1931 - 2004
Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh (Russian: Никола́й Степа́нович Черны́х, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrˈnɨx]; 6 October 1931 – 25 May 2004) was a Russian-born Soviet astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyi, Crimea. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolai Chernykh has received more than 53,741 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Nikolai Chernykh is the 126th most popular astronomer (up from 146th in 2019), the 555th most popular biography from Russia (up from 589th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Nikolai Chernykh ranks 126 out of 531. Before him are Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Ali Qushji, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Hermann Goldschmidt, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, and Maslama al-Majriti. After him are Johann Daniel Titius, John Russell Hind, Robert Luther, Annibale de Gasparis, Harlow Shapley, and Walter Sydney Adams.
1591 - 1666
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 120
1403 - 1474
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 121
1813 - 1890
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 122
1802 - 1866
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 123
1800 - 1867
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 124
950 - 1007
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 125
1931 - 2004
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 126
1729 - 1796
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 127
1823 - 1895
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 128
1822 - 1900
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 129
1819 - 1892
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 130
1885 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 131
1876 - 1956
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 132
Among people born in 1931, Nikolai Chernykh ranks 97. Before him are Peter Collins, Takashi Takabayashi, John Gavin, Angie Dickinson, Mike Nichols, and Yao Wenyuan. After him are Vujadin Boškov, Barbara Eden, Koichi Sugiyama, Ermanno Olmi, Telê Santana, and Haya Harareet. Among people deceased in 2004, Nikolai Chernykh ranks 61. Before him are Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Raymond Goethals, Serge Reggiani, Jean Rouch, Lennart Bernadotte, and Harold Shipman. After him are Nino Manfredi, Marika Rökk, Charles Sweeney, Philippe de Broca, Mercedes McCambridge, and Thanom Kittikachorn.
1931 - 1958
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 91
1931 - 2009
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 92
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 93
1931 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 94
1931 - 2014
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 95
1931 - 2005
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 96
1931 - 2004
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 97
1931 - 2014
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 98
1931 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 99
1931 - 2021
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 100
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 101
1931 - 2006
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 102
1931 - 2021
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 103
1952 - 2004
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 55
1921 - 2004
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 56
1922 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 57
1917 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 58
1909 - 2004
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 59
1946 - 2004
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 60
1931 - 2004
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 61
1921 - 2004
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 62
1913 - 2004
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 63
1919 - 2004
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 64
1933 - 2004
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 65
1916 - 2004
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 66
1911 - 2004
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 67
Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Chernykh ranks 555 out of 3,262. Before him are Yuri Averbakh (1922), Mikhail Skobelev (1843), Konstantin Makovsky (1839), Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906), Grigory Sokolov (1950), and Sergey Biryuzov (1904). After him are Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (1301), Ivan Sechenov (1829), Viktor Tikhonov (1930), Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (1846), Wilhelm Voigt (1849), and Nikolai Kardashev (1932).
1922 - 2022
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 549
1843 - 1882
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 550
1839 - 1915
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 551
1906 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 552
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 553
1904 - 1964
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 554
1931 - 2004
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 555
1301 - 1339
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 556
1829 - 1905
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 557
1930 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 558
1846 - 1888
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 559
1849 - 1922
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 560
1932 - 2019
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 561
Among astronomers born in Russia, Nikolai Chernykh ranks 1. After him are Lyudmila Chernykh (1935), Sergey Belyavsky (1883), Hermann von Struve (1854), Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov (1935), Vladimir Kotelnikov (1908), Lyudmila Zhuravleva (1946), Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (1908), Lyudmila Karachkina (1948), Benjamin Jekhowsky (1881), Pelageya Shajn (1894), and Alexander Voeikov (1842).
1931 - 2004
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1
1935 - 2017
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 2
1883 - 1953
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 3
1854 - 1920
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 4
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 5
1908 - 2005
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 7
1908 - 1983
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 9
1881 - 1975
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 10
1894 - 1956
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 11
1842 - 1916
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 12