1929 - 2016
Kiichirō Furukawa (Japanese: 古川 麒一郎, Hepburn: Furukawa Kiichirō, Kunrei: Hurukawa Kiitirô, 22 July 1929 – 29 June 2016) was a Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets at the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kiichirō Furukawa has received more than 12,487 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kiichirō Furukawa is the 504th most popular astronomer (down from 447th in 2019), the 1,440th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,162nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Kiichirō Furukawa ranks 504 out of 531. Before him are Hisashi Kimura, Marc Aaronson, Helen Sawyer Hogg, Robert H. McNaught, Hiroki Kosai, and Seiji Ueda. After him are Luciano Tesi, Adriaan van Maanen, David C. Jewitt, Okuro Oikawa, Pavel Shternberg, and Hiroshi Kaneda.
1870 - 1943
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 498
1950 - 1987
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 499
1905 - 1993
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 500
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 501
1933 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 502
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 503
1929 - 2016
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 504
1931 - Present
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 505
1884 - 1946
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 506
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 507
1896 - 1970
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 508
1865 - 1920
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 509
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 510
Among people born in 1929, Kiichirō Furukawa ranks 431. Before him are Ali Mirzaei, Nirmala Deshpande, Clyde Lovellette, Wolfgang Peters, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, and Charlotte Froese Fischer. After him are Vivien Merchant, Desmond Hoyte, Boris Nikolov, LaVern Baker, Pete George, and Bhanu Athaiya. Among people deceased in 2016, Kiichirō Furukawa ranks 441. Before him are Clyde Lovellette, Jean-Marie Doré, Aki Schmidt, Raúl Sánchez, Rod Temperton, and Stephen Keshi. After him are Francisco Flores Pérez, Klaus Siebert, William Schallert, Gunnel Vallquist, Anatoli Isayev, and Erwin Hahn.
1929 - 2020
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 425
1929 - 2008
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 426
1929 - 2016
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 427
1929 - 2003
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 428
1929 - 2021
HPI: 42.35
Rank: 429
1929 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 430
1929 - 2016
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 431
1929 - 1982
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 432
1929 - 2002
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 433
1929 - 2017
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 434
1929 - 1997
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 435
1929 - 2021
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 436
1929 - 2020
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 437
1929 - 2016
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 435
1938 - 2016
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 436
1935 - 2016
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 437
1933 - 2016
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 438
1949 - 2016
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 439
1962 - 2016
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 440
1929 - 2016
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 441
1959 - 2016
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 442
1955 - 2016
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 443
1922 - 2016
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 444
1918 - 2016
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 445
1932 - 2016
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 446
1921 - 2016
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 447
Among people born in Japan, Kiichirō Furukawa ranks 1,440 out of 6,048. Before him are Shun Oguri (1982), Kazuo Ozaki (1960), Tomomi Inada (1959), Atsushi Uchiyama (1959), Hirokazu Tanaka (1957), and Seiji Ueda (1952). After him are Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903), Yuichi Nishimura (1972), Kyoko Kuroda (1969), Koji Tanaka (1955), Kenichi Suzumura (1974), and Takao Kawaguchi (1950).
1982 - Present
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 1,434
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 1,435
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 1,436
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.16
Rank: 1,437
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 1,438
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 1,439
1929 - 2016
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 1,440
1903 - 1986
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 1,441
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 1,442
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 1,443
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 1,444
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 1,445
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 1,446
Among astronomers born in Japan, Kiichirō Furukawa ranks 9. Before him are Chushiro Hayashi (1920), Takeshi Urata (1947), Yuji Hyakutake (1950), Hisashi Kimura (1870), Hiroki Kosai (1933), and Seiji Ueda (1952). After him are Okuro Oikawa (1896), Hiroshi Kaneda (1953), Takao Kobayashi (1961), Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Kin Endate (1960), and Kazuro Watanabe (1955).
1920 - 2010
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 3
1947 - 2012
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 4
1950 - 2002
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 5
1870 - 1943
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 6
1933 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 7
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 8
1929 - 2016
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 9
1896 - 1970
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 11
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 12
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 13
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 14
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 15