1897 - 1952
Bernard Ferdinand Lyot (27 February 1897 in Paris – 2 April 1952 in Cairo) was a French astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Lyot has received more than 30,733 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Bernard Lyot is the 152nd most popular astronomer (up from 159th in 2019), the 2,030th most popular biography from France (up from 2,040th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Bernard Lyot ranks 152 out of 531. Before him are Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Peter Andreas Hansen, Guillaume Bigourdan, Eugène Joseph Delporte, and Hermann Carl Vogel. After him are George Phillips Bond, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Jean Chacornac, Jacobus Kapteyn, Jean Picard, and Tobias Mayer.
1200 - 1204
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 146
1597 - 1660
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 147
1795 - 1874
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 148
1851 - 1932
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 149
1882 - 1955
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 150
1841 - 1907
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 151
1897 - 1952
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 152
1825 - 1865
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 153
1723 - 1788
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 154
1823 - 1873
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 155
1851 - 1922
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 156
1620 - 1682
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 157
1723 - 1762
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 158
Among people born in 1897, Bernard Lyot ranks 96. Before him are Lester B. Pearson, Arthur Greiser, Chen Cheng, Josep Pla, Eddie Eagan, and Alexandre Tansman. After him are Georgios Grivas, Manuel Ávila Camacho, George Szell, Fredric March, Herman J. Mankiewicz, and Tarjei Vesaas. Among people deceased in 1952, Bernard Lyot ranks 52. Before him are Efim Bogoljubov, Luigi Fagioli, Hans Kramers, Princess Hilda of Nassau, Viktor Chernov, and Louise d'Orléans. After him are Hiranuma Kiichirō, Albert Forster, Kenwa Mabuni, Henri Winkelman, Solomiya Krushelnytska, and Eli Heckscher.
1897 - 1972
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 90
1897 - 1946
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 91
1897 - 1965
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 92
1897 - 1981
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 93
1897 - 1967
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 94
1897 - 1986
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 95
1897 - 1952
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 96
1897 - 1974
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 97
1897 - 1955
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 98
1897 - 1970
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 99
1897 - 1975
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 100
1897 - 1953
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 101
1897 - 1970
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 102
1889 - 1952
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 46
1898 - 1952
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 47
1894 - 1952
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 48
1864 - 1952
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 49
1873 - 1952
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 50
1869 - 1952
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 51
1897 - 1952
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 52
1867 - 1952
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 53
1902 - 1952
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 54
1889 - 1952
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 55
1876 - 1952
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 56
1872 - 1952
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 57
1879 - 1952
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 58
Among people born in France, Bernard Lyot ranks 2,030 out of 6,011. Before him are Pierre Charron (1541), Abbo of Fleury (945), Jacques Lemercier (1585), Thomas Merton (1915), Aldegonde (639), and François Étienne de Kellermann (1770). After him are Richard, Duke of Burgundy (858), Henri Labrouste (1801), Geneviève Grad (1944), Odo III, Duke of Burgundy (1166), Thierry Sabine (1949), and Henriette of Cleves (1542).
1541 - 1603
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 2,024
945 - 1004
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 2,025
1585 - 1654
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 2,026
1915 - 1968
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 2,027
639 - 684
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 2,028
1770 - 1835
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 2,029
1897 - 1952
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 2,030
858 - 921
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 2,031
1801 - 1875
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 2,032
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 2,033
1166 - 1218
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 2,034
1949 - 1986
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 2,035
1542 - 1601
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 2,036
Among astronomers born in France, Bernard Lyot ranks 12. Before him are Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580), Édouard Stephan (1837), Alphonse Borrelly (1842), Pierre Janssen (1824), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), and Guillaume Bigourdan (1851). After him are Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723), Jean Chacornac (1823), Jean Picard (1620), Auguste Charlois (1864), Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748), and Jean-Louis Pons (1761).
1580 - 1637
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 6
1837 - 1923
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 7
1842 - 1926
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 8
1824 - 1907
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 9
1688 - 1768
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 10
1851 - 1932
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 11
1897 - 1952
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 12
1723 - 1788
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 13
1823 - 1873
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 14
1620 - 1682
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 15
1864 - 1910
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 16
1748 - 1845
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 17
1761 - 1831
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 18