ASTRONOMER

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 15,654,430 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). James Gunn is the 606th most popular astronomer (down from 435th in 2019), the 13,690th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,105th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 16M

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  • 46.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, James Gunn ranks 606 out of 644. Before him are Osamu Muramatsu, Naoto Satō, Masaru Arai, Hiroshi Mori, Miloš Tichý, and Chad Trujillo. After him are William Kwong Yu Yeung, Frank B. Zoltowski, Philip Herbert Cowell, Andrea Boattini, Brett J. Gladman, and Jeff T. Alu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, James Gunn ranks 600. Before him are Bobby Charles, Julie Felix, Lorraine Crapp, Terrence McNally, Les Murray, and Eduard Ivanov. After him are Sam Nunn, Gus Johnson, Jeff Barry, Lynn Carlin, Ti-Grace Atkinson, and Maxine Waters.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Gunn ranks 13,690 out of 20,380. Before him are Muriel Bowser (1972), Kevin Jonas (1987), Peggy Shannon (1907), Albert B. Fall (1861), Rick Steiner (1961), and Greg Burke (1959). After him are G-Eazy (1989), Scott Frank (1960), Terence Cooke (1921), Bob Graham (1936), Bonita Friedericy (1961), and Colin Egglesfield (1973).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, James Gunn ranks 127. Before him are Adelaide Ames (1900), John Huchra (1948), Jan Kleyna (2000), Dorrit Hoffleit (1907), Geoffrey Marcy (1954), and Chad Trujillo (1973). After him are Jeff T. Alu (1966), David J. Tholen (1955), Matthew J. Holman (1967), Martha P. Haynes (1951), Amy Mainzer (1974), and Heidi Hammel (1960).

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