953), Naoko Yamada (1984), Tomoyuki Kajino (1960), Yu Darvish (1986), Kaori Ekuni (1964), and Junko Ozawa (1973). After him are Shoma Uno (1997), Hiroshi Ohashi (1959), Yumi Tōma (1966), Shinobu Terajima (1972), Toma Ikuta (1984), and Aoi Miyazaki (1985).
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.79
Rank: 1,817
1984 - Present
HPI: 36.78
Rank: 1,818
1960 - Present
HPI: 36.77
Rank: 1,819
1986 - Present
HPI: 36.76
Rank: 1,820
1964 - Present
HPI: 36.76
Rank: 1,821
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.71
Rank: 1,822
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 1,823
1997 - Present
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 1,824
1959 - Present
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 1,825
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 1,826
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.68
Rank: 1,827
1984 - Present
HPI: 36.67
Rank: 1,828
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.62
Rank: 1,829
Among astronomers born in Japan, Alan Hale ranks 18. Before him are Takao Kobayashi (1961), Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Kin Endate (1960), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Hiroshi Mori (1958), and Naoto Satō (1953). After him are Akimasa Nakamura (1961) and Masayuki Yanai (1959).
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 12
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 13
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 14
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 15
1958 - Present
HPI: 37.53
Rank: 16
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.79
Rank: 17
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 18
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.22
Rank: 19
1959 - Present
HPI: 32.52
Rank: 20