1677 - 1756
Jacques Cassini (18 February 1677 – 16 April 1756) was a French astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini. He was known as Cassini II. Cassini was born at the Paris Observatory. He was first admitted to Collège Mazarin after brief studies at his home observatory under his father. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Cassini has received more than 66,997 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Jacques Cassini is the 60th most popular astronomer (up from 73rd in 2019), the 987th most popular biography from France (up from 1,104th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Astronomer.
Jacques Cassini is most famous for his contributions to astronomy. He was the first to measure the distance from Earth to the Sun with a telescope, and he was the first to measure the rotation of Mars.
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Among astronomers, Jacques Cassini ranks 60 out of 531. Before him are Varāhamihira, John Flamsteed, Pierre Méchain, Girolamo Fracastoro, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, and Martin Ryle. After him are Vera Rubin, Percival Lowell, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Sosigenes of Alexandria, Gerard Kuiper, and Riccardo Giacconi.
505 - 587
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 54
1646 - 1719
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 55
1744 - 1804
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 56
1476 - 1553
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 57
1793 - 1864
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 58
1918 - 1984
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 59
1677 - 1756
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 60
1928 - 2016
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 61
1855 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 62
1873 - 1967
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 63
80 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 64
1905 - 1973
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 65
1931 - 2018
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 66
Among people born in 1677, Jacques Cassini ranks 4. Before him are Li Ching-Yuen, Stanisław Leszczyński, and Françoise Marie de Bourbon. After him are Stephen Hales, Johann Ludwig Bach, Pietro Grimani, Nicola Fago, Jan Santini Aichel, Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Among people deceased in 1756, Jacques Cassini ranks 2. Before him is Maria Amalia of Austria. After him are Riccardo Broschi, Şehsuvar Sultan, Princess Louise of Denmark, Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Theodore of Corsica, Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, Giacomo Antonio Perti, Olof Celsius, and Alivardi Khan.
1677 - 1933
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 1
1677 - 1766
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 2
1677 - 1749
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 3
1677 - 1756
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 4
1677 - 1761
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 5
1677 - 1731
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 6
1677 - 1752
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 7
1677 - 1745
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 8
1677 - 1723
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 9
1677 - 1748
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 10
1677 - 1742
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 11
1677 - 1712
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 12
1701 - 1756
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 1
1677 - 1756
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 2
1698 - 1756
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 3
1682 - 1756
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 4
1726 - 1756
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 5
1683 - 1756
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 6
1694 - 1756
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 7
1706 - 1756
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 8
1727 - 1756
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 9
1661 - 1756
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 10
1670 - 1756
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 11
1671 - 1756
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Jacques Cassini ranks 987 out of 6,011. Before him are Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764), Madame Roland (1754), Villard de Honnecourt (1200), Alexis Clairaut (1713), Horace Vernet (1789), and Alphonse Bertillon (1853). After him are Pierre Augereau (1757), Eleanor of Provence (1223), Michel Rolle (1652), Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847), Theodore Beza (1519), and Jean-Pierre Léaud (1944).
1764 - 1830
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 981
1754 - 1793
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 982
1200 - 1250
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 983
1713 - 1765
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 984
1789 - 1863
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 985
1853 - 1914
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 986
1677 - 1756
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 987
1757 - 1816
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 988
1223 - 1291
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 989
1652 - 1719
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 990
1847 - 1923
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 991
1519 - 1605
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 992
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 993
Among astronomers born in France, Jacques Cassini ranks 5. Before him are Charles Messier (1730), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713), and Pierre Méchain (1744). After him are Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580), Édouard Stephan (1837), Alphonse Borrelly (1842), Pierre Janssen (1824), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), Guillaume Bigourdan (1851), and Bernard Lyot (1897).
1730 - 1817
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1
1732 - 1807
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 2
1713 - 1762
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 3
1744 - 1804
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 4
1677 - 1756
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 5
1580 - 1637
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 6
1837 - 1923
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 7
1842 - 1926
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 8
1824 - 1907
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 9
1688 - 1768
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 10
1851 - 1932
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 11
1897 - 1952
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 12