1840 - 1919
Viktor Karlovich Knorre (Russian: Виктор Карлович Кнорре; 4 October 1840 – 25 August 1919) was a Russian astronomer of German ethnic origin. He worked in Nikolaev, Pulkovo and Berlin and is best known for having discovered 158 Koronis and three other minor planets. Knorre's father, Karl Friedrich Knorre, and grandfather, Ernst Friedrich Knorre, were also prominent astronomers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Knorre has received more than 14,818 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Knorre is the 337th most popular astronomer (down from 274th in 2019), the 544th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 423rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Ukrainian Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Viktor Knorre ranks 337 out of 531. Before him are Cyril Jackson, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, Holger Thiele, Vladimir Albitsky, Georges Rayet, and Gustav Spörer. After him are Maarten Schmidt, Félix Tisserand, Luboš Kohoutek, Eugene Parker, Dirk Brouwer, and Paul W. Merrill.
1903 - 1988
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 331
1718 - 1802
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 332
1878 - 1946
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 333
1891 - 1952
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 334
1839 - 1906
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 335
1822 - 1895
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 336
1840 - 1919
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 337
1929 - 2022
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 338
1845 - 1896
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 339
1935 - 2023
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 340
1927 - 2022
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 341
1902 - 1966
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 342
1887 - 1961
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 343
Among people born in 1840, Viktor Knorre ranks 59. Before him are Otto Wilhelm Thomé, William Graham Sumner, Alexander Kovalevsky, Charles Warren, Abraham Goldfaden, and Chief Joseph. After him are Célestine Galli-Marié, William Henry Conley, Kazimierz Alchimowicz, Theodor Philipsen, Émile Duclaux, and Victorino de la Plaza. Among people deceased in 1919, Viktor Knorre ranks 107. Before him are Amado Nervo, Wallace Clement Sabine, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, Paul von Jankó, Nikolay Shchors, and Pavel Chistyakov. After him are José Santos Zelaya, Elia Millosevich, Maryana Marrash, Franz Nissl, Tibor Szamuely, and Ricardo Palma.
1840 - 1925
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 53
1840 - 1910
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 54
1840 - 1901
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 55
1840 - 1927
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 56
1840 - 1908
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 57
1840 - 1904
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 58
1840 - 1919
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 59
1840 - 1905
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 60
1840 - 1897
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 61
1840 - 1916
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 62
1840 - 1920
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 63
1840 - 1904
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 64
1840 - 1919
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 65
1870 - 1919
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 101
1868 - 1919
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 102
1843 - 1919
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 103
1856 - 1919
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 104
1895 - 1919
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 105
1832 - 1919
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 106
1840 - 1919
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 107
1853 - 1919
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 108
1848 - 1919
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 109
1848 - 1919
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 110
1860 - 1919
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 111
1890 - 1919
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 112
1833 - 1919
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 113
Among people born in Ukraine, Viktor Knorre ranks 544 out of 1,083. Before him are Géza Kalocsay (1913), Franciszek Kleeberg (1888), Jan Brzechwa (1898), Jerzy Kuryłowicz (1895), Mikhail Zhvanetsky (1934), and Shura Cherkassky (1909). After him are Aleksander Brückner (1856), Leonid Stein (1934), Aleksander Ford (1908), Oleksiy Honcharuk (1984), Joseph Ludwig Raabe (1801), and Mieczysław Horszowski (1892).
1913 - 2008
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 538
1888 - 1941
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 539
1898 - 1966
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 540
1895 - 1978
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 541
1934 - 2020
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 542
1909 - 1995
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 543
1840 - 1919
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 544
1856 - 1939
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 545
1934 - 1973
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 546
1908 - 1980
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 547
1984 - Present
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 548
1801 - 1859
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 549
1892 - 1993
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 550
Among astronomers born in Ukraine, Viktor Knorre ranks 6. Before him are Otto Struve (1897), Svetlana Gerasimenko (1945), Tamara Smirnova (1935), Iosif Shklovsky (1916), and Klim Churyumov (1937). After him are Fyodor Bredikhin (1831) and Grigory Shajn (1892).
1897 - 1963
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 1
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 2
1935 - 2001
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 3
1916 - 1985
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 4
1937 - 2016
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 5
1840 - 1919
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 6
1831 - 1904
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 7
1892 - 1956
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 8