1816 - 1893
Johann Rudolf Wolf (7 July 1816 – 6 December 1893) was a Swiss astronomer and mathematician best known for his research on sunspots. Wolf was born in Fällanden, near Zurich. He studied at the universities of Zurich, Vienna, and Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Wolf has received more than 26,531 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Wolf is the 203rd most popular astronomer (up from 207th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 237th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Rudolf Wolf ranks 203 out of 531. Before him are Otto Struve, Edward Walter Maunder, Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, James Dunlop, and Johannes Fabricius. After him are William Wallace Campbell, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, Guillaume Le Gentil, Edward L. G. Bowell, James W. Christy, and Heinrich Christian Schumacher.
1897 - 1963
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 197
1851 - 1928
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 198
1709 - 1788
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 199
1794 - 1874
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 200
1793 - 1848
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 201
1587 - 1616
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 202
1816 - 1893
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 203
1862 - 1938
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 204
1834 - 1882
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 205
1725 - 1792
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 206
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 207
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 208
1780 - 1850
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 209
Among people born in 1816, Rudolf Wolf ranks 19. Before him are Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, Giovanni Morelli, Gustav Freytag, Charles-Eugène Delaunay, Paul Féval, père, and Antoine François Marmontel. After him are Charles-Denis Bourbaki, Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, John Frederick Kensett, Malwida von Meysenbug, Wazir Akbar Khan, and Ion Ghica. Among people deceased in 1893, Rudolf Wolf ranks 32. Before him are Alexander Cunningham, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, José Zorrilla, Ford Madox Brown, Jacob Moleschott, and Robert Cornelius. After him are Julius Popper, Matsudaira Katamori, Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Samuel Baker, Nikolai Zverev, and Alphonse Beau de Rochas.
1816 - 1856
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 13
1816 - 1891
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 14
1816 - 1895
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 15
1816 - 1872
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 16
1816 - 1887
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 17
1816 - 1898
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 18
1816 - 1893
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 19
1816 - 1897
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 20
1816 - 1880
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 21
1816 - 1872
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 22
1816 - 1903
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 23
1816 - 1845
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 24
1816 - 1897
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 25
1814 - 1893
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 26
1806 - 1893
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 27
1817 - 1893
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 28
1821 - 1893
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 29
1822 - 1893
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 30
1809 - 1893
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 31
1816 - 1893
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 32
1857 - 1893
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 33
1836 - 1893
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 34
1817 - 1893
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 35
1821 - 1893
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 36
1832 - 1893
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 37
1815 - 1893
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 38
Among people born in Switzerland, Rudolf Wolf ranks 240 out of 876. Before him are Giovanni Giacometti (1868), Carl Nägeli (1817), DJ BoBo (1968), Jean Starobinski (1920), Heinz Holliger (1939), and Ivan Rakitić (1988). After him are Ludwig Senfl (1486), George de Mestral (1907), Vincent Perez (1964), Adolf Wölfli (1864), Henri Schwery (1932), and Emer de Vattel (1714).
1868 - 1933
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 234
1817 - 1891
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 235
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 236
1920 - 2019
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 237
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 238
1988 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 239
1816 - 1893
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 240
1486 - 1542
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 241
1907 - 1990
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 242
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 243
1864 - 1930
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 244
1932 - 2021
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 245
1714 - 1767
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 246
Among astronomers born in Switzerland, Rudolf Wolf ranks 3. Before him are Michel Mayor (1942) and Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718). After him are Didier Queloz (1966), Paul Wild (1925), Johann III Bernoulli (1744), Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664), Robert Julius Trumpler (1886), and Robert Emden (1862).
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1
1718 - 1751
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2
1816 - 1893
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 3
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 4
1925 - 2014
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 5
1744 - 1807
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 6
1664 - 1753
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 7
1886 - 1956
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 8
1862 - 1940
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 9