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Franz Xaver von Zach

1754 - 1832

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Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach; 4 June 1754 – 2 September 1832) was an Austrian astronomer born at Pest, Hungary (now Budapest in Hungary). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Xaver von Zach has received more than 66,520 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Franz Xaver von Zach is the 161st most popular astronomer (up from 264th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 317th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Franz Xaver von Zach ranks 161 out of 644. Before him are Andrea M. Ghez, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, George Phillips Bond, John Russell Hind, Edward Walter Maunder, and James Glaisher. After him are Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Norman Lockyer, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Williamina Fleming, Harlow Shapley, and William Robert Brooks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Franz Xaver von Zach ranks 22. Before him are Louis de Bonald, Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, William Bligh, Usman dan Fodio, Jean-Antoine Marbot, and Salomon Maimon. After him are Joseph Joubert, Pavel Tsitsianov, Jurij Vega, William Murdoch, Vicente Martín y Soler, and Andrea Appiani. Among people deceased in 1832, Franz Xaver von Zach ranks 18. Before him are Friedrich Kuhlau, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, and Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona. After him are Jean Maximilien Lamarque, Carl Friedrich Zelter, Manuel García, Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, Ghazi Muhammad, and Princess Maria Anna of Saxony.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Franz Xaver von Zach ranks 197 out of 1,077. Before him are Hannah Szenes (1921), Margaret of Hungary (1175), Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria (1870), Ferenc Fricsay (1914), András Schiff (1953), and Charles Simonyi (1948). After him are Fritz Reiner (1888), Michu Meszaros (1939), Ingenuus (200), Teddy Kollek (1911), Alfréd Hajós (1878), and Zoltán of Hungary (896).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Hungary

Among astronomers born in Hungary, Franz Xaver von Zach ranks 1. 

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