1799 - 1875
Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander (22 March 1799 – 17 February 1875) was a German astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander has received more than 40,895 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander is the 93rd most popular astronomer (down from 86th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 26th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Astronomer.
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander is most famous for his work in the field of astronomy. He is credited with the discovery of over 2,000 variable stars.
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Among astronomers, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander ranks 93 out of 531. Before him are Eric Walter Elst, Petrus Apianus, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Angelo Secchi, Antony Hewish, and Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.. After him are David Fabricius, Johann Elert Bode, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, William Huggins, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, and Karl Ludwig Hencke.
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
1564 - 1617
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 94
1747 - 1826
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 95
1580 - 1637
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 96
1824 - 1910
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 97
1892 - 1979
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 98
1793 - 1866
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 99
Among people born in 1799, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander ranks 11. Before him are Mary Anning, Charles II, Duke of Parma, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, Karl Bryullov, William Lassell, and Fromental Halévy. After him are Anna Atkins, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, Rodolphe Töpffer, Karl Adolph von Basedow, Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, and John Lindley. Among people deceased in 1875, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander ranks 18. Before him are Charles Wheatstone, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Moses Hess, Francis V, Duke of Modena, Pierre Larousse, and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. After him are Amalia of Oldenburg, 12th Dalai Lama, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Heinrich Schwabe, Duchenne de Boulogne, and Jacques Paul Migne.
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 5
1799 - 1883
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 6
1799 - 1877
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 7
1799 - 1852
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 8
1799 - 1880
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 9
1799 - 1862
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 10
1799 - 1875
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 11
1799 - 1871
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 12
1799 - 1868
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 13
1799 - 1846
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 14
1799 - 1854
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 15
1799 - 1869
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 16
1799 - 1865
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 17
1802 - 1875
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 12
1822 - 1875
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 13
1812 - 1875
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 14
1819 - 1875
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 15
1817 - 1875
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 16
1827 - 1875
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 17
1799 - 1875
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 18
1818 - 1875
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 19
1857 - 1875
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 20
1817 - 1875
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 21
1789 - 1875
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 22
1806 - 1875
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 23
1800 - 1875
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 24
Among people born in Lithuania, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander ranks 33 out of 287. Before him are Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1560), Wilfrid Voynich (1865), Isaac Levitan (1860), Gabriel Narutowicz (1865), Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956), and Sigismund Kęstutaitis (1365). After him are Andrew Schally (1926), Gitanas Nausėda (1964), Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943), Leo Jogiches (1867), Skirgaila (1354), and Jacques Lipchitz (1891).
1560 - 1621
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 27
1865 - 1930
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 28
1860 - 1900
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 29
1865 - 1922
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 30
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 31
1365 - 1440
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 32
1799 - 1875
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 33
1926 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 34
1964 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 35
1943 - 1992
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 36
1867 - 1919
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 37
1354 - 1397
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 38
1891 - 1973
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 39
Among astronomers born in Lithuania, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander ranks 1. After him are Bohdan Paczyński (1940).
1799 - 1875
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 1
1940 - 2007
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 2