1930 - 2021
Freimut Börngen (German: [ˈfʁaɪmuːt ˈbœʁŋən]; 17 October 1930 – 19 June 2021) was a German astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets. A few sources give his first name wrongly as "Freimuth". The Minor Planet Center credits him as F. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Freimut Börngen has received more than 25,981 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Freimut Börngen is the 243rd most popular astronomer (up from 292nd in 2019), the 2,931st most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,126th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular German Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Freimut Börngen ranks 243 out of 531. Before him are Halton Arp, James Edward Keeler, Johannes Schöner, Wilhelm von Biela, Iosif Shklovsky, and Cleostratus. After him are Nevil Maskelyne, Josep Comas i Solà, Fred Lawrence Whipple, William Cranch Bond, Seth Carlo Chandler, and Hubert Reeves.
1927 - 2013
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 237
1857 - 1900
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 238
1477 - 1547
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 239
1782 - 1856
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 240
1916 - 1985
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 241
520 BC - 432 BC
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 242
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 243
1732 - 1811
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 244
1868 - 1937
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 245
1906 - 2004
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 246
1789 - 1859
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 247
1846 - 1913
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 248
1932 - 2023
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 249
Among people born in 1930, Freimut Börngen ranks 229. Before him are Gérard Blain, Georges Descrières, John Astin, Jim Hall, Yuri Artyukhin, and José María Zárraga. After him are Thomas Sowell, Svatopluk Pluskal, Gary Snyder, Miodrag Bulatović, Borislav Pekić, and Vilmos Zsigmond. Among people deceased in 2021, Freimut Börngen ranks 274. Before him are James Michael Tyler, Anne Buydens, Juan Rodríguez Vega, Francesco Morini, Gianluigi Saccaro, and Sylvano Bussotti. After him are Paddy Moloney, Sergei Solovyov, Jean-Marc Vallée, Fayez Tarawneh, Orlando Martínez, and Pavol Molnár.
1930 - 2000
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 223
1930 - 2013
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 224
1930 - Present
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 225
1930 - 2013
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 226
1930 - 1998
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 227
1930 - 2012
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 228
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 229
1930 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 230
1930 - 2005
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 231
1930 - Present
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 232
1930 - 1991
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 233
1930 - 1992
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 234
1930 - 2016
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 235
1962 - 2021
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 268
1919 - 2021
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 269
1944 - 2021
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 270
1944 - 2021
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 271
1938 - 2021
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 272
1931 - 2021
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 273
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 274
1938 - 2021
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 275
1944 - 2021
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 276
1963 - 2021
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 277
1949 - 2021
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 278
1944 - 2021
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 279
1936 - 2021
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 280
Among people born in Germany, Freimut Börngen ranks 2,931 out of 6,142. Before him are Alfred Abel (1879), Werner Goldberg (1919), Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723), Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony (1617), Reiner Klimke (1936), and Lorenz Heister (1683). After him are Otto Pfister (1937), Karl Krumbacher (1856), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1769), Paul Ben-Haim (1897), Alfred Schwarzmann (1912), and Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854).
1879 - 1937
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 2,925
1919 - 2004
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 2,926
1723 - 1799
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 2,927
1617 - 1668
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 2,928
1936 - 1999
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2,929
1683 - 1758
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2,930
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2,931
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2,932
1856 - 1909
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 2,933
1769 - 1814
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 2,934
1897 - 1984
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 2,935
1912 - 2000
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 2,936
1854 - 1899
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 2,937
Among astronomers born in Germany, Freimut Börngen ranks 43. Before him are Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834), Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870), Martin Schwarzschild (1912), Johannes Schöner (1477), and Wilhelm von Biela (1782). After him are Maria Clara Eimmart (1676), Karl Christian Bruhns (1830), Otto Lesser (1830), Franz Kaiser (1891), Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (1765), and Christine Kirch (1697).
1834 - 1882
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 37
1780 - 1850
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 38
1870 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 39
1912 - 1997
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 40
1477 - 1547
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 41
1782 - 1856
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 42
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 43
1676 - 1707
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 44
1830 - 1881
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 45
1830 - 1887
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 46
1891 - 1962
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 47
1765 - 1831
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 48
1697 - 1782
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 49