Astronomer

Mashallah ibn Athari

Persian mathematician and astronomer

740 - 815

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Mashallah ibn Athari

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Mashallah ibn Athari is the 297th most popular astronomer (down from 204th in 2024), the 253rd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 212th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Astronomer.

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Among Astronomers

Among astronomers, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 297 out of 644. Before him are Sylvain Arend, Richard Christopher Carrington, Hervé Faye, Grigory Neujmin, Eugene Parker, and Frank Muller. After him are Thomas Romney Robinson, David Gill, Maarten Schmidt, Iosif Shklovsky, Christine Kirch, and Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi.

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Sylvain Arend
1902 - 1992
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 291
Richard Christopher Carrington
1826 - 1875
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 292
Hervé Faye
1814 - 1902
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 293
Grigory Neujmin
1886 - 1946
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 294
Eugene Parker
1927 - 2022
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 295
Frank Muller
1862 - 1917
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 296
Mashallah ibn Athari
740 - 815
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 297
Thomas Romney Robinson
1792 - 1882
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 298
David Gill
1843 - 1914
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 299
Maarten Schmidt
1929 - 2022
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 300
Iosif Shklovsky
1916 - 1985
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 301
Christine Kirch
1697 - 1782
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 302
Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi
1220 - 1283
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 303

Contemporaries

Among people born in 740, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 4. Before him are Aurelius of Asturias, Paulinus II of Aquileia, and Kamalaśīla. After him are Al-Asmaʿi, Vineh of Bulgaria, Angilbert, and Adalgis. Among people deceased in 815, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 2. Before him is Jabir ibn Hayyan.