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Michael van Langren

1598 - 1675

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Michael van Langren (April 1598 – May 1675) was an astronomer and cartographer of the Low Countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael van Langren has received more than 36,692 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Michael van Langren is the 298th most popular astronomer (up from 320th in 2019), the 541st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 547th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Michael van Langren ranks 298 out of 644. Before him are Zdeňka Vávrová, Iosif Shklovsky, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Otto Lesser, Walter Lewin, and Alfred Fowler. After him are Robert T. A. Innes, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Carl Gustav Witt, Antonia Maury, and Hermann von Struve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1598, Michael van Langren ranks 11. Before him are Eleonora Gonzaga, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Maarten Tromp, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Johann Crüger, and Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. After him are Daniele Crespi, Chen Hongshou, Bartholomeus Breenbergh, and Georg Stiernhielm. Among people deceased in 1675, Michael van Langren ranks 21. Before him are Allaert van Everdingen, Feodosia Morozova, Brynjólfur Sveinsson, Jacques Marquette, August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and Abraham van Diepenbeeck. After him are Domenico II Contarini, Cort Adeler, Andreas Hammerschmidt, and Valentin Conrart.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Michael van Langren ranks 541 out of 1,646. Before him are Cornelis Tromp (1629), Dirk van der Aa (1731), Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611), Walter Lewin (1936), Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596), and Anna van Egmont (1533). After him are Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Henri Nouwen (1932), Hannie Schaft (1920), Godfried Schalcken (1643), Corine Rottschäfer (1938), and Jan Baptist Weenix (1621).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Michael van Langren ranks 12. Before him are John Goodricke (1764), Antonie Pannekoek (1873), Peter van de Kamp (1901), Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), Adriaan Blaauw (1914), and Walter Lewin (1936). After him are Maarten Schmidt (1929), Eise Eisinga (1744), Adriaan van Maanen (1884), Bart Bok (1906), Dirk Brouwer (1902), and Hendrik van Gent (1900).

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