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Ejnar Hertzsprung

1873 - 1967

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Ejnar Hertzsprung (Danish: [ˈɑjnɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsˌpʁɔŋ]; 8 October 1873 – 21 October 1967) was a Danish chemist and astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ejnar Hertzsprung has received more than 115,206 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Ejnar Hertzsprung is the 84th most popular astronomer (down from 63rd in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 96th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Astronomer.

Ejnar Hertzsprung is most famous for his Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, which plots the luminosity of stars against their surface temperature.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Ejnar Hertzsprung ranks 84 out of 644. Before him are David Fabricius, George Darwin, Russell Alan Hulse, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Percival Lowell, and Lewis A. Swift. After him are Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Victor Ambartsumian, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Edward Emerson Barnard, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., and Girolamo Fracastoro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Ejnar Hertzsprung ranks 30. Before him are Francisco I. Madero, Kyösti Kallio, Max Reinhardt, Alice Guy-Blaché, Christian Rakovsky, and Feodor Chaliapin. After him are Ivanoe Bonomi, Charles Péguy, Ray Ewry, Lee de Forest, Alexander Bogdanov, and Radoje Domanović. Among people deceased in 1967, Ejnar Hertzsprung ranks 39. Before him are Héctor Scarone, Jaroslav Heyrovský, Ossip Zadkine, Totò, John Cockcroft, and Harald Quandt. After him are Vladimir Bartol, Violeta Parra, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Otis Redding, Joseph Pilates, and Abdel Hakim Amer.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ejnar Hertzsprung ranks 112 out of 1,032. Before him are Bille August (1948), Hans Christian Gram (1853), Brigitte Nielsen (1963), Sophia Brahe (1556), Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (1746), and Nicolai Abildgaard (1743). After him are Boetius of Dacia (1240), Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878), Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Anna Ancher (1859), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), and Sweyn III of Denmark (1125).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Denmark

Among astronomers born in Denmark, Ejnar Hertzsprung ranks 2. Before him are Ole Rømer (1644). After him are John Louis Emil Dreyer (1852), Peter Andreas Hansen (1795), Richard Martin West (1941), Christen Sørensen Longomontanus (1562), Holger Thiele (1878), Julie Vinter Hansen (1890), and Anja Cetti Andersen (1965).

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