1611 - 1687
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 Gdańsk , in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Hevelius has received more than 253,569 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Johannes Hevelius is the 25th most popular astronomer (up from 33rd in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Poland (up from 91st in 2019) and the 2nd 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, Johannes Hevelius ranks 25 out of 531. Before him are Edmond Halley, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Robert Woodrow Wilson, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Charles Messier, and Giuseppe Piazzi. After him are Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Roger Joseph Boscovich, Avempace, William Alfred Fowler, and Johann Gottfried Galle.
1656 - 1742
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 19
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 20
1936 - Present
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 21
903 - 986
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 22
1730 - 1817
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 23
1746 - 1826
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 24
1611 - 1687
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 25
1758 - 1840
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 26
1380 - 1429
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 27
1711 - 1787
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 28
1080 - 1138
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 29
1911 - 1995
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 30
1812 - 1910
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 31
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 Carlo Rainaldi. Among people deceased in 1687, Johannes Hevelius ranks 3. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Lully and William Petty. After him are René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Constantijn Huygens, Nicholas Mercator, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Nell Gwyn, Henry More, Laura Martinozzi, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, and François de Créquy.
1611 - 1689
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 1
1611 - 1673
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 2
1611 - 1644
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 3
1611 - 1682
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 4
1611 - 1687
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 5
1611 - 1675
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 6
1611 - 1642
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 7
1611 - 1667
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 8
1611 - 1644
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 9
1611 - 1684
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 10
1611 - 1661
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 11
1611 - 1691
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 12
1632 - 1687
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 1
1623 - 1687
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 2
1611 - 1687
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 3
1643 - 1687
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 4
1596 - 1687
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 5
1620 - 1687
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 6
1612 - 1687
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7
1650 - 1687
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 8
1614 - 1687
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 9
1639 - 1687
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 10
1636 - 1687
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 11
1625 - 1687
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 12
Among people born in Poland, Johannes Hevelius ranks 85 out of 1,454. Before him are Anna Jagiellon (1523), Horst Köhler (1943), Benoit Mandelbrot (1924), Carl Menger (1840), Egon Krenz (1937), and Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046). After him are Krzysztof Penderecki (1933), Anton Denikin (1872), Kurt Alder (1902), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Dziga Vertov (1896), and Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898).
1523 - 1596
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 79
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 80
1924 - 2010
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 81
1840 - 1921
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 82
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 83
1046 - 1095
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 84
1611 - 1687
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 85
1933 - 2020
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 86
1872 - 1947
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 87
1902 - 1958
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 88
1512 - 1609
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 89
1896 - 1954
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 90
1898 - 1988
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 91
Among astronomers born in Poland, Johannes Hevelius ranks 2. Before him are Nicolaus Copernicus (1473). After him are Albert Marth (1828), Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793), Johann Daniel Titius (1729), Robert Luther (1822), Maria Cunitz (1610), Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), and Hugo von Seeliger (1849).
1473 - 1543
HPI: 91.59
Rank: 1
1611 - 1687
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 2
1828 - 1897
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 3
1793 - 1866
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 4
1729 - 1796
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 5
1822 - 1900
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 6
1610 - 1664
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 7
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 8
1915 - 1993
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 9
1832 - 1921
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 10
1849 - 1924
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 11