1946 - Today
Aleksander Wolszczan [alɛkˈsandɛr ˈvɔlʂt͡ʂan] (born 29 April 1946) is a Polish astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aleksander Wolszczan has received more than 101,483 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Aleksander Wolszczan is the 291st most popular astronomer (up from 300th in 2019), the 703rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 682nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Polish Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Aleksander Wolszczan ranks 291 out of 531. Before him are André-Louis Danjon, Benjamin Baillaud, Raymond Smith Dugan, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, Otto Lesser, and Hermann von Struve. After him are Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Andronicus of Cyrrhus, Wilhelm Gliese, Maurice Loewy, Allan Sandage, and Louis Boyer.
1890 - 1967
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 285
1848 - 1934
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 286
1878 - 1940
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 287
1853 - 1948
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 288
1830 - 1887
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 289
1854 - 1920
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 290
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 291
1562 - 1647
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 292
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 293
1915 - 1993
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 294
1833 - 1907
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 295
1926 - 2010
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 296
1901 - 1999
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 297
Among people born in 1946, Aleksander Wolszczan ranks 287. Before him are John Spencer, Moritz Leuenberger, Carl Wilson, Robert Metcalfe, Davorin Popović, and Suzanne Somers. After him are Jacques Tardi, Minoru Kobata, Jiří Bělohlávek, Stuart Wilson, Sue Townsend, and Daniel Bensaïd.
1946 - 2005
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 281
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 282
1946 - 1998
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 283
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 284
1946 - 2001
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 285
1946 - 2023
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 286
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 287
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 288
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 289
1946 - 2017
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 290
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 291
1946 - 2014
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 292
1946 - 2010
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 293
Among people born in Poland, Aleksander Wolszczan ranks 703 out of 1,454. Before him are Max Weber (1881), Theodor Kullak (1818), Simonas Daukantas (1793), Abraham Robinson (1918), Agnieszka Osiecka (1936), and Czesław Kiszczak (1925). After him are Stanisław Konarski (1700), Leopold von Wiese (1876), Jan Tomaszewski (1948), Miliza Korjus (1905), Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852), and Rudolph Maté (1898).
1881 - 1961
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 697
1818 - 1882
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 698
1793 - 1864
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 699
1918 - 1974
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 700
1936 - 1997
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 701
1925 - 2015
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 702
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 703
1700 - 1773
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 704
1876 - 1969
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 705
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 706
1905 - 1980
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 707
1852 - 1916
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 708
1898 - 1964
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 709
Among astronomers born in Poland, Aleksander Wolszczan ranks 8. Before him are Johannes Hevelius (1611), Albert Marth (1828), Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793), Johann Daniel Titius (1729), Robert Luther (1822), and Maria Cunitz (1610). After him are Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), and Hugo von Seeliger (1849).
1611 - 1687
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 2
1828 - 1897
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 3
1793 - 1866
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4
1729 - 1796
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 5
1822 - 1900
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 6
1610 - 1664
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 7
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 8
1915 - 1993
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 9
1832 - 1921
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 10
1849 - 1924
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 11