ASTRONOMER
Aryabhata
476 - 550
Aryabhata
Aryabhata (ISO: Āryabhaṭa) or Aryabhata I (476–550 CE) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer of the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. He flourished in the Gupta period and produced works such as the Aryabhatiya (which mentions that in 3600 Kali Yuga, 499 CE, he was 23 years old) and the Arya-siddhanta. Aryabhata created a system of phonemic number notation in which numbers were represented by consonant-vowel monosyllables. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aryabhata has received more than 7,891,691 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia. Aryabhata is the 17th most popular astronomer (up from 23rd in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from India (up from 38th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Astronomer.
Aryabhata was a mathematician and astronomer who is most famous for developing the concept of zero and the number system that is used today.
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Among ASTRONOMERS
Among astronomers, Aryabhata ranks 17 out of 531. Before him are Ulugh Beg, Hipparchus, Ole Rømer, Ja'far al-Sadiq, Carl Sagan, and Giovanni Domenico Cassini. After him are Neil deGrasse Tyson, Edmond Halley, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Robert Woodrow Wilson, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, and Charles Messier.
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Ulugh Beg
1394 - 1449
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 11
Hipparchus
190 BC - 120 BC
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 12
Ole Rømer
1644 - 1710
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 13
Ja'far al-Sadiq
702 - 765
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 14
Carl Sagan
1934 - 1996
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 15
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
1625 - 1712
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 16
Aryabhata
476 - 550
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 17
Neil deGrasse Tyson
1958 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 18
Edmond Halley
1656 - 1742
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 19
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 20
Robert Woodrow Wilson
1936 - Present
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 21
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
903 - 986
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 22
Charles Messier
1730 - 1817
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 23
Contemporaries
Among people born in 476, Aryabhata ranks 1. Among people deceased in 550, Aryabhata ranks 1. After him are Cosmas Indicopleustes, Damascius, and Buddhapālita.
Others Born in 476
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476 - 550
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 1
Cosmas Indicopleustes
600 - 550
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 2
Damascius
480 - 550
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 3
Buddhapālita
470 - 550
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 4
In India
Among people born in India, Aryabhata ranks 31 out of 1,493. Before him are Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Sathya Sai Baba (1926), Kabir (1440), Adi Shankara (788), and Valmiki (-80). After him are Aurangzeb (1618), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Padmasambhava (717), Amartya Sen (1933), Mahavira (-599), and Julie Christie (1940).
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Subhas Chandra Bose
1897 - 1945
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 25
Jiddu Krishnamurti
1895 - 1986
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 26
Sathya Sai Baba
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 27
Kabir
1440 - 1518
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 28
Adi Shankara
788 - 820
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 29
Valmiki
80 BC - 2 BC
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 30
Aryabhata
476 - 550
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 31
Aurangzeb
1618 - 1707
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 32
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
1888 - 1975
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 33
Padmasambhava
717 - 762
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 34
Amartya Sen
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 35
Mahavira
599 BC - 527 BC
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 36
Julie Christie
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 37
Among ASTRONOMERS In India
Among astronomers born in India, Aryabhata ranks 1. After him are Varāhamihira (505).
