1876 - 1956
Walter Sydney Adams (December 20, 1876 – May 11, 1956) was an American astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Sydney Adams has received more than 40,701 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Walter Sydney Adams is the 132nd most popular astronomer (down from 130th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from Turkey (down from 507th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Walter Sydney Adams ranks 132 out of 531. Before him are Nikolai Chernykh, Johann Daniel Titius, John Russell Hind, Robert Luther, Annibale de Gasparis, and Harlow Shapley. After him are Maria Margaretha Kirch, Seleucus of Seleucia, Johann Franz Encke, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Alphonse Borrelly, and Williamina Fleming.
1931 - 2004
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 126
1729 - 1796
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 127
1823 - 1895
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 128
1822 - 1900
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 129
1819 - 1892
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 130
1885 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 131
1876 - 1956
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 132
1670 - 1720
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 133
190 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 134
1791 - 1865
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 135
1852 - 1926
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 136
1842 - 1926
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 137
1857 - 1911
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 138
Among people born in 1876, Walter Sydney Adams ranks 55. Before him are Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, Tomáš Baťa, Anna de Noailles, Fevzi Çakmak, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, and William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are Joseph Meister, Julio González, Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria, Hideyo Noguchi, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, and Tatyana Afanasyeva. Among people deceased in 1956, Walter Sydney Adams ranks 53. Before him are Erich Kleiber, Otto Schmidt, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Alben W. Barkley, Thomas J. Watson, and Pío Baroja. After him are Drastamat Kanayan, Michael Ventris, Alexander Fadeyev, Gianpiero Combi, David Seymour, and Miklós Nyiszli.
1876 - 1940
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 49
1876 - 1932
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 50
1876 - 1933
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 51
1876 - 1950
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 52
1876 - 1948
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 53
1876 - 1923
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 54
1876 - 1956
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 55
1876 - 1940
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 56
1876 - 1942
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 57
1876 - 1961
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 58
1876 - 1928
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 59
1876 - 1938
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 60
1876 - 1964
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 61
1890 - 1956
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 47
1891 - 1956
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 48
1867 - 1956
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 49
1877 - 1956
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 50
1874 - 1956
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 51
1872 - 1956
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 52
1876 - 1956
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 53
1884 - 1956
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 54
1922 - 1956
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 55
1901 - 1956
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 56
1902 - 1956
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 57
1911 - 1956
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 58
1901 - 1956
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 59
Among people born in Turkey, Walter Sydney Adams ranks 533 out of 1,301. Before him are Leo the Deacon (950), Nicholas Mystikos (852), Bardas Skleros (1000), Petros Markaris (1937), Symeon the New Theologian (949), and Yaşar Kemal (1923). After him are Leo V, King of Armenia (1342), Jovan Vladimir (990), Theodore Metochites (1270), Drastamat Kanayan (1884), Barlaam of Seminara (1290), and Neslişah Sultan (1921).
950 - 992
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 527
852 - 925
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 528
1000 - 991
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 529
1937 - Present
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 530
949 - 1022
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 531
1923 - 2015
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 532
1876 - 1956
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 533
1342 - 1393
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 534
990 - 1016
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 535
1270 - 1332
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 536
1884 - 1956
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 537
1290 - 1348
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 538
1921 - 2012
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 539
Among astronomers born in Turkey, Walter Sydney Adams ranks 3. Before him are Hipparchus (-190) and E. M. Antoniadi (1870). After him are Cleomedes (110), Cleostratus (-520), Dilhan Eryurt (1926), Janet Akyüz Mattei (1943), and Paris Pişmiş (1911).
190 BC - 120 BC
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 1
1870 - 1944
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 2
1876 - 1956
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 3
110 - 1
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 4
520 BC - 432 BC
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 5
1926 - 2012
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 6
1943 - 2004
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 7
1911 - 1999
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 8