1913 - 1985
Benjamin "Benik" Egishevitch Markarian (Armenian: Բենիամին Եղիշեի Մարգարյան) was an Armenian astrophysicist. Markarian's Chain is a group of galaxies which was named after him when he discovered that its members move with a common motion. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Markarian has received more than 26,141 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Benjamin Markarian is the 378th most popular astronomer (down from 341st in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Georgia (down from 137th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Georgian Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Benjamin Markarian ranks 378 out of 531. Before him are Frank Schlesinger, Caterina Scarpellini, Herbert Friedman, Harry Edwin Wood, Frank Elmore Ross, and Harold Spencer Jones. After him are Dorothea Klumpke, Catherine Cesarsky, Christian August Friedrich Peters, Henry E. Holt, Joseph Johann von Littrow, and Zdeňka Vávrová.
1871 - 1943
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 372
1808 - 1873
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 373
1916 - 2000
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 374
1881 - 1946
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 375
1874 - 1960
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 376
1890 - 1960
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 377
1913 - 1985
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 378
1861 - 1942
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 379
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 380
1806 - 1880
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 381
1929 - 2019
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 382
1781 - 1840
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 383
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 384
Among people born in 1913, Benjamin Markarian ranks 216. Before him are Masayoshi Ito, Morton Gould, Rudolf Noack, Ċensu Tabone, Félicien Marceau, and George Abecassis. After him are Zezé Procópio, Robertson Davies, Johan Kraag, Ranko Marinković, Andre DeToth, and Bahi Ladgham. Among people deceased in 1985, Benjamin Markarian ranks 158. Before him are Enrique Fernández Viola, Jan de Quay, Roger Sessions, Masten Gregory, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, and Givi Javakhishvili. After him are Bodil Joensen, Julie Vlasto, Josef Čtyřoký, Efrem Zimbalist, Karl Zischek, and Zoot Sims.
1913 - 1994
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 210
1913 - 1996
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 211
1913 - 1947
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 212
1913 - 2012
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 213
1913 - 2012
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 214
1913 - 1991
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 215
1913 - 1985
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 216
1913 - 1980
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 217
1913 - 1995
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 218
1913 - 1996
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 219
1913 - 2001
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 220
1913 - 2002
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 221
1913 - 1998
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 222
1912 - 1985
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 152
1901 - 1985
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 153
1896 - 1985
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 154
1932 - 1985
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 155
1909 - 1985
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 156
1912 - 1985
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 157
1913 - 1985
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 158
1944 - 1985
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 159
1903 - 1985
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 160
1906 - 1985
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 161
1889 - 1985
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 162
1910 - 1985
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 163
1925 - 1985
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 164
Among people born in Georgia, Benjamin Markarian ranks 162 out of 342. Before him are Merab Kostava (1939), Otar Korkia (1923), Otar Chiladze (1933), Vasily Abaev (1900), Givi Javakhishvili (1912), and Marlen Khutsiev (1925). After him are Nani Bregvadze (1938), Giorgi Kvirikashvili (1967), Lado Gudiashvili (1896), Genrikh Kasparyan (1910), Dilara Aliyeva (1929), and Arpenik Nalbandyan (1916).
1939 - 1989
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 156
1923 - 2005
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 157
1933 - 2009
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 158
1900 - 2001
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 159
1912 - 1985
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 160
1925 - 2019
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 161
1913 - 1985
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 162
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 163
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 164
1896 - 1980
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 165
1910 - 1995
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 166
1929 - 1991
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 167
1916 - 1964
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 168
Among astronomers born in Georgia, Benjamin Markarian ranks 3. Before him are Victor Ambartsumian (1908) and Grigory Neujmin (1886).
1908 - 1996
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 1
1886 - 1946
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 2
1913 - 1985
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 3