1200 - 1204
Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (Arabic: أبو 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 Iberian-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 48,027 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji is the 134th most popular astronomer (down from 128th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from Spain (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji ranks 134 out of 532. Before him are Russell Alan Hulse, Andreas Cellarius, Walter Sydney Adams, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Arthur Auwers, and Vesto Slipher. After him are Ernst Öpik, N. R. Pogson, Maslama al-Majriti, Maria Mitchell, William Henry Pickering, and Guillaume Bigourdan.
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 128
1596 - 1665
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 129
1876 - 1956
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 130
1921 - 2015
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 131
1838 - 1915
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 132
1875 - 1969
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 133
1200 - 1204
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 134
1893 - 1985
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 135
1829 - 1891
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 136
950 - 1007
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 137
1818 - 1889
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 138
1858 - 1938
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 139
1851 - 1932
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 140
Among people born in 1200, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji ranks 17. Before him are Shiban, Joan, Countess of Flanders, Canute II of Sweden, Marcabru, George III of Georgia, and Michael I Komnenos Doukas. After him are Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, Gilbert Horal, Ghiyas ud din Balban, Guillaume de Lorris, Smilets of Bulgaria, and Mstislav II of Kiev. 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, Haakon III of Norway, Nicholas Kanabos, and Ban Kulin. After him are Guttorm of Norway, Suleiman II, Marie of Champagne, Minamoto no Yoriie, Berthold, Duke of Merania, and Michael Glykas.
1200 - 1266
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 11
1200 - 1244
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 12
1200 - 1234
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 13
1200 - 1150
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 14
1200 - 1184
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 15
1200 - 1215
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 16
1200 - 1204
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 17
1200 - 1227
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 18
1200 - 1200
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 19
1200 - 1287
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 20
1200 - 1238
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 21
1200 - 1298
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 22
1200 - 1170
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 23
1182 - 1204
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 4
1140 - 1204
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 5
1174 - 1204
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 6
1182 - 1204
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 7
1200 - 1204
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 8
1163 - 1204
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 9
1200 - 1204
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 10
1199 - 1204
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 11
1200 - 1204
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 12
1174 - 1204
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 13
1182 - 1204
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 14
1153 - 1204
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 15
1125 - 1204
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 16
Among people born in Spain, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji ranks 516 out of 2,595. Before him are Santiago Carrillo (1915), Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder (30), Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin (1818), Aurelius of Asturias (740), Francisco Pacheco (1564), and Ildefonsus (607). After him are Gaspar Sanz (1640), García Íñiguez of Pamplona (810), Juan Sánchez Cotán (1560), Abraham Zacuto (1452), Chintila (606), and Santiago Rusiñol (1861).
1915 - 2012
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 510
30 - 100
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 511
1818 - 1861
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 512
740 - 774
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 513
1564 - 1644
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 514
607 - 667
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 515
1200 - 1204
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 516
1640 - 1710
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 517
810 - 882
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 518
1560 - 1627
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 519
1452 - 1515
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 520
606 - 639
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 521
1861 - 1931
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 522
Among astronomers born in Spain, Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji ranks 3. Before him are Avempace (1080) and Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029). After him are Maslama al-Majriti (950), Antonio de Ulloa (1716), and Josep Comas i Solà (1868).
1080 - 1138
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 1
1029 - 1087
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 2
1200 - 1204
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 3
950 - 1007
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 4
1716 - 1795
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 5
1868 - 1937
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 6