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Avi Loeb

1962 - Today

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Abraham "Avi" Loeb (Hebrew: אברהם (אבי) לייב; born February 26, 1962) is an Israeli-American theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology. Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University, where since 2007 he has been Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at the Center for Astrophysics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Avi Loeb has received more than 756,481 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Avi Loeb is the 551st most popular astronomer, the 332nd most popular biography from Israel and the most popular Israeli Astronomer.

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  • 760k

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  • 43.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Avi Loeb ranks 551 out of 644. Before him are Helen Sawyer Hogg, Miguel Itzigsohn, Vera Gaze, Anne Sewell Young, Ewine van Dishoeck, and Thomas Brisbane. After him are David Rittenhouse, Pavel Shternberg, Scott S. Sheppard, Thomas Romney Robinson, Richard A. Proctor, and Mary Ward.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Avi Loeb ranks 445. Before him are Marcelo Álvarez, Steven Mnuchin, Álvaro García Linera, Katarzyna Figura, Uwe Hohn, and Stuart Pearce. After him are Marc Minkowski, Angela Schanelec, Kevin J. Anderson, Bebi Dol, Tamara Gverdtsiteli, and Gøran Sørloth.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Avi Loeb ranks 332 out of 466. Before him are Yoseph Imry (1939), Avi Wigderson (1956), Gila Gamliel (1974), Shelly Yachimovich (1960), Rim Banna (1966), and Amir Ohana (1976). After him are Haneen Zoabi (1969), Lior Ashkenazi (1968), Eli Yishai (1962), Yuli Tamir (1954), Gilad Erdan (1970), and Eyal Golan (1971).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Israel

Among astronomers born in Israel, Avi Loeb ranks 1. 

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