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Willem Jacob Luyten

1899 - 1994

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Willem Jacob Luyten (March 7, 1899 – November 21, 1994) was a Dutch-American astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem Jacob Luyten has received more than 33,369 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Willem Jacob Luyten is the 446th most popular astronomer (down from 413th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Indonesia (down from 54th in 2019) and the most popular Indonesian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Willem Jacob Luyten ranks 446 out of 644. Before him are Gottfried Kirch, Warren De la Rue, Brian Schmidt, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Zinaida Aksentyeva, and Henry L. Giclas. After him are Kees de Jager, Edward Pigott, Horace W. Babcock, Fyodor Bredikhin, Benjamin Banneker, and Charles W. Juels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Willem Jacob Luyten ranks 229. Before him are Grigori Roshal, Gerald Moore, Bo Lindman, Väinö Kokkinen, György Piller, and Indra Devi. After him are John Christie, Chief Dan George, Byron Haskin, Curtis Bernhardt, Frances Yates, and Harald Tammer. Among people deceased in 1994, Willem Jacob Luyten ranks 244. Before him are Alan Helffrich, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Ira Murchison, Roger Bocquet, Arati Saha, and Gennady Voronov. After him are Alain Daniélou, Bud Houser, Frank Belknap Long, John Smith, Mercedes Comaposada, and Rosa Chacel.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Willem Jacob Luyten ranks 65 out of 158. Before him are Chrisye (1949), Beb Bakhuys (1909), Teuku Umar (1854), Ilse Werner (1921), Adriaan Fokker (1887), and Rhoma Irama (1946). After him are Anies Baswedan (1969), Rudy Hartono (1949), Henk Badings (1907), Abdul Muis (1883), Hary Gunarto (1954), and Kusuma Wardhani (1964).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Indonesia

Among astronomers born in Indonesia, Willem Jacob Luyten ranks 1. 

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