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Catherine Cesarsky

1943 - Today

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Catherine Jeanne Cesarsky (born Catherine Jeanne Gattegno on 24 February 1943) is an Argentine and French astronomer, known for her research activities in astrophysics and for her leadership in astronomy and atomic energy. She is the current chairperson of the Square Kilometre Array's governing body, SKAO Council. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine Cesarsky has received more than 26,865 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Catherine Cesarsky is the 380th most popular astronomer (up from 441st in 2019), the 3,930th most popular biography from France (down from 3,891st in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Astronomer.

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  • 18

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  • 6.92

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  • 1.60

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Catherine Cesarsky ranks 380 out of 531Before her are Herbert Friedman, Harry Edwin Wood, Frank Elmore Ross, Harold Spencer Jones, Benjamin Markarian, and Dorothea Klumpke. After her are Christian August Friedrich Peters, Henry E. Holt, Joseph Johann von Littrow, Zdeňka Vávrová, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, and Gottfried Kirch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Catherine Cesarsky ranks 388Before her are Juan Masnik, Steve Miller, Eberhard Vogel, Peter Struck, Bert Jansch, and Ottavio Bianchi. After her are Peter Sinfield, Bob Hite, Jamie Gillis, Andrej Bajuk, Brian Ferneyhough, and Terry Venables.

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In France

Among people born in France, Catherine Cesarsky ranks 3,930 out of 6,011Before her are Lily Pons (1898), Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759), Jacques Ochs (1883), Michel Colombier (1939), Jean Poiret (1926), and Régis Wargnier (1948). After her are Dominique Blanc (1956), Jean Vilar (1912), Hermano da Silva Ramos (1925), Étienne Brûlé (1592), Gérard Larcher (1949), and Alain Calmat (1940).

Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Catherine Cesarsky ranks 41Before her are André Patry (1902), Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (1718), Georges Rayet (1839), Félix Tisserand (1845), Odette Bancilhon (1908), and Hervé Faye (1814). After her are Alfred Schmitt (1907), Stéphane Javelle (1864), Audouin Dollfus (1924), Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (1823), Michel Giacobini (1873), and Pierre Puiseux (1855).