1834 - 1882
Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (8 November 1834, Berlin – 25 April 1882, Leipzig) was a German astrophysicist who studied optical illusions. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner has received more than 45,932 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner is the 205th most popular astronomer (up from 219th in 2019), the 2,514th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,545th in 2019) and the 37th most popular German Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 205 out of 531. Before him are Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, James Dunlop, Johannes Fabricius, Rudolf Wolf, and William Wallace Campbell. After him are Guillaume Le Gentil, Edward L. G. Bowell, James W. Christy, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Timocharis, and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann.
1709 - 1788
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 199
1794 - 1874
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 200
1793 - 1848
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 201
1587 - 1616
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 202
1816 - 1893
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 203
1862 - 1938
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 204
1834 - 1882
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 205
1725 - 1792
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 206
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 207
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 208
1780 - 1850
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 209
320 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 210
1870 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 211
Among people born in 1834, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 36. Before him are John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Gustav Nachtigal, Heinrich von Treitschke, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, and William Chester Minor. After him are Ewald Hering, Kamehameha IV, José Hernández, Herman Snellen, Adrien Proust, and Ludovic Halévy. Among people deceased in 1882, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 41. Before him are Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, János Arany, Berthold Auerbach, Friedrich von Lütke, Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Jørgen Moe. After him are Georges Leclanché, Charles J. Guiteau, François-Auguste Biard, John William Draper, Đuro Daničić, and Charles Blanc.
1834 - 1913
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 30
1834 - 1885
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 31
1834 - 1896
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 32
1834 - 1906
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 33
1834 - 1901
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 34
1834 - 1920
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 35
1834 - 1882
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 36
1834 - 1918
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 37
1834 - 1863
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 38
1834 - 1886
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 39
1834 - 1908
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 40
1834 - 1903
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 41
1834 - 1908
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 42
1818 - 1882
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 35
1817 - 1882
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 36
1812 - 1882
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 37
1797 - 1882
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 38
1800 - 1882
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 39
1813 - 1882
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 40
1834 - 1882
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 41
1836 - 1882
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 42
1841 - 1882
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 43
1799 - 1882
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 44
1811 - 1882
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 45
1825 - 1882
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 46
1813 - 1882
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 47
Among people born in Germany, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 2,514 out of 6,142. Before him are Michael Maestlin (1550), Hermann Priess (1901), Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445), Carl Ludwig Siegel (1896), Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1622), and Christine of Saxony (1505). After him are Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach (1662), Judith of Schweinfurt (1003), Hermann Esser (1900), Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1649), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia (1746), and Karl Rapp (1882).
1550 - 1631
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 2,508
1901 - 1985
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 2,509
1445 - 1496
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 2,510
1896 - 1981
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 2,511
1622 - 1665
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 2,512
1505 - 1549
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 2,513
1834 - 1882
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 2,514
1662 - 1696
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 2,515
1003 - 1058
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 2,516
1900 - 1981
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 2,517
1649 - 1706
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 2,518
1746 - 1840
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 2,519
1882 - 1962
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 2,520
Among astronomers born in Germany, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner ranks 37. Before him are Wilhelm Beer (1797), Erasmus Reinhold (1511), August Kopff (1882), Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794), and Johannes Fabricius (1587). After him are Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870), Martin Schwarzschild (1912), Johannes Schöner (1477), Wilhelm von Biela (1782), and Freimut Börngen (1930).
1797 - 1850
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 31
1511 - 1553
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 32
1882 - 1960
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 33
1745 - 1816
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 34
1794 - 1874
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 35
1587 - 1616
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 36
1834 - 1882
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 37
1780 - 1850
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 38
1870 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 39
1912 - 1997
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 40
1477 - 1547
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 41
1782 - 1856
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 42
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 43