1633 - 1687
Geminiano Montanari (1 June 1633 – 13 October 1687) was an Italian astronomer, lens-maker, and proponent of the experimental approach to science. He was a member of various learned academies, notably the Accademia dei Gelati. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geminiano Montanari has received more than 32,110 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Geminiano Montanari is the 321st most popular astronomer (down from 250th in 2019), the 2,965th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,471st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Geminiano Montanari ranks 321 out of 531. Before him are Christine Kirch, Tadeáš Hájek, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Adrien Auzout, André Patry, and Michael van Langren. After him are Johann III Bernoulli, Luigi Carnera, Carl Gustav Witt, James Craig Watson, Alvan Clark, and Wilhelm Julius Foerster.
1697 - 1782
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 315
1525 - 1600
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 316
1918 - 1995
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 317
1622 - 1691
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 318
1902 - 1960
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 319
1598 - 1675
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 320
1633 - 1687
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 321
1744 - 1807
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 322
1875 - 1962
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 323
1866 - 1946
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 324
1838 - 1880
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 325
1804 - 1887
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 326
1832 - 1921
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 327
Among people born in 1633, Geminiano Montanari ranks 16. Before him are Willem van de Velde the Younger, Willem Drost, Arsenije III Čarnojević, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Yun Shouping, and Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. After him are Jean de Thévenot and Mary Beale. Among people deceased in 1687, Geminiano Montanari ranks 13. Before him are Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Nell Gwyn, Henry More, Laura Martinozzi, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, and François de Créquy.
1633 - 1707
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 10
1633 - 1659
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 11
1633 - 1706
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 12
1633 - 1708
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 13
1633 - 1690
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 14
1633 - 1695
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 15
1633 - 1687
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 16
1633 - 1667
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 17
1633 - 1699
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 18
1612 - 1687
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7
1650 - 1687
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 8
1614 - 1687
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 9
1639 - 1687
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 10
1636 - 1687
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 11
1625 - 1687
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 12
1633 - 1687
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 13
Among people born in Italy, Geminiano Montanari ranks 2,965 out of 4,668. Before him are Gioacchino Colombo (1903), Nicola Piovani (1946), Carlo Ubbiali (1929), Luis Trenker (1892), Galeria Fundana (null), and Vittoria Farnese (1618). After him are Giuseppe Valadier (1762), Enrico Forlanini (1848), Adriano Panatta (1950), Luigi Carnera (1875), Adolfo Consolini (1917), and Giovanna Amati (1959).
1903 - 1987
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 2,959
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 2,960
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 2,961
1892 - 1990
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 2,962
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 2,963
1618 - 1649
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 2,964
1633 - 1687
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 2,965
1762 - 1839
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 2,966
1848 - 1930
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 2,967
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 2,968
1875 - 1962
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 2,969
1917 - 1969
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 2,970
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 2,971
Among astronomers born in Italy, Geminiano Montanari ranks 18. Before him are Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658), Margherita Hack (1922), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), Giovanni Battista Donati (1826), Niccolò Zucchi (1586), and Giorgio Abetti (1882). After him are Luigi Carnera (1875), Elia Millosevich (1848), Caterina Scarpellini (1808), Barnaba Oriani (1752), Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819), and Luciano Tesi (1931).
1658 - 1730
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 12
1922 - 2013
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 13
1709 - 1788
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 14
1826 - 1873
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 15
1586 - 1670
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 16
1882 - 1982
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 17
1633 - 1687
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 18
1875 - 1962
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 19
1848 - 1919
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 20
1808 - 1873
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 21
1752 - 1832
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 22
1819 - 1900
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 23
1931 - Present
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 24