1958 - Today
Neil deGrasse Tyson (American English: , Commonwealth English: ; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator. Since 1996, he has been the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neil deGrasse Tyson has received more than 9,838,588 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Neil deGrasse Tyson is the 19th most popular astronomer (up from 24th in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from United States (up from 358th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Astronomer.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is most famous for being an astrophysicist, science communicator, and science popularizer. He is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City.
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Among astronomers, Neil deGrasse Tyson ranks 19 out of 532. Before him are Ole Rømer, Carl Sagan, Ja'far al-Sadiq, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Edmond Halley, and Charles Messier. After him are Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Avempace, Robert Woodrow Wilson, Aryabhata, Roger Joseph Boscovich, and Giuseppe Piazzi.
1644 - 1710
HPI: 79.84
Rank: 13
1934 - 1996
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 14
702 - 765
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 15
1625 - 1712
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 16
1656 - 1742
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 17
1730 - 1817
HPI: 77.30
Rank: 18
1958 - Present
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 19
903 - 986
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 20
1080 - 1138
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 21
1936 - Present
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 22
476 - 550
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 23
1711 - 1787
HPI: 74.88
Rank: 24
1746 - 1826
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 25
Among people born in 1958, Neil deGrasse Tyson ranks 5. Before him are Michael Jackson, Madonna, Andrea Bocelli, and Ursula von der Leyen. After him are Gary Oldman, Tim Burton, Sharon Stone, Viggo Mortensen, Michelle Pfeiffer, Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Prince.
1958 - 2009
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 1
1958 - Present
HPI: 79.76
Rank: 2
1958 - Present
HPI: 77.59
Rank: 3
1958 - Present
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 4
1958 - Present
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 5
1958 - Present
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 6
1958 - Present
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 7
1958 - Present
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 8
1958 - Present
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 9
1958 - Present
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 10
1958 - Present
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 11
1958 - 2016
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Neil deGrasse Tyson ranks 337 out of 15,968. Before him are Irvin D. Yalom (1931), J. P. Morgan (1837), J. Paul Getty (1892), Joe Frazier (1944), Martin Sheen (1940), and Pete Conrad (1930). After him are Stevie Wonder (1950), Andrew Johnson (1808), David Carradine (1936), James A. Garfield (1831), Jerry Lewis (1926), and Kurt Cobain (1967).
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 331
1837 - 1913
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 332
1892 - 1976
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 333
1944 - 2011
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 334
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 335
1930 - 1999
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 336
1958 - Present
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 337
1950 - Present
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 338
1808 - 1875
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 339
1936 - 2009
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 340
1831 - 1881
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 341
1926 - 2017
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 342
1967 - 1994
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 343
Among astronomers born in United States, Neil deGrasse Tyson ranks 3. Before him are Edwin Hubble (1889) and Carl Sagan (1934). After him are Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), Clyde Tombaugh (1906), Charles Greeley Abbot (1872), Asaph Hall (1829), Percival Lowell (1855), William Alfred Fowler (1911), Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), Lewis A. Swift (1820), and J. Allen Hynek (1910).
1889 - 1953
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 1
1934 - 1996
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 2
1958 - Present
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 3
1936 - Present
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 4
1906 - 1997
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 5
1872 - 1973
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 6
1829 - 1907
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 7
1855 - 1916
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 8
1911 - 1995
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 9
1868 - 1921
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 10
1820 - 1913
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 11
1910 - 1986
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 12