1925 - 2011
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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Gehrels has received more than 41,295 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Gehrels is the 119th most popular astronomer (down from 97th in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 154th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Astronomer.
Tom Gehrels is most famous for being the director of the National Solar Observatory, which is located in Sunspot, New Mexico. He has also been credited with discovering the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
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Among astronomers, Tom Gehrels ranks 119 out of 531. Before him are E. M. Antoniadi, Édouard Stephan, Henry Norris Russell, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Jeremiah Horrocks, and Adelard of Bath. After 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.
1870 - 1944
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 113
1837 - 1923
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 114
1877 - 1957
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 115
1921 - 2015
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 116
1618 - 1641
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 117
1075 - 1160
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 118
1925 - 2011
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 119
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
Among people born in 1925, Tom Gehrels ranks 98. Before him are Hildegard Knef, Nicolai Gedda, Veljko Kadijević, William Styron, Sammy Davis Jr., and Martin Rodbell. After him are Ernesto Cardenal, Georges Delerue, Justo Gallego Martínez, Lepa Radić, Dettmar Cramer, and Gore Vidal. Among people deceased in 2011, Tom Gehrels ranks 72. Before him are Aristides Pereira, William Lipscomb, Cy Twombly, Gunter Sachs, Itamar Franco, and Johannes Heesters. After him are Sergei Bagapsh, Yelena Bonner, Valentin Ivanov, Harold Garfinkel, Jack Kevorkian, and Lyudmila Gurchenko.
1925 - 2002
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 92
1925 - 2017
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 93
1925 - 2014
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 94
1925 - 2006
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 95
1925 - 1990
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 96
1925 - 1998
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 97
1925 - 2011
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 98
1925 - 2020
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 99
1925 - 1992
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 100
1925 - 2021
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 101
1925 - 1943
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 102
1925 - 2015
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 103
1925 - 2012
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 104
1923 - 2011
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 66
1919 - 2011
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 67
1928 - 2011
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 68
1932 - 2011
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 69
1930 - 2011
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 70
1903 - 2011
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 71
1925 - 2011
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 72
1949 - 2011
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 73
1923 - 2011
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 74
1934 - 2011
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 75
1917 - 2011
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 76
1928 - 2011
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 77
1935 - 2011
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 78
Among people born in Netherlands, Tom Gehrels ranks 220 out of 1,427. Before him are Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554), Willem Drees (1886), Nicolaes Maes (1634), Gerard van Swieten (1700), Patrick Kluivert (1976), and Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577). After him are Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627), Princess Sophie of the Netherlands (1824), Abraham Kuyper (1837), Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627), Saskia Sassen (1947), and C. C. Catch (1964).
1554 - 1618
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 214
1886 - 1988
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 215
1634 - 1693
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 216
1700 - 1772
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 217
1976 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 218
1577 - 1629
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 219
1925 - 2011
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 220
1627 - 1678
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 221
1824 - 1897
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 222
1837 - 1920
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 223
1627 - 1667
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 224
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 225
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 226
Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Tom Gehrels ranks 4. Before him are Jan Oort (1900), Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692), and Gerard Kuiper (1905). After him are Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920), Antonie Pannekoek (1873), Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), John Goodricke (1764), Walter Lewin (1936), Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (1845), and Michael van Langren (1598).
1900 - 1992
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 1
1692 - 1761
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2
1905 - 1973
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 3
1925 - 2011
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 4
1920 - 2002
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 5
1873 - 1960
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 6
1851 - 1922
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 7
1764 - 1786
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 8
1936 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 9
1914 - 2010
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 10
1845 - 1904
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 11
1598 - 1675
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 12