1936 - 2022
Eric Walter Elst (30 November 1936 – 2 January 2022) was a Belgian astronomer at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle and a prolific discoverer of asteroids. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Walter Elst has received more than 101,707 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Walter Elst is the 87th most popular astronomer (up from 125th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 191st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Eric Walter Elst ranks 87 out of 531. Before him are Lewis A. Swift, Walter Baade, Wilhelm Tempel, Edward Emerson Barnard, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, and Abu Maʿshar. After him are Petrus Apianus, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Angelo Secchi, Antony Hewish, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., and Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander.
1820 - 1913
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 81
1893 - 1960
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 82
1821 - 1889
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 83
1857 - 1923
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 84
1598 - 1671
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 85
787 - 886
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 86
1936 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 87
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
Among people born in 1936, Eric Walter Elst ranks 58. Before him are Choummaly Sayasone, Günter Blobel, Denny Hulme, Bruce Dern, Alan J. Heeger, and Abdul Qadeer Khan. After him are Assia Djebar, Dražan Jerković, Jean M. Auel, Héctor Elizondo, Jill Ireland, and Roy Emerson. Among people deceased in 2022, Eric Walter Elst ranks 70. Before him are Jacques Perrin, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Ray Liotta, James Lovelock, Christos Sartzetakis, and Robert Curl. After him are Antonio Inoki, Bob Saget, Issey Miyake, Valeri Polyakov, Margarita Lozano, and Shintaro Ishihara.
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 52
1936 - 2018
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 53
1936 - 1992
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 54
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 55
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 56
1936 - 2021
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 57
1936 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 58
1936 - 2015
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 59
1936 - 2008
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 60
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 61
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 62
1936 - 1990
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 63
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 64
1941 - 2022
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 64
1929 - 2022
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 65
1954 - 2022
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 66
1919 - 2022
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 67
1929 - 2022
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 68
1933 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 69
1936 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 70
1943 - 2022
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 71
1956 - 2022
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 72
1938 - 2022
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 73
1942 - 2022
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 74
1931 - 2022
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 75
1932 - 2022
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 76
Among people born in Belgium, Eric Walter Elst ranks 149 out of 1,019. Before him are Henri Michaux (1899), Fernand Khnopff (1858), Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872), Toots Thielemans (1922), Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165), and Theroigne de Mericourt (1762). After him are Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), The Singing Nun (1933), Jacob Le Maire (1585), Elio Di Rupo (1951), and Leo Baekeland (1863).
1899 - 1984
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 143
1858 - 1921
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 144
1872 - 1955
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 145
1922 - 2016
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 146
1165 - 1235
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 147
1762 - 1817
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 148
1936 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 149
1546 - 1611
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 150
1507 - 1568
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 151
1933 - 1985
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 152
1585 - 1616
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 153
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 154
1863 - 1944
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 155
Among astronomers born in Belgium, Eric Walter Elst ranks 4. Before him are Adolphe Quetelet (1796), Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), and Petrus Plancius (1552). After him are Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), Henri Debehogne (1928), Philippe van Lansberge (1561), George Van Biesbroeck (1880), and Marcel Minnaert (1893).
1796 - 1874
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 1
1623 - 1688
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 2
1552 - 1622
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 3
1936 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 4
1882 - 1955
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 5
1928 - 2007
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 6
1561 - 1632
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 7
1880 - 1974
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 8
1893 - 1970
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 9