1575 - 1650
Christoph Scheiner SJ (25 July 1573 (or 1575) – 18 June 1650) was a Jesuit priest, physicist and astronomer in Ingolstadt. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christoph Scheiner has received more than 121,857 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Christoph Scheiner is the 321st most popular physicist, the 1,537th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,529th in 2019) and the 46th most popular German Physicist.
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Among physicists, Christoph Scheiner ranks 321 out of 717. Before him are John Stewart Bell, Marguerite Perey, Nathan Rosen, Otto Schmidt, Daniel C. Tsui, and Qian Xuesen. After him are John Mauchly, Yakov Zeldovich, James Jeans, Frank Wilczek, Bruno Pontecorvo, and Gaston Planté.
1928 - 1990
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 315
1909 - 1975
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 316
1909 - 1995
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 317
1891 - 1956
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 318
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 319
1911 - 2009
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 320
1575 - 1650
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 321
1907 - 1980
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 322
1914 - 1987
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 323
1877 - 1946
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 324
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 325
1913 - 1993
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 326
1834 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 327
Among people born in 1575, Christoph Scheiner ranks 8. Before him are Guido Reni, Jakob Böhme, Gwanghaegun of Joseon, Concino Concini, Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, and Antoine de Montchrestien. After him are John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Diego, Prince of Asturias, Vittoria Aleotti, Francesco Molin, Lady Arbella Stuart, and Taranatha. Among people deceased in 1650, Christoph Scheiner ranks 7. Before him are René Descartes, William II, Prince of Orange, Dorgon, Tukaram, Matthäus Merian, and Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency. After him are Bernhardus Varenius, Catalina de Erauso, Claude Favre de Vaugelas, İbrahim Peçevi, and Jean Rotrou.
1575 - 1642
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 2
1575 - 1624
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 3
1575 - 1641
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 4
1575 - 1617
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 5
1575 - 1612
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 6
1575 - 1621
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 7
1575 - 1650
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 8
1575 - 1616
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 9
1575 - 1582
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 10
1575 - 1640
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 11
1575 - 1655
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 12
1575 - Present
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 13
1575 - 1634
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 14
1596 - 1650
HPI: 90.95
Rank: 1
1626 - 1650
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 2
1612 - 1650
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 3
1608 - 1650
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 4
1593 - 1650
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 5
1594 - 1650
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 6
1575 - 1650
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 7
1622 - 1650
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 8
1592 - 1650
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 9
1585 - 1650
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 10
1574 - 1650
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 11
1609 - 1650
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Christoph Scheiner ranks 1,537 out of 6,142. Before him are Ferdinand Ries (1784), Erich Naumann (1905), Ernst Engel (1821), Walter Warlimont (1894), Thomas Kretschmann (1962), and Hemma (800). After him are Conrad Celtes (1459), Carl Schuhmann (1869), Peter Minuit (1589), Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740), Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709), and Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813).
1784 - 1838
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,531
1905 - 1951
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,532
1821 - 1896
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,533
1894 - 1976
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,534
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,535
800 - 876
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,536
1575 - 1650
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,537
1459 - 1508
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,538
1869 - 1946
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,539
1589 - 1638
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,540
1740 - 1821
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,541
1709 - 1782
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,542
1813 - 1890
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,543
Among physicists born in Germany, Christoph Scheiner ranks 46. Before him are Jack Steinberger (1921), Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912), Ludwig Prandtl (1875), Ernst Chladni (1756), Friedrich Hund (1896), and Horst Ludwig Störmer (1949). After him are Pascual Jordan (1902), August Kundt (1839), Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (1824), Moritz von Jacobi (1801), Manfred von Ardenne (1907), and Heinrich Geißler (1814).
1921 - 2020
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 40
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 41
1875 - 1953
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 42
1756 - 1827
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 43
1896 - 1997
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 44
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 45
1575 - 1650
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 46
1902 - 1980
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 47
1839 - 1894
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 48
1824 - 1914
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 49
1801 - 1874
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 50
1907 - 1997
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 51
1814 - 1879
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 52