1929 - Today
Maarten Schmidt (born December 28, 1929) is a Dutch-American astronomer who measured the distances of quasars. Born in Groningen, The Netherlands, Schmidt studied with Jan Hendrik Oort. He earned his Ph.D. degree from Leiden Observatory in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maarten Schmidt has received more than 47,188 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Maarten Schmidt is the 296th most popular astronomer (up from 300th in 2019), the 487th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 454th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Dutch Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Maarten Schmidt ranks 296 out of 532. Before him are Williamina Fleming, Johann III Bernoulli, Freimut Börngen, Klim Churyumov, Lewis Boss, and Franz Kaiser. After him are Robert Julius Trumpler, Dirk Brouwer, Frank Watson Dyson, Aleksander Wolszczan, Marguerite Laugier, and Benjamin Apthorp Gould.
1857 - 1911
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 290
1744 - 1807
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 291
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 292
1937 - 2016
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 293
1846 - 1912
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 294
1891 - 1962
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 295
1929 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 296
1886 - 1956
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 297
1902 - 1966
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 298
1868 - 1939
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 299
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 300
1896 - 1976
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 301
1824 - 1896
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 302
Among people born in 1929, Maarten Schmidt ranks 247. Before him are Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Claude Goretta, Ray Barretto, Liselotte Pulver, John Henry Holland, and Moses Gunn. After him are Vija Artmane, József Tóth, Karl Koller, Henri Pousseur, Francesco Alberoni, and June Squibb.
1929 - 1987
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 241
1929 - 2019
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 242
1929 - 2006
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 243
1929 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 244
1929 - 2015
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 245
1929 - 1993
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 246
1929 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 247
1929 - 2008
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 248
1929 - 2017
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 249
1929 - 2009
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 250
1929 - 2009
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 251
1929 - Present
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 252
1929 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 253
Among people born in Netherlands, Maarten Schmidt ranks 487 out of 1,209. Before him are Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969), Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Dirck Coornhert (1522), Ernesto Hoost (1965), Ard Schenk (1944), and Hennie Kuiper (1949). After him are Gerrie Mühren (1946), Henri Nouwen (1932), George Knobel (1922), Dirk Brouwer (1902), Neelie Kroes (1941), and Richard Witschge (1969).
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 481
1710 - 1777
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 482
1522 - 1590
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 483
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 484
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 485
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 486
1929 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 487
1946 - 2013
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 488
1932 - 1996
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 489
1922 - 2012
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 490
1902 - 1966
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 491
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 492
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 493
Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Maarten Schmidt ranks 12. Before him are Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920), Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), John Goodricke (1764), Walter Lewin (1936), Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (1845), and Adriaan Blaauw (1914). After him are Dirk Brouwer (1902), Hendrik van Gent (1900), Bart Bok (1906), Peter van de Kamp (1901), Adriaan van Maanen (1884), and Ewine van Dishoeck (1955).
1920 - 2002
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 6
1851 - 1922
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 7
1764 - 1786
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 8
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 9
1845 - 1904
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 10
1914 - 2010
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 11
1929 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 12
1902 - 1966
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 13
1900 - 1947
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 14
1906 - 1983
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 15
1901 - 1995
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 16
1884 - 1946
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 17
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 18