1629 - 1693
Laurent Cassegrain (French: [loʁɑ̃ kasgʁɛ̃]; c. 1629 – 1 September 1693) was a Catholic priest who is notable as the probable inventor of the Cassegrain reflector, a folded two-mirror reflecting telescope design. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurent Cassegrain has received more than 40,288 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Laurent Cassegrain is the 269th most popular astronomer (up from 485th in 2019), the 3,183rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,984th in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Laurent Cassegrain ranks 269 out of 531. Before him are David Gill, Franz Xaver von Zach, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Charles T. Kowal, Antonia Maury, and Horace Parnell Tuttle. After him are Jean Richer, Carl Charlier, Lewis Boss, Charles Wolf, Grigory Neujmin, and Robert T. A. Innes.
1843 - 1914
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 263
1754 - 1832
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 264
1824 - 1896
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 265
1940 - 2011
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 266
1866 - 1952
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 267
1837 - 1923
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 268
1629 - 1693
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 269
1630 - 1696
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 270
1862 - 1934
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 271
1846 - 1912
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 272
1827 - 1918
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 273
1886 - 1946
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 274
1861 - 1933
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 275
Among people born in 1629, Laurent Cassegrain ranks 18. Before him are Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Cornelis Tromp, Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, and Symeon of Polotsk. After him is Agnes Block. Among people deceased in 1693, Laurent Cassegrain ranks 16. Before him are Elisabeth Hevelius, Maria van Oosterwijck, John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Willem van de Velde the Elder, Johann Caspar Kerll, and John de Britto. After him are Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy and Jan Andrzej Morsztyn.
1629 - 1665
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 12
1629 - 1663
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 13
1629 - 1691
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 14
1629 - 1685
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 15
1629 - 1691
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 16
1629 - 1680
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 17
1629 - 1693
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 18
1629 - 1704
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 19
1647 - 1693
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 10
1630 - 1693
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 11
1627 - 1693
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 12
1611 - 1693
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 13
1627 - 1693
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 14
1647 - 1693
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 15
1629 - 1693
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 16
1618 - 1693
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 17
1621 - 1693
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 18
Among people born in France, Laurent Cassegrain ranks 3,183 out of 6,011. Before him are André Leducq (1904), Guy Ropartz (1864), Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (1748), Jules Vallès (1832), Alfred Bruneau (1857), and Germaine Tillion (1907). After him are Magda Julin (1894), Michel Aumont (1936), Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746), René Barjavel (1911), Loyset Compère (1440), and Victor de Broglie (1785).
1904 - 1980
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 3,177
1864 - 1955
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 3,178
1748 - 1794
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 3,179
1832 - 1885
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 3,180
1857 - 1934
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 3,181
1907 - 2008
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 3,182
1629 - 1693
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 3,183
1894 - 1990
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 3,184
1936 - 2019
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 3,185
1746 - 1817
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 3,186
1911 - 1985
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 3,187
1440 - 1518
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 3,188
1785 - 1870
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 3,189
Among astronomers born in France, Laurent Cassegrain ranks 25. Before him are Jean Fernel (1497), Guillaume Le Gentil (1725), Alexis Bouvard (1767), César-François Cassini de Thury (1714), Rudolph Minkowski (1895), and Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715). After him are Charles Wolf (1827), Jérôme Eugène Coggia (1849), André-Louis Danjon (1890), Benjamin Baillaud (1848), Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (1853), and Louis Boyer (1901).
1497 - 1558
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 19
1725 - 1792
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 20
1767 - 1843
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 21
1714 - 1784
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 22
1895 - 1976
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 23
1715 - 1799
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 24
1629 - 1693
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 25
1827 - 1918
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 26
1849 - 1919
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 27
1890 - 1967
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 28
1848 - 1934
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 29
1853 - 1948
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 30
1901 - 1999
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 31