ASTRONOMER
Giovanni Schiaparelli
1835 - 1910
Giovanni Schiaparelli
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli ( SKAP-ə-REL-ee, SHAP-, US also skee-AHP-, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni virˈdʒiːnjo skjapaˈrɛlli]; 14 March 1835 – 4 July 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Schiaparelli has received more than 303,758 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Giovanni Schiaparelli is the 40th most popular astronomer (up from 41st in 2019), the 747th most popular biography from Italy (down from 729th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Astronomer.
Giovanni Schiaparelli is most famous for the discovery of the canals on Mars.
Memorability Metrics
300k
Page Views (PV)
65.31
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
56
Languages Editions (L)
9.38
Effective Languages (L*)
3.03
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Among ASTRONOMERS
Among astronomers, Giovanni Schiaparelli ranks 40 out of 644. Before him are Adolphe Quetelet, Michel Mayor, Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Arthur Eddington, Fred Hoyle, and Robert Woodrow Wilson. After him are Jan Oort, Sosigenes of Alexandria, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Jérôme Lalande, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, and Gerard Kuiper.
Most Popular Astronomers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsAdolphe Quetelet
1796 - 1874
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 34
Michel Mayor
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 35
Jamshīd al-Kāshī
1380 - 1429
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 36
Arthur Eddington
1882 - 1944
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 37
Fred Hoyle
1915 - 2001
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 38
Robert Woodrow Wilson
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 39
Giovanni Schiaparelli
1835 - 1910
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 40
Jan Oort
1900 - 1992
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 41
Sosigenes of Alexandria
80 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 42
Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille
1713 - 1762
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 43
Jérôme Lalande
1732 - 1807
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 44
Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli
1397 - 1482
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 45
Gerard Kuiper
1905 - 1973
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 46
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1835, Giovanni Schiaparelli ranks 11. Before him are Camille Saint-Saëns, Cesare Lombroso, Adolf von Baeyer, Andrew Carnegie, César Cui, and Samuel Butler. After him are Henryk Wieniawski, Giosuè Carducci, William Stanley Jevons, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and Josef Stefan. Among people deceased in 1910, Giovanni Schiaparelli ranks 20. Before him are Marius Petipa, Johann Gottfried Galle, Luigi Lucheni, Léon Walras, Huo Yuanjia, and Elizabeth Blackwell. After him are Jules Renard, Pauline Viardot, An Jung-geun, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Karl Lueger, and William Holman Hunt.
Others Born in 1835
Go to all RankingsCamille Saint-Saëns
COMPOSER
1835 - 1921
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 5
Cesare Lombroso
PHYSICIAN
1835 - 1909
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 6
Adolf von Baeyer
CHEMIST
1835 - 1917
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 7
Andrew Carnegie
BUSINESSPERSON
1835 - 1919
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 8
César Cui
COMPOSER
1835 - 1918
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 9
Samuel Butler
WRITER
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 10
Giovanni Schiaparelli
ASTRONOMER
1835 - 1910
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 11
Henryk Wieniawski
MUSICIAN
1835 - 1880
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 12
Giosuè Carducci
WRITER
1835 - 1907
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 13
William Stanley Jevons
ECONOMIST
1835 - 1882
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 14
Fukuzawa Yukichi
PHILOSOPHER
1835 - 1901
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 15
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1835 - 1908
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 16
Josef Stefan
MATHEMATICIAN
1835 - 1893
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 17
Others Deceased in 1910
Go to all RankingsMarius Petipa
DANCER
1818 - 1910
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 14
Johann Gottfried Galle
ASTRONOMER
1812 - 1910
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 15
Luigi Lucheni
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1873 - 1910
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 16
Léon Walras
ECONOMIST
1834 - 1910
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 17
Huo Yuanjia
MARTIAL ARTS
1868 - 1910
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 18
Elizabeth Blackwell
PHYSICIAN
1821 - 1910
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 19
Giovanni Schiaparelli
ASTRONOMER
1835 - 1910
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 20
Jules Renard
WRITER
1864 - 1910
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 21
Pauline Viardot
COMPOSER
1821 - 1910
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 22
An Jung-geun
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1879 - 1910
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 23
Stanislao Cannizzaro
CHEMIST
1826 - 1910
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 24
Karl Lueger
POLITICIAN
1844 - 1910
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 25
William Holman Hunt
PAINTER
1827 - 1910
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 26
In Italy
Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Schiaparelli ranks 747 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), Pope Leo VI (914), Pope Vigilius (500), Joachim of Fiore (1135), Pope Felix IV (480), and Poliziano (1454). After him are Rosso Fiorentino (1494), Luca della Robbia (1399), Emilio Segrè (1905), Atia (-85), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), and Domenico Modugno (1928).
Others born in Italy
Go to all RankingsGiovanni da Verrazzano
EXPLORER
1485 - 1528
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 741
Pope Leo VI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
914 - 929
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 742
Pope Vigilius
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
500 - 555
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 743
Joachim of Fiore
OCCULTIST
1135 - 1202
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 744
Pope Felix IV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
480 - 530
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 745
Poliziano
WRITER
1454 - 1494
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 746
Giovanni Schiaparelli
ASTRONOMER
1835 - 1910
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 747
Rosso Fiorentino
PAINTER
1494 - 1540
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 748
Luca della Robbia
SCULPTOR
1399 - 1482
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 749
Emilio Segrè
PHYSICIST
1905 - 1989
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 750
Atia
POLITICIAN
85 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 751
Vincenzo Galilei
COMPOSER
1520 - 1591
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 752
Domenico Modugno
SINGER
1928 - 1994
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 753
Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy
Among astronomers born in Italy, Giovanni Schiaparelli ranks 5. Before him are Galileo Galilei (1564), Giordano Bruno (1548), Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625), and Giuseppe Piazzi (1746). After him are Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397), Riccardo Giacconi (1931), Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598), Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), Angelo Secchi (1818), Annibale de Gasparis (1819), and Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658).
Galileo Galilei
1564 - 1642
HPI: 93.54
Rank: 1
Giordano Bruno
1548 - 1600
HPI: 85.36
Rank: 2
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
1625 - 1712
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 3
Giuseppe Piazzi
1746 - 1826
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 4
Giovanni Schiaparelli
1835 - 1910
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 5
Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli
1397 - 1482
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 6
Riccardo Giacconi
1931 - 2018
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 7
Giovanni Battista Riccioli
1598 - 1671
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 8
Girolamo Fracastoro
1476 - 1553
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 9
Angelo Secchi
1818 - 1878
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 10
Annibale de Gasparis
1819 - 1892
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 11
Luigi Ferdinando Marsili
1658 - 1730
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 12