1916 - 1985
Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (Russian: Ио́сиф Самуи́лович Шкло́вский; sometimes transliterated Josif, Josif, Shklovskii, Shklovskij) (1 July 1916 – 3 March 1985) was a Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist. He is remembered for work in theoretical astrophysics and other topics, as well as for his 1962 book on extraterrestrial life, the revised and expanded version of which was co-authored by American astronomer Carl Sagan in 1966 as Intelligent Life in the Universe. He won the Lenin Prize in 1960 and the Bruce Medal in 1972. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iosif Shklovsky has received more than 83,729 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Iosif Shklovsky is the 241st most popular astronomer (down from 231st in 2019), the 393rd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 362nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ukrainian Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Iosif Shklovsky ranks 241 out of 531. Before him are Rudolph Minkowski, Didier Queloz, Halton Arp, James Edward Keeler, Johannes Schöner, and Wilhelm von Biela. After him are Cleostratus, Freimut Börngen, Nevil Maskelyne, Josep Comas i Solà, Fred Lawrence Whipple, and William Cranch Bond.
1895 - 1976
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 235
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 236
1927 - 2013
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 237
1857 - 1900
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 238
1477 - 1547
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 239
1782 - 1856
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 240
1916 - 1985
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 241
520 BC - 432 BC
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 242
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 243
1732 - 1811
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 244
1868 - 1937
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 245
1906 - 2004
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 246
1789 - 1859
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 247
Among people born in 1916, Iosif Shklovsky ranks 123. Before him are Sangoulé Lamizana, Ruth Handler, Ramón José Velásquez, Morris West, Halil İnalcık, and Jackie Gleason. After him are Ingrid Vang Nyman, Charlie Christian, David White, Jurij Brězan, Erik Nilsson, and Ri Jong-ok. Among people deceased in 1985, Iosif Shklovsky ranks 93. Before him are Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, André Hunebelle, Taizo Kawamoto, Stefan Bellof, Johanna Wolf, and Géza Toldi. After him are Élias Sarkis, Susanne Langer, Márton Bukovi, Paul Castellano, Omayra Sánchez, and Georgia Hale.
1916 - 2005
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 117
1916 - 2002
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 118
1916 - 2014
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 119
1916 - 1999
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 120
1916 - 2016
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 121
1916 - 1987
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 122
1916 - 1985
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 123
1916 - 1959
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 124
1916 - 1942
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 125
1916 - 1990
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 126
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 127
1916 - 1995
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 128
1916 - 1999
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 129
1927 - 1985
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 87
1896 - 1985
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 88
1914 - 1985
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 89
1957 - 1985
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 90
1900 - 1985
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 91
1909 - 1985
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 92
1916 - 1985
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 93
1924 - 1985
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 94
1895 - 1985
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 95
1903 - 1985
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 96
1915 - 1985
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 97
1972 - 1985
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 98
1900 - 1985
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 99
Among people born in Ukraine, Iosif Shklovsky ranks 393 out of 1,083. Before him are Maria Dobroniega of Kiev (null), Oleh Protasov (1964), Pavel Rybalko (1894), Leonid Kizim (1941), Shaul Tchernichovsky (1875), and Arseniy Yatsenyuk (1974). After him are Nikolai Linevich (1839), Kazimierz Bartel (1882), Isaac Boleslavsky (1919), Pyotr Koshevoy (1904), Israel Zolli (1881), and Georgy Voronoy (1868).
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 387
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 388
1894 - 1948
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 389
1941 - 2010
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 390
1875 - 1943
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 391
1974 - Present
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 392
1916 - 1985
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 393
1839 - 1908
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 394
1882 - 1941
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 395
1919 - 1977
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 396
1904 - 1976
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 397
1881 - 1956
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 398
1868 - 1908
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 399
Among astronomers born in Ukraine, Iosif Shklovsky ranks 4. Before him are Otto Struve (1897), Svetlana Gerasimenko (1945), and Tamara Smirnova (1935). After him are Klim Churyumov (1937), Viktor Knorre (1840), Fyodor Bredikhin (1831), and Grigory Shajn (1892).
1897 - 1963
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 1
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 2
1935 - 2001
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 3
1916 - 1985
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 4
1937 - 2016
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 5
1840 - 1919
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 6
1831 - 1904
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 7
1892 - 1956
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 8