1564 - 1617
David Fabricius (9 March 1564 – 7 May 1617) was a German pastor who made two major discoveries in the early days of telescopic astronomy, jointly with his eldest son, Johannes Fabricius (1587–1615). David Fabricius (Latinization of his proper name David Faber, or David Goldschmidt; possibly Hebrew) was born at Esens, studied at the University of Helmstedt starting in 1583 and served as pastor for small towns near his birthplace in Frisia (now northwest Germany and northeast Netherlands), at Resterhafe near Dornum in 1584 and at Osteel in 1603. As was common for Protestant ministers of the day, he dabbled in science: his particular interest was astronomy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Fabricius has received more than 47,741 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). David Fabricius is the 94th most popular astronomer (up from 101st in 2019), the 1,152nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,176th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Astronomer.
David Fabricius is most famous for being the first person to identify the rings of Saturn.
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Among astronomers, David Fabricius ranks 94 out of 531. Before him are Petrus Apianus, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Angelo Secchi, Antony Hewish, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., and Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander. After him are Johann Elert Bode, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, William Huggins, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Karl Ludwig Hencke, and J. Allen Hynek.
1495 - 1552
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 88
1928 - 1997
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 89
1818 - 1878
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 90
1924 - 2021
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 91
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 92
1799 - 1875
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 93
1564 - 1617
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 94
1747 - 1826
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 95
1580 - 1637
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 96
1824 - 1910
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 97
1892 - 1979
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 98
1793 - 1866
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 99
1910 - 1986
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 100
Among people born in 1564, David Fabricius ranks 7. Before him are Galileo Galilei, William Shakespeare, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Christopher Marlowe, William Adams, and Paulo Miki. After him are Ahmad Sirhindi, Francisco Pacheco, Hans Leo Hassler, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Joos de Momper, and Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara. Among people deceased in 1617, David Fabricius ranks 9. Before him are John Napier, Rose of Lima, Francisco Suárez, Concino Concini, Emperor Go-Yōzei, and Hendrik Goltzius. After him are 4th Dalai Lama, Fausto Veranzio, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Giovanni Botero, Prospero Alpini, and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt.
1564 - 1642
HPI: 94.55
Rank: 1
1564 - 1616
HPI: 90.88
Rank: 2
1564 - 1636
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 3
1564 - 1593
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 4
1564 - 1620
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 5
1564 - 1597
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 6
1564 - 1617
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 7
1564 - 1624
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 8
1564 - 1644
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 9
1564 - 1612
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 10
1564 - 1613
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 11
1564 - 1635
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 12
1564 - 1618
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 13
1550 - 1617
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 3
1586 - 1617
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 4
1548 - 1617
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 5
1575 - 1617
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 6
1571 - 1617
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 7
1558 - 1617
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 8
1564 - 1617
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 9
1589 - 1617
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 10
1551 - 1617
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 11
1546 - 1617
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 12
1544 - 1617
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 13
1553 - 1617
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 14
1574 - 1617
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 15
Among people born in Germany, David Fabricius ranks 1,152 out of 6,142. Before him are Gisela of Swabia (990), Charles De Coster (1827), Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1757), Walter Dornberger (1895), Georg von Hertling (1843), and Franz Rosenzweig (1886). After him are Alfred Weber (1868), Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800), Amalia of Oldenburg (1818), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (1227), Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617), and Thea von Harbou (1888).
990 - 1043
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 1,146
1827 - 1879
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 1,147
1757 - 1828
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 1,148
1895 - 1980
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 1,149
1843 - 1919
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 1,150
1886 - 1929
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 1,151
1564 - 1617
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 1,152
1868 - 1958
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 1,153
1800 - 1842
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 1,154
1818 - 1875
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 1,155
1227 - 1273
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 1,156
1617 - 1680
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 1,157
1888 - 1954
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 1,158
Among astronomers born in Germany, David Fabricius ranks 16. Before him are Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), Max Wolf (1863), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Walter Baade (1893), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), and Petrus Apianus (1495). After him are Johann Elert Bode (1747), Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892), Reinhard Genzel (1952), Heinrich Schwabe (1789), Arthur Auwers (1838), and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921).
1822 - 1875
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 10
1863 - 1932
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 11
1765 - 1834
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 12
1893 - 1960
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 13
1821 - 1889
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 14
1495 - 1552
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 15
1564 - 1617
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 16
1747 - 1826
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 17
1892 - 1979
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 18
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 19
1789 - 1875
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 20
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 21
1921 - 2015
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 22