1791 - 1865
Johann Franz Encke (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːhan ˈfʁants ˈɛŋkə]; 23 September 1791 – 26 August 1865) was a German astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Franz Encke has received more than 51,290 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Franz Encke is the 72nd most popular astronomer (down from 67th in 2019), the 896th most popular biography from Germany (down from 811th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Astronomer.
Johann Franz Encke was a German astronomer who is most famous for his work in measuring the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
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Among astronomers, Johann Franz Encke ranks 72 out of 532. Before him are Pieter van Musschenbroek, Stephen Gray, John Flamsteed, George Darwin, Petrus Plancius, and Sosigenes of Alexandria. After him are Jacques Cassini, Lewis A. Swift, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Walter Baade, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, and Petrus Apianus.
1692 - 1761
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 66
1666 - 1736
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 67
1646 - 1719
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 68
1845 - 1912
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 69
1552 - 1622
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 70
80 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 71
1791 - 1865
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 72
1677 - 1756
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 73
1820 - 1913
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 74
1873 - 1967
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 75
1893 - 1960
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 76
1029 - 1087
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 77
1495 - 1552
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 78
Among people born in 1791, Johann Franz Encke ranks 14. Before him are Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, James Buchanan, Franz Bopp, Francesco Hayez, Franz Grillparzer, and Eugène Scribe. After him are Minh Mạng, Félix Savart, István Széchenyi, Friedrich Parrot, Ferdinand Hérold, and Alexandros Mavrokordatos. Among people deceased in 1865, Johann Franz Encke ranks 11. Before him are Leopold I of Belgium, Emil Lenz, William Rowan Hamilton, Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, and Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia. After him are Robert FitzRoy, Elizabeth Gaskell, Shoqan Walikhanov, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Heinrich Barth, and Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz.
1791 - 1844
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 8
1791 - 1868
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 9
1791 - 1867
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 10
1791 - 1882
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 11
1791 - 1872
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 12
1791 - 1861
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 13
1791 - 1865
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 14
1791 - 1841
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 15
1791 - 1841
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 16
1791 - 1860
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 17
1791 - 1841
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 18
1791 - 1833
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 19
1791 - 1865
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 20
1790 - 1865
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 5
1804 - 1865
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 6
1805 - 1865
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 7
1795 - 1865
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 8
1784 - 1865
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 9
1843 - 1865
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 10
1791 - 1865
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 11
1805 - 1865
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 12
1810 - 1865
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 13
1835 - 1865
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 14
1788 - 1865
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 15
1821 - 1865
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 16
1794 - 1865
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 17
Among people born in Germany, Johann Franz Encke ranks 896 out of 5,289. Before him are Karlheinz Böhm (1928), Hans Oster (1887), Sophie of Württemberg (1818), Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862), Erich Auerbach (1892), and Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789). After him are Lale Andersen (1905), Sigmund Jähn (1937), Erich Kempka (1910), Ernst Zermelo (1871), Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709), and Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722).
1928 - 2014
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 890
1887 - 1945
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 891
1818 - 1877
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 892
1862 - 1934
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 893
1892 - 1957
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 894
1789 - 1869
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 895
1791 - 1865
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 896
1905 - 1972
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 897
1937 - 2019
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 898
1910 - 1975
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 899
1871 - 1953
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 900
1709 - 1759
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 901
1722 - 1758
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 902
Among astronomers born in Germany, Johann Franz Encke ranks 12. Before him are Johann Bayer (1572), Caroline Herschel (1750), Simon Marius (1573), Max Wolf (1863), Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), and Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793). After him are Walter Baade (1893), Petrus Apianus (1495), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Johann Elert Bode (1747), Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), and Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892).
1572 - 1625
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 6
1750 - 1848
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 7
1573 - 1625
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 8
1863 - 1932
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 9
1822 - 1875
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 10
1793 - 1864
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 11
1791 - 1865
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 12
1893 - 1960
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 13
1495 - 1552
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 14
1765 - 1834
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 15
1747 - 1826
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 16
1591 - 1666
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 17
1892 - 1979
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 18