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Margherita Hack

1922 - 2013

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Margherita Hack (Italian: [marɡeˈriːta ˈak]; 12 June 1922 – 29 June 2013) was an Italian astrophysicist and science communicator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margherita Hack has received more than 325,018 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Margherita Hack is the 203rd most popular astronomer (down from 181st in 2019), the 2,163rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,072nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Margherita Hack ranks 203 out of 644. Before her are Martin Schwarzschild, Peter Andreas Hansen, Jeremiah Horrocks, Bernard Lyot, Seth Barnes Nicholson, and John Stanley Plaskett. After her are Mashallah ibn Athari, Cleomedes, Tamara Smirnova, Timocharis, Bertil Lindblad, and James Ferguson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Margherita Hack ranks 151. Before her are Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, Sōsuke Uno, Anatoli Papanov, Paul Scofield, Susanna Agnelli, and Kevin Roche. After her are Alan Perlis, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Anker Jørgensen, Artemio Franchi, Bea Arthur, and Niels Holst-Sørensen. Among people deceased in 2013, Margherita Hack ranks 134. Before her are Emilio Pericoli, Emilio Colombo, Marta Eggerth, Álvaro Mutis, Van Cliburn, and Bebo Valdés. After her are Chris Kyle, Mitja Ribičič, Shakuntala Devi, Mariangela Melato, Luis Cubilla, and Robert Ressler.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Margherita Hack ranks 2,163 out of 5,161. Before her are Daniele Comboni (1831), Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (-98), Dacia Maraini (1936), Simon of Trent (1472), Princess Yolanda of Savoy (1901), and Demetrio Albertini (1971). After her are Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719), Lorenzo Bartolini (1777), Frédéric Ozanam (1813), William II, Duke of Apulia (1095), Alfenus Varus (-100), and Catherine of Ricci (1522).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Margherita Hack ranks 13. Before her are Riccardo Giacconi (1931), Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598), Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), Angelo Secchi (1818), Annibale de Gasparis (1819), and Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658). After her are Giovanni Battista Donati (1826), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), Guido Bonatti (1210), Niccolò Zucchi (1586), Luigi Carnera (1875), and Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio (1330).

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