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Margherita Hack

1922 - 2013

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Margherita Hack (Italian: [marɡeˈriːta ˈ(h)ak]; 12 June 1922 – 29 June 2013) was an Italian astrophysicist and scientific disseminator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margherita Hack has received more than 306,108 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Margherita Hack is the 181st most popular astronomer (up from 200th in 2019), the 2,077th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,169th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Margherita Hack ranks 181 out of 531. Before her are John Goodricke, Dominique, comte de Cassini, August Kopff, William Henry Pickering, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, and Otto Wilhelm von Struve. After her are John Bevis, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Jean-Louis Pons, Antonio de Ulloa, and Lyudmila Chernykh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Margherita Hack ranks 148. Before her are Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, Albert Lamorisse, Eileen Essell, Alexander Zinoviev, Clair Cameron Patterson, and Gerda Steinhoff. After her are John Edward Williams, Anatoli Papanov, Anker Jørgensen, Stanley Schachter, Dilip Kumar, and Guy Thys. Among people deceased in 2013, Margherita Hack ranks 132. Before her are Mitja Ribičič, Colin Davis, Marie-Claire Alain, Shakuntala Devi, Georges Lautner, and Marc Rich. After her are Édouard Molinaro, Clive Burr, Álvaro Mutis, Karen Black, Luis Cubilla, and Marta Eggerth.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Margherita Hack ranks 2,077 out of 4,668. Before her are Marcus Valerius Corvus (-371), Walter Zenga (1960), Guidobaldo del Monte (1545), Alberto Lattuada (1914), Sidney Sonnino (1847), and Beatrice Regina della Scala (1333). After her are Lucilius Junior (6), Marcello Bacciarelli (1731), Salvatore Maranzano (1886), Realdo Colombo (1516), Albert Anastasia (1902), and Nepotianus (400).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Margherita Hack ranks 13. Before her are Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), Riccardo Giacconi (1931), Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598), Angelo Secchi (1818), Annibale de Gasparis (1819), and Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658). After her are Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), Giovanni Battista Donati (1826), Niccolò Zucchi (1586), Giorgio Abetti (1882), Geminiano Montanari (1633), and Luigi Carnera (1875).

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