1910 - 1990
Carl Alvar Wirtanen (November 11, 1910 – March 7, 1990) was an American astronomer and discoverer of comets and minor planets who worked at Lick Observatory. He was of Finnish ancestry. Wirtanen was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl A. Wirtanen has received more than 23,246 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl A. Wirtanen is the 368th most popular astronomer (up from 374th in 2019), the 5,788th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,691st in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Carl A. Wirtanen ranks 368 out of 531. Before him are Hendrik van Gent, Otto Heckmann, Marcel Minnaert, Christoph Arnold, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, and Dilhan Eryurt. After him are Peter van de Kamp, Forest Ray Moulton, Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Frank Schlesinger, Caterina Scarpellini, and Herbert Friedman.
1900 - 1947
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 362
1901 - 1983
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 363
1893 - 1970
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 364
1650 - 1695
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 365
1816 - 1900
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 366
1926 - 2012
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 367
1910 - 1990
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 368
1901 - 1995
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 369
1872 - 1952
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 370
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 371
1871 - 1943
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 372
1808 - 1873
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 373
1916 - 2000
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 374
Among people born in 1910, Carl A. Wirtanen ranks 217. Before him are Gyula Kállai, Gunnar Thoroddsen, Delfín Benítez Cáceres, Mary Wickes, Abraham Polonsky, and Yannis Tsarouchis. After him are Charles Crichton, Piero Pasinati, Raoul Diagne, Fernando de Santiago, Carlo Ceresoli, and Robert Havemann. Among people deceased in 1990, Carl A. Wirtanen ranks 177. Before him are Michael Oakeshott, David Stirling, Mario Pizziolo, Geir Hallgrímsson, Horst Bienek, and Concha Piquer. After him are Turan Dursun, Léopold Anoul, Paco Godia, Manly P. Hall, Araken Patusca, and Nadia Gamal.
1910 - 1996
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 211
1910 - 1983
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 212
1910 - 2004
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 213
1910 - 1995
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 214
1910 - 1999
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 215
1910 - 1989
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 216
1910 - 1990
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 217
1910 - 1999
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 218
1910 - 2000
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 219
1910 - 2002
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 220
1910 - 1994
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 221
1910 - 1995
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 222
1910 - 1982
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 223
1901 - 1990
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 171
1915 - 1990
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 172
1909 - 1990
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 173
1925 - 1990
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 174
1930 - 1990
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 175
1908 - 1990
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 176
1910 - 1990
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 177
1934 - 1990
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 178
1922 - 1990
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 179
1921 - 1990
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 180
1901 - 1990
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 181
1905 - 1990
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 182
1937 - 1990
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 183
Among people born in United States, Carl A. Wirtanen ranks 5,788 out of 18,182. Before him are Olivia Wilde (1984), Jenny Shimizu (1967), Rick Husband (1957), Thomas Ian Griffith (1962), Carol Channing (1921), and Nicholas Gonzalez (1976). After him are Florence Lee (1888), Otto Warmbier (1994), William Gibson (1914), Taylor Kinney (1981), Lawrence Roberts (1937), and Tracy Chevalier (1962).
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 5,782
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 5,783
1957 - 2003
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 5,784
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 5,785
1921 - 2019
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 5,786
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 5,787
1910 - 1990
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 5,788
1888 - 1962
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 5,789
1994 - 2017
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 5,790
1914 - 2008
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 5,791
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 5,792
1937 - 2018
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 5,793
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 5,794
Among astronomers born in United States, Carl A. Wirtanen ranks 68. Before him are Frank Muller (1862), Eugene Parker (1927), Paul W. Merrill (1887), David Rittenhouse (1732), Sandra Faber (1944), and Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816). After him are Forest Ray Moulton (1872), Frank Schlesinger (1871), Herbert Friedman (1916), Frank Elmore Ross (1874), Dorothea Klumpke (1861), and Henry E. Holt (1929).
1862 - 1917
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 62
1927 - 2022
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 63
1887 - 1961
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 64
1732 - 1796
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 65
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 66
1816 - 1900
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 67
1910 - 1990
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 68
1872 - 1952
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 69
1871 - 1943
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 70
1916 - 2000
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 71
1874 - 1960
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 72
1861 - 1942
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 73
1929 - 2019
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 74