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Johannes Hevelius

1611 - 1687

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Johannes Hevelius (in German also known as Hevel; Polish: Jan Heweliusz; (1611-01-28)28 January 1611 – 28 January 1687) was a councillor and mayor of Danzig (Gdańsk) , in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Hevelius has received more than 274,483 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Johannes Hevelius is the 30th most popular astronomer (down from 25th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 85th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Astronomer.

Johannes Hevelius was a Polish astronomer who created the first detailed map of the moon.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Johannes Hevelius ranks 30 out of 644. Before him are Roger Joseph Boscovich, Charles Greeley Abbot, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Giuseppe Piazzi, Robert Luther, and Caroline Herschel. After him are Johann Gottfried Galle, Wilhelm Schickard, Martin Ryle, Adolphe Quetelet, Michel Mayor, and Jamshīd al-Kāshī.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1611, Johannes Hevelius ranks 5. Before him are Pope Innocent XI, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Chongzhen Emperor, and Evliya Çelebi. After him are Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, Safi of Persia, Marie Louise Gonzaga, Cecilia Renata of Austria, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jan Fyt, and Antonio de Pereda. Among people deceased in 1687, Johannes Hevelius ranks 2. Before him is Jean-Baptiste Lully. After him are William Petty, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Constantijn Huygens, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Nicholas Mercator, Henry More, Nell Gwyn, Laura Martinozzi, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, and François de Créquy.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Johannes Hevelius ranks 92 out of 1,694. Before him are Friedrich Bergius (1884), Norbert Elias (1897), Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898), Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833), Benoit Mandelbrot (1924), and Anton Denikin (1872). After him are Egon Krenz (1937), Krzysztof Penderecki (1933), Horst Köhler (1943), Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858), Stefan Banach (1892), and Tadeusz Reichstein (1897).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Johannes Hevelius ranks 3. Before him are Nicolaus Copernicus (1473), and Robert Luther (1822). After him are Albert Marth (1828), Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793), Johann Daniel Titius (1729), Maria Cunitz (1610), Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), and Hugo von Seeliger (1849).

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