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Johannes Fabricius

1587 - 1616

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Johann Goldsmid, better known by his Latinized name Johann(es) Fabricius (8 January 1587 – 19 March 1616), eldest son of David Fabricius (1564–1617), was a Frisian/German astronomer and a modern era discoverer of sunspots in 1611, preceded by Thomas Harriot and followed by Galileo Galilei. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Fabricius has received more than 43,254 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Johannes Fabricius is the 223rd most popular astronomer (down from 202nd in 2019), the 2,621st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,484th in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Johannes Fabricius ranks 223 out of 644. Before him are Rudolf Wolf, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, John Bevis, Sergey Belyavsky, and Benjamin Baillaud. After him are Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, George William Hill, Antonín Mrkos, Cyril Jackson, Alexis Bouvard, and Jérôme Eugène Coggia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1587, Johannes Fabricius ranks 12. Before him are Samuel Scheidt, Stefano Landi, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Magdalene of Bavaria, Esaias van de Velde, and Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Song Yingxing, Virginia Dare, Claes Jansz. Visscher, Yun Seondo, and Khusrau Mirza. Among people deceased in 1616, Johannes Fabricius ranks 13. Before him are Jacob Le Maire, Andreas Libavius, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Simeon Bekbulatovich, Magdalene of Brandenburg, and Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt. After him are Kuzma Minin, Tang Xianzu, Cornelis Ketel, Matthias de l'Obel, Francis Beaumont, and Vitsentzos Kornaros.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johannes Fabricius ranks 2,621 out of 7,253. Before him are Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1935), Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg (1486), Hennes Weisweiler (1919), Princess Isabella of Croÿ (1856), Alexander Kluge (1932), and Jil Sander (1943). After him are Carl Sigismund Kunth (1788), Johannes Franz Hartmann (1865), Otto Weddigen (1882), Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805), Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf (1724), and Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Johannes Fabricius ranks 38. Before him are Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), Andreas Cellarius (1596), Martin Schwarzschild (1912), Erasmus Reinhold (1511), Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794), and Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780). After him are Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834), Wilhelm Beer (1797), Johannes Schöner (1477), Wilhelm von Biela (1782), Maria Clara Eimmart (1676), and Freimut Börngen (1930).

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