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James Gunn

1938 - Today

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James Edward Gunn (born October 21, 1938) is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University. Gunn's early theoretical work in astronomy has helped establish the current understanding of how galaxies form, and the properties of the space between galaxies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Gunn has received more than 14,449,951 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. James Gunn is the 435th most popular astronomer (up from 451st in 2019), the 7,120th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,554th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 14M

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  • 45.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, James Gunn ranks 435 out of 531. Before him are Alfred Bohrmann, Ralph Copeland, Schelte J. Bus, Chushiro Hayashi, Pelageya Shajn, and Edward Pigott. After him are Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Ruby Payne-Scott, Paris Pişmiş, George O. Abell, William Rutter Dawes, and Charles Piazzi Smyth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, James Gunn ranks 384. Before him are Betty Cuthbert, Klaus Töpfer, Aleksei Petrenko, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Carlos Lapetra, and Heinz Strehl. After him are Reni Santoni, Michael Murphy, Dolores Hart, Gyula Török, Hudson Austin, and Yvonne Rüegg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Gunn ranks 7,120 out of 18,182. Before him are Tracey Walter (1947), Rob Van Dam (1970), Charisma Carpenter (1970), Jeanette Nolan (1911), Conway Twitty (1933), and Karin Slaughter (1971). After him are Elisha Cook Jr. (1903), George Adams (1940), Bobby Vee (1943), Kagney Linn Karter (1987), Frank Shields (1909), and Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, James Gunn ranks 89. Before him are George Herbig (1920), Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), Albert George Wilson (1918), James L. Elliot (1943), Cleveland Abbe (1838), and Schelte J. Bus (1956). After him are George O. Abell (1927), Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898), Harold D. Babcock (1882), Stephen P. Synnott (1946), Benjamin Banneker (1731), and Mary Watson Whitney (1847).

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