1891 - 1971
Yrjö Väisälä (Finnish: [ˈyrjø ˈʋæi̯sælæ] ; 6 September 1891 – 21 July 1971) was a Finnish astronomer and physicist.His main contributions were in the field of optics. He was also active in geodetics, astronomy and optical metrology. He had an affectionate nickname of Wizard of Tuorla (Observatory/Optics laboratory), and a book with the same title in Finnish describes his works. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yrjö Väisälä has received more than 49,312 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Yrjö Väisälä is the 189th most popular astronomer (up from 194th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Finland (up from 88th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Yrjö Väisälä ranks 189 out of 531. Before him are Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Jean-Louis Pons, Antonio de Ulloa, Lyudmila Chernykh, and Robert Grant Aitken. After him are Francis Baily, Bertil Lindblad, Jean Fernel, Joel Hastings Metcalf, Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, and Maximilian Hell.
1745 - 1816
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 183
1858 - 1928
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 184
1761 - 1831
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 185
1716 - 1795
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 186
1935 - 2017
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 187
1864 - 1951
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 188
1891 - 1971
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 189
1774 - 1844
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 190
1895 - 1965
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 191
1497 - 1558
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 192
1866 - 1925
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 193
770 - 874
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 194
1720 - 1792
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 195
Among people born in 1891, Yrjö Väisälä ranks 89. Before him are Alfred Meyer, Franz Alexander, Julius Raab, Walter Eucken, Hans Albers, and Hermann Scherchen. After him are Maksim Bahdanovič, Ronald Colman, Boris Iofan, Jose P. Laurel, Henry Tandey, and Maria Skobtsova. Among people deceased in 1971, Yrjö Väisälä ranks 77. Before him are Viktor Patsayev, Philo Farnsworth, József Zakariás, Amet-khan Sultan, Mak Dizdar, and Dimitrios Loundras. After him are Paul Lévy, Ignazio Giunti, Princess Anna of Montenegro, Gregorio Pietro Agagianian, Edith Tolkien, and Bella Darvi.
1891 - 1945
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 83
1891 - 1964
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 84
1891 - 1964
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 85
1891 - 1950
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 86
1891 - 1960
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 87
1891 - 1966
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 88
1891 - 1971
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 89
1891 - 1917
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 90
1891 - 1958
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 91
1891 - 1976
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 92
1891 - 1959
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 93
1891 - 1977
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 94
1891 - 1945
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 95
1933 - 1971
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 71
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 72
1924 - 1971
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 73
1920 - 1971
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 74
1917 - 1971
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 75
1885 - 1971
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 76
1891 - 1971
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 77
1886 - 1971
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 78
1941 - 1971
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 79
1874 - 1971
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 80
1895 - 1971
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 81
1889 - 1971
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 82
1928 - 1971
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 83
Among people born in Finland, Yrjö Väisälä ranks 85 out of 642. Before him are Eero Aarnio (1932), Fredrika Bremer (1801), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Juha Kankkunen (1959), Mika Salo (1966), and Marco Hietala (1966). After him are Markku Alén (1951), Arvid Horn (1664), Pentti Linkola (1932), Renny Harlin (1959), Tapio Wirkkala (1915), and Aimo Cajander (1879).
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 79
1801 - 1865
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 80
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 81
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 82
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 83
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 84
1891 - 1971
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 85
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 86
1664 - 1742
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 87
1932 - 2020
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 88
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 89
1915 - 1985
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 90
1879 - 1943
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 91
Among astronomers born in Finland, Yrjö Väisälä ranks 1. After him are Liisi Oterma (1915), Heikki A. Alikoski (1912), and Hugo Gyldén (1841).
1891 - 1971
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 1
1915 - 2001
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 2
1912 - 1997
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 3
1841 - 1896
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 4