1200 - 1204
Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (Arabic: نور الدين ابن إسحاق البطروجي) (also spelled Nur al-Din Ibn Ishaq al-Betrugi and Abu Ishâk ibn al-Bitrogi) (known in the West by the Latinized name of Alpetragius) (died c. 1204) was an Andalusian-Arab astronomer and a Qadi in al-Andalus. Al-Biṭrūjī was the first astronomer to present a non-Ptolemaic astronomical system as an alternative to Ptolemy's models, with the planets borne by geocentric spheres. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji has received more than 63,808 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji is the 146th most popular astronomer (down from 134th in 2019), the 597th most popular biography from Spain (down from 516th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji ranks 146 out of 531. Before him are Antonie Pannekoek, Pierre Janssen, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Maria Mitchell, and Annie Jump Cannon. After him are Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Peter Andreas Hansen, Guillaume Bigourdan, Eugène Joseph Delporte, Hermann Carl Vogel, and Bernard Lyot.
1873 - 1960
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 140
1824 - 1907
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 141
1688 - 1768
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 142
1658 - 1730
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 143
1818 - 1889
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 144
1863 - 1941
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 145
1200 - 1204
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 146
1597 - 1660
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 147
1795 - 1874
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 148
1851 - 1932
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 149
1882 - 1955
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 150
1841 - 1907
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 151
1897 - 1952
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 152
Among people born in 1200, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji ranks 22. Before him are Joan, Countess of Flanders, Shiban, Peire de Montagut, Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, Gilbert Horal, and Hadewijch. After him are Michael I Komnenos Doukas, Guillaume de Lorris, Anonymus, Pierre Basile, Richard de Bures, and Guillaume de Sonnac. Among people deceased in 1204, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji ranks 10. Before him are Alexios IV Angelos, Alexios V Doukas, Emeric, King of Hungary, Nicholas Kanabos, Haakon III of Norway, and Ban Kulin. After him are Minamoto no Yoriie, Berthold, Duke of Merania, Suleiman II, Marie of Champagne, Guttorm of Norway, and Michael Glykas.
1200 - 1244
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 16
1200 - 1266
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 17
1200 - 1232
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 18
1200 - 1227
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 19
1200 - 1200
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 20
1200 - 1260
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 21
1200 - 1204
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 22
1200 - 1215
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 23
1200 - 1238
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 24
1200 - 1300
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 25
1200 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 26
1200 - 1247
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 27
1200 - 1250
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 28
1182 - 1204
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 4
1140 - 1204
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 5
1174 - 1204
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 6
1200 - 1204
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 7
1182 - 1204
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 8
1163 - 1204
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 9
1200 - 1204
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 10
1182 - 1204
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 11
1153 - 1204
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 12
1200 - 1204
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 13
1174 - 1204
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 14
1199 - 1204
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 15
1125 - 1204
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 16
Among people born in Spain, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji ranks 597 out of 2,932. Before him are Chintila (606), José de Espronceda (1808), Ibn al-Khatib (1313), Alonso Sánchez Coello (1531), Juan Goytisolo (1931), and Juan de Grijalva (1480). After him are Ramon Muntaner (1265), Lluís Llach (1948), Víctor Valdés (1982), Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (1859), Francisco Herrera the Elder (1576), and Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851).
606 - 639
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 591
1808 - 1842
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 592
1313 - 1374
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 593
1531 - 1588
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 594
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 595
1480 - 1527
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 596
1200 - 1204
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 597
1265 - 1336
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 598
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 599
1982 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 600
1859 - 1949
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 601
1576 - 1656
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 602
1851 - 1921
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 603
Among astronomers born in Spain, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji ranks 4. Before him are Avempace (1080), Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029), and Maslama al-Majriti (950). After him are Antonio de Ulloa (1716) and Josep Comas i Solà (1868).
1080 - 1138
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 1
1029 - 1087
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 2
950 - 1007
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 3
1200 - 1204
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 4
1716 - 1795
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 5
1868 - 1937
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 6