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Rudolph Minkowski

1895 - 1976

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Rudolph Minkowski (born Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski ; German: [mɪŋˈkɔfski]; May 28, 1895 – January 4, 1976) was a German-American astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolph Minkowski has received more than 37,638 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Rudolph Minkowski is the 291st most popular astronomer (down from 235th in 2019), the 3,409th most popular biography from France (down from 2,910th in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 38k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rudolph Minkowskis by language

Over the past year Rudolph Minkowski has had the most page views in the with 4,207 views, followed by Chinese (1,506), and German (1,449). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (57.33%), Catalan (44.17%), and Ukrainian (28.87%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Rudolph Minkowski ranks 291 out of 644. Before him are Carl Charlier, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, John Michell, Aleksander Wolszczan, Albert George Wilson, and Caterina Scarpellini. After him are Zdeňka Vávrová, Iosif Shklovsky, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Otto Lesser, Walter Lewin, and Alfred Fowler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Rudolph Minkowski ranks 150. Before him are Nahum Goldmann, Laurens Hammond, Paul Gorguloff, Stefan Rowecki, Leonid Utyosov, and László Almásy. After him are Julijans Vaivods, Hari Singh, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Corrado Alvaro, Itō Noe, and Egon Pearson. Among people deceased in 1976, Rudolph Minkowski ranks 123. Before him are Angelo Iachino, Pinhas Lavon, Zdeněk Fierlinger, Helmut Kunz, Floyd Council, and Juan José Torres. After him are Sergei Shtemenko, Sinn Sisamouth, Alfons Rebane, Imogen Cunningham, Traugott Herr, and Armen Ohanian.

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In France

Among people born in France, Rudolph Minkowski ranks 3,409 out of 6,770. Before him are Robert Casadesus (1899), Eugène Burnouf (1801), Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877), Bruno Nuytten (1945), André Marie Constant Duméril (1774), and Bernard Maris (1946). After him are Émile Faguet (1847), Victor Segalen (1878), Bafétimbi Gomis (1985), Charles Pinot Duclos (1704), Zino Francescatti (1902), and Joseph Vendryes (1875).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Rudolph Minkowski ranks 29. Before him are César-François Cassini de Thury (1714), Charles Wolf (1827), Laurent Cassegrain (1629), André-Louis Danjon (1890), Jean-Louis Pons (1761), and Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (1853). After him are Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (1845), Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (1718), Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715), Louis Boyer (1901), Georges Rayet (1839), and Félix Tisserand (1845).

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