1966 - Today
Didier Patrick Queloz (French pronunciation: [didje kəlo, kelo]; born 23 February 1966) is a Swiss astronomer. He is the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, where he is also a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as a professor at the University of Geneva. Together with Michel Mayor in 1995, he discovered 51 Pegasi b, the first extrasolar planet orbiting a Sun-like star, 51 Pegasi. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Didier Queloz has received more than 270,914 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Didier Queloz is the 236th most popular astronomer (up from 239th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 271st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Didier Queloz ranks 236 out of 531. Before him are Agrippa, Henri Debehogne, Eleanor F. Helin, James Glaisher, Adriaan Blaauw, and Rudolph Minkowski. After him are Halton Arp, James Edward Keeler, Johannes Schöner, Wilhelm von Biela, Iosif Shklovsky, and Cleostratus.
100 - 1
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 230
1928 - 2007
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 231
1932 - 2009
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 232
1809 - 1903
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 233
1914 - 2010
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 234
1895 - 1976
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 235
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 236
1927 - 2013
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 237
1857 - 1900
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 238
1477 - 1547
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 239
1782 - 1856
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 240
1916 - 1985
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 241
520 BC - 432 BC
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 242
Among people born in 1966, Didier Queloz ranks 83. Before him are Olivier Martinez, Alex Zanardi, Lisa Edelstein, Faure Gnassingbé, Jan Železný, and Michael K. Williams. After him are Miguel Ángel Nadal, James Gunn, Mazinho, Krasimir Balakov, Irène Jacob, and Toby Jones.
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 77
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 78
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 79
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 80
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 81
1966 - 2021
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 82
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 83
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 84
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 85
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 86
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 87
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 88
1966 - Present
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 89
Among people born in Switzerland, Didier Queloz ranks 272 out of 876. Before him are Carl Jacob Burckhardt (1891), Antonio Ciseri (1821), Carl Lutz (1895), Luuk de Jong (1990), Johann II Bernoulli (1710), and Walther Ritz (1878). After him are Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Johann Schneider-Ammann (1952), Josef Hügi (1930), Didier Burkhalter (1960), Christoph Blocher (1940), and Robert Maillart (1872).
1891 - 1974
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 266
1821 - 1891
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 267
1895 - 1975
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 268
1990 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 269
1710 - 1790
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 270
1878 - 1909
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 271
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 272
1828 - 1905
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 273
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 274
1930 - 1995
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 275
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 276
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 277
1872 - 1940
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 278
Among astronomers born in Switzerland, Didier Queloz ranks 4. Before him are Michel Mayor (1942), Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718), and Rudolf Wolf (1816). After him are Paul Wild (1925), Johann III Bernoulli (1744), Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664), Robert Julius Trumpler (1886), and Robert Emden (1862).
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1
1718 - 1751
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2
1816 - 1893
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 3
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 4
1925 - 2014
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 5
1744 - 1807
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 6
1664 - 1753
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 7
1886 - 1956
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 8
1862 - 1940
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 9