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Tycho Brahe

1546 - 1601

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Tycho Brahe ( TY-koh BRAH-(h)ee, -⁠(h)ə)); born Tyge Ottesen Brahe; generally called Tycho (14 December 1546 – 24 October 1601) was a Danish astronomer, known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations. He was known during his lifetime as an astronomer, astrologer, and alchemist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tycho Brahe has received more than 3,407,986 page views. His biography is available in 98 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 96 in 2019). Tycho Brahe is the 6th most popular astronomer, the 3rd most popular biography from Sweden and the most popular Swedish Astronomer.

Tycho Brahe was a Danish astronomer who is most famous for his accurate measurements of the positions of the planets in the sky.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Tycho Brahe ranks 6 out of 531. Before him are Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Ptolemy, and Giordano Bruno. After him are Anders Celsius, William Herschel, Aristarchus of Samos, Edwin Hubble, Ulugh Beg, and Hipparchus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1546, Tycho Brahe ranks 2. Before him is Murad III. After him are Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, Heo Jun, Veronica Franco, Bartholomeus Spranger, Takeda Katsuyori, Charlotte of Bourbon, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Thomas Digges, and Johann Fischart. Among people deceased in 1601, Tycho Brahe ranks 1. After him are Michael the Brave, Louise of Lorraine, Kuchum, Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Starina Novak, Henriette of Cleves, Thomas Nashe, and Ivan Moskvitin.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Tycho Brahe ranks 3 out of 1,612. Before him are Alfred Nobel (1833) and Carl Linnaeus (1707). After him are Anders Celsius (1701), Ingmar Bergman (1918), Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594), Astrid Lindgren (1907), Selma Lagerlöf (1858), Olof Palme (1927), Charles XII of Sweden (1682), Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946), and Ingvar Kamprad (1926).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Sweden

Among astronomers born in Sweden, Tycho Brahe ranks 1. After him are Anders Celsius (1701), Bertil Lindblad (1895), Oskar Backlund (1846), Bengt Strömgren (1908), Carl Charlier (1862), and Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (1944).

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