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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 22,133 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Françoise Combes is the 536th most popular astronomer, the 4,994th most popular biography from France and the 49th most popular French Astronomer.

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  • 22k

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  • 37.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Françoise Combes ranks 536 out of 531Before her are Christian Pollas, Kazuro Watanabe, Jana Tichá, Geoffrey Marcy, Scott S. Sheppard, and Peter Goldreich. After her are William Kwong Yu Yeung, Hiroshi Mori, Rosaly Lopes, Naoto Satō, Alan Hale, and Chad Trujillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Françoise Combes ranks 609Before her are Margitta Pufe, Alice Hoffman, Hughie Thomasson, Karen Magnussen, Susan Seidelman, and Ali Mohammed Ghedi. After her are John Hickenlooper, Rohinton Mistry, John Barrasso, Billy Powell, Don Was, and Nina Zyuskova.

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In France

Among people born in France, Françoise Combes ranks 4,994 out of 6,011Before her are Dominique Voynet (1958), Jean Castaneda (1957), Bruno N'Gotty (1971), Perrine Pelen (1960), Camille (1978), and Laure Manaudou (1986). After her are Benjamin Lecomte (1991), Pierre-Hugues Herbert (1991), Philippe Riboud (1957), Kevin Mayer (1992), Marc Berdoll (1953), and Benjamin Stambouli (1990).

Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Françoise Combes ranks 49Before her are Stéphane Javelle (1864), Audouin Dollfus (1924), Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (1823), Michel Giacobini (1873), Pierre Puiseux (1855), and Ernest Esclangon (1876).