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Albrecht Unsöld

1905 - 1995

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Albrecht Otto Johannes Unsöld (20 April 1905 – 23 September 1995) was a German astrophysicist known for his contributions to spectroscopic analysis of stellar atmospheres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albrecht Unsöld has received more than 24,164 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Albrecht Unsöld is the 392nd most popular astronomer (up from 411th in 2019), the 4,328th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,107th in 2019) and the 57th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Albrecht Unsöld ranks 392 out of 644. Before him are George Henry Peters, Nathaniel Bliss, Janet Akyüz Mattei, George O. Abell, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, and Ernst Hartwig. After him are Joseph Johann von Littrow, Hendrik van Gent, Marcel Minnaert, Julius Schiller, Friedrich Tietjen, and Marguerite Laugier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Albrecht Unsöld ranks 241. Before him are Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, John Kuck, László Raffinsky, Floyd Gottfredson, Leila Hyams, and Kunio Maekawa. After him are Walther Müller, Gilbert Roland, Baltasar Albéniz, Mikio Oda, Bernt Evensen, and Hadiya Davletshina. Among people deceased in 1995, Albrecht Unsöld ranks 205. Before him are Maksim Tank, Alexander Knox, István Bárány, Severino Varela, John Cairncross, and Robert Stephens. After him are Vladislav Listyev, Doug McClure, Vic Buckingham, Nanni Loy, David Wayne, and Gottfried Haberler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Albrecht Unsöld ranks 4,328 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Verhoeven (1901), Karl Klindworth (1830), Bernd Stange (1948), Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1804), Cilly Aussem (1909), and Friedrich Frey-Herosé (1801). After him are Rainer Zobel (1948), Klaus Badelt (1967), Hans Günter Winkler (1926), Thomas Linke (1969), Joseph Höffner (1906), and Hermann Osthoff (1847).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Albrecht Unsöld ranks 57. Before him are Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835), Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (1765), Georg Marcgrave (1610), Paul Götz (1883), Brian G. Marsden (1937), and Ernst Hartwig (1851). After him are Julius Schiller (1580), Friedrich Tietjen (1834), Richard Schorr (1867), Ludwig Biermann (1907), Otto Heckmann (1901), and Lutz D. Schmadel (1942).

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