1814 - 1902
Hervé Auguste Étienne Albans Faye ((1814-10-01)1 October 1814 – (1902-07-04)4 July 1902) was a French astronomer, born at Saint-Benoît-du-Sault (Indre) and educated at the École Polytechnique, which he left in 1834, before completing his course, to accept a position in the Paris Observatory to which he had been appointed on the recommendation of M. Arago. It was during his time at the École Polytechnique that he developed his interest in astronomy.He studied comets, and discovered the periodic comet 4P/Faye on 22 November 1843. His discovery of "Faye's Comet" attracted worldwide attention, and won him the 1844 Lalande Prize and a membership in the French Academy of Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hervé Faye has received more than 24,432 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Hervé Faye is the 360th most popular astronomer (down from 345th in 2019), the 3,805th most popular biography from France (down from 3,485th in 2019) and the 40th most popular French Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Hervé Faye ranks 360 out of 531. Before him are Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Kees de Jager, Warren De la Rue, Milorad B. Protić, Philibert Jacques Melotte, and Sherburne Wesley Burnham. After him are Paul Götz, Hendrik van Gent, Otto Heckmann, Marcel Minnaert, Christoph Arnold, and Catherine Wolfe Bruce.
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
1814 - 1902
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 360
1883 - 1962
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 361
1900 - 1947
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 362
1901 - 1983
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 363
1893 - 1970
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 364
1650 - 1695
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 365
1816 - 1900
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 366
Among people born in 1814, Hervé Faye ranks 53. Before him are Daniel Kirkwood, James Paget, Edmond Frémy, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Girolamo de Rada, and Johann Georg Halske. After him are Gustav Hartlaub, Adolph Tidemand, Franz Josef Ruprecht, Juan Rafael Mora Porras, Oskar Kolberg, and Edwin Stanton. Among people deceased in 1902, Hervé Faye ranks 57. Before him are Julia Grant, Bret Harte, Gustave Trouvé, Antanas Baranauskas, Almon Brown Strowger, and Frederick Abel. After him are Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau, John Wesley Powell, John Houlding, Gleb Uspensky, Richard Leach Maddox, and Emil Holub.
1814 - 1895
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 47
1814 - 1899
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 48
1814 - 1894
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 49
1814 - 1873
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 50
1814 - 1903
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 51
1814 - 1890
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 52
1814 - 1902
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 53
1814 - 1900
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 54
1814 - 1876
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 55
1814 - 1870
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 56
1814 - 1860
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 57
1814 - 1890
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 58
1814 - 1869
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 59
1826 - 1902
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 51
1836 - 1902
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 52
1839 - 1902
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 53
1835 - 1902
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 54
1839 - 1902
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 55
1827 - 1902
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 56
1814 - 1902
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 57
1837 - 1902
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 58
1834 - 1902
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 59
1833 - 1902
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 60
1843 - 1902
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 61
1816 - 1902
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 62
1847 - 1902
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 63
Among people born in France, Hervé Faye ranks 3,805 out of 6,011. Before him are Bernard Pivot (1935), Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (1813), Richard Berry (1950), Abel Bonnard (1883), Léon Gautier (1832), and Georges Speicher (1907). After him are Gustave Lanson (1857), Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761), Marie Jules César Savigny (1777), Christophe Dugarry (1972), Paul Paray (1886), and Michel Deguy (1930).
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 3,799
1813 - 1900
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 3,800
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 3,801
1883 - 1968
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 3,802
1832 - 1897
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 3,803
1907 - 1978
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 3,804
1814 - 1902
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 3,805
1857 - 1934
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 3,806
1761 - 1818
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 3,807
1777 - 1851
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 3,808
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 3,809
1886 - 1979
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 3,810
1930 - 2022
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 3,811
Among astronomers born in France, Hervé Faye ranks 40. Before him are Adrien Auzout (1622), André Patry (1902), Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (1718), Georges Rayet (1839), Félix Tisserand (1845), and Odette Bancilhon (1908). After him are Catherine Cesarsky (1943), Alfred Schmitt (1907), Stéphane Javelle (1864), Audouin Dollfus (1924), Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (1823), and Michel Giacobini (1873).
1622 - 1691
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 34
1902 - 1960
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 35
1718 - 1802
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 36
1839 - 1906
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 37
1845 - 1896
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 38
1908 - 1998
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 39
1814 - 1902
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 40
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 41
1907 - 1973
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 42
1864 - 1917
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 43
1924 - 2010
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 44
1823 - 1900
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 45
1873 - 1938
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 46