1598 - 1671
Giovanni Battista Riccioli, SJ (17 April 1598 – 25 June 1671) was an Italian astronomer and a Catholic priest in the Jesuit order. He is known, among other things, for his experiments with pendulums and with falling bodies, for his discussion of 126 arguments concerning the motion of the Earth, and for introducing the current scheme of lunar nomenclature. He is also widely known for discovering the first double star. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Battista Riccioli has received more than 135,512 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Battista Riccioli is the 85th most popular astronomer (up from 105th in 2019), the 1,217th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,356th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Italian Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Giovanni Battista Riccioli ranks 85 out of 531. Before him are Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Karl Ludwig Harding, Lewis A. Swift, Walter Baade, Wilhelm Tempel, and Edward Emerson Barnard. After him are Abu Maʿshar, Eric Walter Elst, Petrus Apianus, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Angelo Secchi, and Antony Hewish.
810 - 860
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 79
1765 - 1834
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 80
1820 - 1913
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 81
1893 - 1960
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 82
1821 - 1889
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 83
1857 - 1923
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 84
1598 - 1671
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 85
787 - 886
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 86
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
Among people born in 1598, Giovanni Battista Riccioli ranks 6. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Francisco de Zurbarán, Bonaventura Cavalieri, François Mansart, and Eleonora Gonzaga. After him are Maarten Tromp, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Johann Crüger, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Chen Hongshou, and Michael van Langren. Among people deceased in 1671, Giovanni Battista Riccioli ranks 3. Before him are Stenka Razin and François Vatel. After him are Anne Hyde, Adam Olearius, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Petar Zrinski, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Sébastien Bourdon, Roche Braziliano, Antonio Barberini, and Yerofey Khabarov.
1598 - 1680
HPI: 79.97
Rank: 1
1598 - 1664
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 2
1598 - 1647
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 3
1598 - 1666
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 4
1598 - 1655
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 5
1598 - 1671
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 6
1598 - 1653
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 7
1598 - 1654
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 8
1598 - 1662
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 9
1598 - 1662
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 10
1598 - 1652
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 11
1598 - 1675
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 12
1630 - 1671
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 1
1631 - 1671
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 2
1598 - 1671
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 3
1637 - 1671
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 4
1603 - 1671
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 5
1643 - 1671
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 6
1621 - 1671
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 7
1609 - 1671
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 8
1616 - 1671
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 9
1630 - 1671
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 10
1607 - 1671
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 11
1603 - 1671
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Riccioli ranks 1,217 out of 4,668. Before him are Ferdinando Carulli (1770), Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484), Melozzo da Forlì (1438), Ivanoe Bonomi (1873), Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1835), and Frank Lentini (1889). After him are Andrea Pirlo (1979), Giambattista Pittoni (1687), Claudia Mori (1944), Peter Chrysologus (380), Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), and Marcantonio Raimondi (1480).
1770 - 1841
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 1,211
1484 - 1546
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 1,212
1438 - 1494
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 1,213
1873 - 1951
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 1,214
1835 - 1908
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 1,215
1889 - 1966
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 1,216
1598 - 1671
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 1,217
1979 - Present
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 1,218
1687 - 1767
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 1,219
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 1,220
380 - 450
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 1,221
1682 - 1771
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 1,222
1480 - 1534
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 1,223
Among astronomers born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Riccioli ranks 9. Before him are Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625), Giuseppe Piazzi (1746), Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397), Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835), Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), and Riccardo Giacconi (1931). After him are Angelo Secchi (1818), Annibale de Gasparis (1819), Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658), Margherita Hack (1922), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), and Giovanni Battista Donati (1826).
1625 - 1712
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 3
1746 - 1826
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 4
1397 - 1482
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 5
1835 - 1910
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 6
1476 - 1553
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 7
1931 - 2018
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 8
1598 - 1671
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 9
1818 - 1878
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 10
1819 - 1892
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 11
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