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Varāhamihira

505 - 587

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Varāhamihira (6th century CE, possibly c. 505 – c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Varāhamihira has received more than 1,054,864 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Varāhamihira is the 52nd most popular astronomer (up from 54th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from India (up from 94th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Astronomer.

Varāhamihira is most famous for his book the "Brihat Samhita" which is a compilation of astronomical information.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Varāhamihiras by language

Over the past year Varāhamihira has had the most page views in the with 130,841 views, followed by Hindi (49,220), and Bengali (12,981). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Nepali (449.28%), Haitian (129.07%), and Catalan (86.79%)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Varāhamihira ranks 52 out of 644. Before him are Gerard Kuiper, Ferdinand Verbiest, Vera Rubin, Clyde Tombaugh, Riccardo Giacconi, and William Lassell. After him are Pierre Janssen, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, William Alfred Fowler, Max Wolf, Johann Bayer, and Antony Hewish.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 505, Varāhamihira ranks 3. Before him are Belisarius, and Pope Pelagius I. After him are Jacob Baradaeus, Germanus, and Hesychius of Miletus. Among people deceased in 587, Varāhamihira ranks 1. After him are Saint Maurus, Emperor Yōmei, Radegund, and Æscwine of Essex.

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In India

Among people born in India, Varāhamihira ranks 90 out of 1,861. Before him are Lawrence Durrell (1912), Nathuram Godse (1910), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Bindusara (-320), Pete Best (1941), and Ram Mohan Roy (1772). After him are Patanjali (-200), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Ramanuja (1017), Ronald Ross (1857), Cliff Richard (1940), and Ram Nath Kovind (1945).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In India

Among astronomers born in India, Varāhamihira ranks 2. Before him are Aryabhata (476). After him are Philip Herbert Cowell (1870).

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