1925 - 2010
Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge (24 September 1925 – 26 January 2010) was an English astronomy professor and theoretical astrophysicist, most recently at the University of California, San Diego. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey Burbidge has received more than 66,781 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Geoffrey Burbidge is the 393rd most popular astronomer (down from 372nd in 2019), the 3,328th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,049th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Geoffrey Burbidge ranks 393 out of 531. Before him are Kiyotsugu Hirayama, Ludwig Biermann, Brian Schmidt, William Christie, Tsutomu Seki, and Bart Bok. After him are Jill Tarter, Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, Mary Ward, Janet Akyüz Mattei, Lutz D. Schmadel, and Hugo von Seeliger.
1874 - 1943
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 387
1907 - 1986
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 388
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 389
1845 - 1922
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 390
1930 - Present
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 391
1906 - 1983
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 392
1925 - 2010
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 393
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 394
1865 - 1939
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 395
1827 - 1869
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 396
1943 - 2004
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 397
1942 - 2016
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 398
1849 - 1924
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 399
Among people born in 1925, Geoffrey Burbidge ranks 306. Before him are Fritz Laband, Amparo Rivelles, Zoot Sims, Charlie Byrd, Tony Benn, and Nanni Loy. After him are Cara Williams, Tankred Dorst, Carla Del Poggio, Colette Marchand, Antonio Puchades, and Irina Arkhipova. Among people deceased in 2010, Geoffrey Burbidge ranks 244. Before him are Anneliese Rothenberger, Jamie Gillis, Takeshi Shudo, Vitaly Sevastyanov, Walter Rudin, and Robert B. Parker. After him are Lhasa de Sela, Carla Del Poggio, John Wooden, Hans van Mierlo, Nelly Landry, and Irina Arkhipova.
1925 - 1982
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 300
1925 - 2013
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 301
1925 - 1985
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 302
1925 - 1999
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 303
1925 - 2014
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 304
1925 - 1995
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 305
1925 - 2010
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 306
1925 - 2021
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 307
1925 - 2017
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 308
1925 - 2010
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 309
1925 - 2015
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 310
1925 - 2013
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 311
1925 - 2010
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 312
1926 - 2010
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 238
1943 - 2010
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 239
1949 - 2010
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 240
1935 - 2010
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 241
1921 - 2010
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 242
1932 - 2010
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 243
1925 - 2010
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 244
1972 - 2010
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 245
1925 - 2010
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 246
1910 - 2010
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 247
1931 - 2010
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 248
1916 - 2010
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 249
1925 - 2010
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 250
Among people born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey Burbidge ranks 3,328 out of 7,765. Before him are David Morrissey (1964), Edward William Lane (1801), Lance Macklin (1919), Andy Bown (1946), Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557), and Lady Byron (1792). After him are Allan Ramsay (1713), George Chapman (1559), Peter Bonetti (1941), Conleth Hill (1964), Charles Shaughnessy (1955), and Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745).
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 3,322
1801 - 1876
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 3,323
1919 - 2002
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 3,324
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 3,325
1557 - 1595
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 3,326
1792 - 1860
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 3,327
1925 - 2010
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 3,328
1713 - 1784
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 3,329
1559 - 1634
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 3,330
1941 - 2020
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 3,331
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 3,332
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 3,333
1745 - 1790
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 3,334
Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey Burbidge ranks 49. Before him are Brian G. Marsden (1937), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), Harry Edwin Wood (1881), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), and William Christie (1845). After him are John Pond (1767), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), Ralph Copeland (1837), Edward Pigott (1753), William Rutter Dawes (1799), and William Henry Smyth (1788).
1937 - 2010
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 43
1880 - 1961
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 44
1838 - 1921
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 45
1881 - 1946
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 46
1890 - 1960
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 47
1845 - 1922
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 48
1925 - 2010
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 49
1767 - 1836
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 50
1861 - 1930
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 51
1837 - 1905
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 52
1753 - 1825
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 53
1799 - 1868
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 54
1788 - 1865
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 55