1758 - 1840
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (; German: [ˈɔlbɐs]; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German physician and astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers has received more than 74,263 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers is the 28th most popular astronomer (up from 29th in 2019), the 398th most popular biography from Germany (up from 408th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Astronomer.
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers is most famous for his astronomical paradox, which states that the night sky should be infinitely bright because of the infinite number of stars in the universe.
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Among astronomers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers ranks 28 out of 532. Before him are Robert Woodrow Wilson, Aryabhata, Roger Joseph Boscovich, Giuseppe Piazzi, Arthur Eddington, and Wilhelm Schickard. After him are Mary Somerville, Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Johann Gottfried Galle, Jan Oort, Johannes Hevelius, and Giovanni Schiaparelli.
1936 - Present
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 22
476 - 550
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 23
1711 - 1787
HPI: 74.88
Rank: 24
1746 - 1826
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 25
1882 - 1944
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 26
1592 - 1635
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 27
1758 - 1840
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 28
1780 - 1872
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 29
1380 - 1429
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 30
1812 - 1910
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 31
1900 - 1992
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 32
1611 - 1687
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 33
1835 - 1910
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 34
Among people born in 1758, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers ranks 5. Before him are Maximilien Robespierre, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, James Monroe, and André Masséna. After him are Kamehameha I, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Emperor Go-Momozono, Franz Joseph Gall, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1840, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers ranks 6. Before him are Niccolò Paganini, Caspar David Friedrich, Frederick William III of Prussia, Siméon Denis Poisson, and Lucien Bonaparte. After him are Emperor Kōkaku, Jacques MacDonald, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Louis de Bonald, Maria Beatrice of Savoy, and Pierre-Joseph Redouté.
1758 - 1794
HPI: 83.44
Rank: 1
1758 - 1805
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 2
1758 - 1831
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 3
1758 - 1817
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 4
1758 - 1840
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 5
1758 - 1819
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 6
1758 - 1806
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 7
1758 - 1779
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 8
1758 - 1828
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 9
1758 - 1836
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 10
1758 - 1794
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 11
1758 - 1819
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 12
1782 - 1840
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 1
1774 - 1840
HPI: 82.26
Rank: 2
1770 - 1840
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 3
1781 - 1840
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 4
1775 - 1840
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 5
1758 - 1840
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 6
1771 - 1840
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 7
1765 - 1840
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 8
1752 - 1840
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 9
1754 - 1840
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 10
1792 - 1840
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 11
1759 - 1840
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers ranks 398 out of 5,289. Before him are Max Bruch (1838), Johann Georg Faust (1480), Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Wilhelm Schickard (1592), Robert Bunsen (1811), and Lothar Matthäus (1961). After him are Carol I of Romania (1839), Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Chlodio (393), Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515), Franz Brentano (1838), and Frederica of Hanover (1917).
1838 - 1920
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 392
1480 - 1541
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 393
1416 - 1448
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 394
1592 - 1635
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 395
1811 - 1899
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 396
1961 - Present
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 397
1758 - 1840
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 398
1839 - 1914
HPI: 74.72
Rank: 399
1844 - 1904
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 400
393 - 448
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 401
1515 - 1586
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 402
1838 - 1917
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 403
1917 - 1981
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 404
Among astronomers born in Germany, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers ranks 4. Before him are Johannes Kepler (1571), William Herschel (1738), and Wilhelm Schickard (1592). After him are Johann Gottfried Galle (1812), Johann Bayer (1572), Caroline Herschel (1750), Simon Marius (1573), Max Wolf (1863), Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793), and Johann Franz Encke (1791).
1571 - 1630
HPI: 85.70
Rank: 1
1738 - 1822
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 2
1592 - 1635
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 3
1758 - 1840
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 4
1812 - 1910
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 5
1572 - 1625
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 6
1750 - 1848
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 7
1573 - 1625
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 8
1863 - 1932
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 9
1822 - 1875
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 10
1793 - 1864
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 11
1791 - 1865
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 12