1892 - 1979
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (4 April 1892 in Heidelberg – 6 May 1979 in Heidelberg) was a German astronomer and a prolific discoverer of 395 minor planets. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth has received more than 30,414 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth is the 98th most popular astronomer (down from 91st in 2019), the 1,193rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,052nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Astronomer.
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth is most famous for his discovery of the periodic table. He was a German chemist and mineralogist.
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Among astronomers, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth ranks 98 out of 531. Before him are Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, David Fabricius, Johann Elert Bode, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, and William Huggins. After him are Karl Ludwig Hencke, J. Allen Hynek, James Van Allen, Mary Somerville, Reinhard Genzel, and Frank Drake.
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 92
1799 - 1875
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 93
1564 - 1617
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 94
1747 - 1826
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 95
1580 - 1637
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 96
1824 - 1910
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 97
1892 - 1979
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 98
1793 - 1866
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 99
1910 - 1986
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 100
1914 - 2006
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 101
1780 - 1872
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 102
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 103
1930 - 2022
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 104
Among people born in 1892, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth ranks 61. Before him are Johannes Frießner, Mikhail Kirponos, Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Eiji Yoshikawa, Juan Negrín, and Edith Södergran. After him are Tamon Yamaguchi, Harry Stack Sullivan, Tazio Nuvolari, S. R. Ranganathan, Marcel Dassault, and Rafael Moreno Aranzadi. Among people deceased in 1979, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth ranks 45. Before him are Edvard Kardelj, Louis Chiron, Giulio Natta, Feodor Lynen, Otto Robert Frisch, and Aleksei N. Leontiev. After him are Abul A'la Maududi, Mamie Eisenhower, Conrad Hilton, Teruo Nakamura, Konstantin Simonov, and Dhyan Chand.
1892 - 1971
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 55
1892 - 1941
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 56
1892 - 1947
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 57
1892 - 1962
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 58
1892 - 1956
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 59
1892 - 1923
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 60
1892 - 1979
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 61
1892 - 1942
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 62
1892 - 1949
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 63
1892 - 1953
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 64
1892 - 1972
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 65
1892 - 1986
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 66
1892 - 1922
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 67
1910 - 1979
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 39
1899 - 1979
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 40
1903 - 1979
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 41
1911 - 1979
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 42
1904 - 1979
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 43
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 44
1892 - 1979
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 45
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 46
1896 - 1979
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 47
1887 - 1979
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 48
1919 - 1979
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 49
1915 - 1979
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 50
1905 - 1979
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 51
Among people born in Germany, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth ranks 1,193 out of 6,142. Before him are Ernst Lindemann (1894), Georg Böhm (1661), Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907), Max Amann (1891), Armin Laschet (1961), and Wolfgang von Trips (1928). After him are Michel Bréal (1832), Otto Rasch (1891), Hans Baur (1897), Philipp Bouhler (1899), Rudolf Brandt (1909), and Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1594).
1894 - 1941
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 1,187
1661 - 1733
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 1,188
1907 - 1967
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 1,189
1891 - 1957
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 1,190
1961 - Present
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 1,191
1928 - 1961
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 1,192
1892 - 1979
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 1,193
1832 - 1915
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 1,194
1891 - 1948
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 1,195
1897 - 1993
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 1,196
1899 - 1945
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 1,197
1909 - 1948
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 1,198
1594 - 1632
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 1,199
Among astronomers born in Germany, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth ranks 18. Before him are Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Walter Baade (1893), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Petrus Apianus (1495), David Fabricius (1564), and Johann Elert Bode (1747). After him are Reinhard Genzel (1952), Heinrich Schwabe (1789), Arthur Auwers (1838), Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), and Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813).
1765 - 1834
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 12
1893 - 1960
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 13
1821 - 1889
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 14
1495 - 1552
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 15
1564 - 1617
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 16
1747 - 1826
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 17
1892 - 1979
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 18
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 19
1789 - 1875
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 20
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 21
1921 - 2015
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 22
1591 - 1666
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 23
1813 - 1890
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 24