1880 - 1974
George A. Van Biesbroeck (or Georges-Achille Van Biesbroeck, , January 21, 1880 – February 23, 1974) was a Belgian–American astronomer. He worked at observatories in Belgium, Germany and the United States. He specialized in the observation of double stars, asteroids and comets. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Van Biesbroeck has received more than 21,661 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. George Van Biesbroeck is the 353rd most popular astronomer (up from 365th in 2019), the 502nd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 503rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Belgian Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 353 out of 531. Before him are Joseph Helffrich, Elia Millosevich, Hugo Gyldén, David Rittenhouse, Sandra Faber, and Brian G. Marsden. After him are Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Kees de Jager, Warren De la Rue, Milorad B. Protić, Philibert Jacques Melotte, and Sherburne Wesley Burnham.
1890 - 1971
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 347
1848 - 1919
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 348
1841 - 1896
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 349
1732 - 1796
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 350
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 351
1937 - 2010
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 352
1880 - 1974
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 353
1825 - 1884
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 354
1921 - 2021
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 355
1815 - 1889
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 356
1911 - 2001
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 357
1880 - 1961
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 358
1838 - 1921
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 359
Among people born in 1880, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 135. Before him are Mikheil Javakhishvili, Lawrence Oates, Margit Kaffka, Lajos Bíró, Jesse L. Lasky, and Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne. After him are Oswald Veblen, Kullervo Manner, Cora Sandel, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Philibert Jacques Melotte, and Conrad Albrecht. Among people deceased in 1974, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 144. Before him are Fritz Szepan, Harry Partch, Adolph Gottlieb, Lily Kronberger, Françoise Rosay, and Edward Platt. After him are Alfred Keller, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Cora Sandel, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, and Élie Lescot.
1880 - 1937
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 129
1880 - 1912
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 130
1880 - 1918
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 131
1880 - 1948
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 132
1880 - 1958
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 133
1880 - 1944
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 134
1880 - 1974
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 135
1880 - 1960
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 136
1880 - 1939
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 137
1880 - 1974
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 138
1880 - 1966
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 139
1880 - 1961
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 140
1880 - 1969
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 141
1907 - 1974
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 138
1901 - 1974
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 139
1903 - 1974
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 140
1890 - 1974
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 141
1891 - 1974
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 142
1916 - 1974
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 143
1880 - 1974
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 144
1882 - 1974
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 145
1901 - 1974
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 146
1889 - 1974
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 147
1880 - 1974
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 148
1886 - 1974
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 149
1883 - 1974
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 150
Among people born in Belgium, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 502 out of 1,019. Before him are Henri Jaspar (1870), Jacques Moeschal (1900), Étienne Constantin de Gerlache (1785), Ivo Van Damme (1954), Edward Van Dijck (1918), and Jan Vertonghen (1987). After him are Camille Lemonnier (1844), David Ruelle (1935), Walthère Frère-Orban (1812), Edgard Colle (1897), François Van der Elst (1954), and Koen Lenaerts (1954).
1870 - 1939
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 496
1900 - 1956
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 497
1785 - 1871
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 498
1954 - 1976
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 499
1918 - 1977
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 500
1987 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 501
1880 - 1974
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 502
1844 - 1913
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 503
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 504
1812 - 1896
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 505
1897 - 1932
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 506
1954 - 2017
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 507
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 508
Among astronomers born in Belgium, George Van Biesbroeck ranks 8. Before him are Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), Petrus Plancius (1552), Eric Walter Elst (1936), Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), Henri Debehogne (1928), and Philippe van Lansberge (1561). After him are Marcel Minnaert (1893).
1623 - 1688
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 2
1552 - 1622
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 3
1936 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 4
1882 - 1955
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 5
1928 - 2007
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 6
1561 - 1632
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 7
1880 - 1974
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 8
1893 - 1970
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 9