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Françoise Combes

1952 - Today

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Françoise Combes (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swaz kɔ̃b] ; born 12 August 1952) is a French astrophysicist at the Paris Observatory and a professor at the Collège de France where she has been the chair of Galaxies and cosmology since 2014. On 15 September 2017 the 'City of Success' school at Montpellier was renamed as 'High school Françoise Combes'. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Françoise Combes has received more than 24,667 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Françoise Combes is the 599th most popular astronomer (down from 536th in 2019), the 5,432nd most popular biography from France (down from 4,975th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular French Astronomer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Françoise Combes ranks 599 out of 644. Before her are Alan Hale, Debra Fischer, Dorrit Hoffleit, Geoffrey Marcy, Wendy Freedman, and Richard van der Riet Woolley. After her are Osamu Muramatsu, Naoto Satō, Masaru Arai, Hiroshi Mori, Miloš Tichý, and Chad Trujillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Françoise Combes ranks 692. Before her are Parveen Shakir, John Rutsey, Sanny Åslund, Paul Steinhardt, Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, and Kathryn C. Thornton. After her are Hilkka Riihivuori, Angelika Bahmann, Päivi Meriluoto, Harry Anderson, Gordon McQueen, and Masaru Arai.

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In France

Among people born in France, Françoise Combes ranks 5,432 out of 6,770. Before her are William Saliba (2001), M. Pokora (1985), Pascale Trinquet (1958), Ana Tijoux (1977), Hassan Yebda (1984), and Pascal Jolyot (1958). After her are Arnaud Clément (1977), Joann Sfar (1971), Ibrahima Traoré (1988), Lou de Laâge (1990), Nordi Mukiele (1997), and Camille (1978).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Françoise Combes ranks 53. Before her are Alfred Schmitt (1907), Audouin Dollfus (1924), Louise du Pierry (1746), Pierre Puiseux (1855), Michel Giacobini (1873), and Ernest Esclangon (1876).

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