1837 - 1923
Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan (31 August 1837 – 31 December 1923) was a French astronomer. His surname is sometimes spelled Stéphan in some literature, but this is apparently erroneous. He was born in Sainte Pezenne (today one of the districts of the town of Niort) and attended the Ecole Normale Superieure, and graduated at the top of his class in 1862.He was the director of the Marseille Observatory from 1864 to 1907 (until 1872 he was subordinate to Urbain le Verrier). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Édouard Stephan has received more than 28,727 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Édouard Stephan is the 114th most popular astronomer (up from 126th in 2019), the 1,607th most popular biography from France (up from 1,671st in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Édouard Stephan ranks 114 out of 531. Before him are Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Heinrich Schwabe, Arthur Auwers, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, and E. M. Antoniadi. After him are Henry Norris Russell, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Jeremiah Horrocks, Adelard of Bath, Tom Gehrels, and Johann Adam Schall von Bell.
1900 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 108
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 109
1789 - 1875
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 110
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 111
1526 - 1580
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 112
1870 - 1944
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 113
1837 - 1923
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 114
1877 - 1957
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 115
1921 - 2015
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 116
1618 - 1641
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 117
1075 - 1160
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 118
1925 - 2011
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 119
1591 - 1666
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 120
Among people born in 1837, Édouard Stephan ranks 31. Before him are Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Émile Waldteufel, Pierre Auguste Cot, Vasily Radlov, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, and Joseph Bell. After him are James Murray, Ion Creangă, Wild Bill Hickok, Abraham Kuyper, Arnold Janssen, and Maria Domenica Mazzarello. Among people deceased in 1923, Édouard Stephan ranks 32. Before him are Raymond Radiguet, Edith Södergran, Ernst Troeltsch, Max Nordau, Edward W. Morley, and Hovhannes Tumanyan. After him are Maurice Barrès, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Théophile Steinlen, Georg Luger, William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Zhang Xun.
1837 - 1859
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 25
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 26
1837 - 1883
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 27
1837 - 1918
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 28
1837 - 1899
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 29
1837 - 1911
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 30
1837 - 1923
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 31
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 32
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 33
1837 - 1876
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 34
1837 - 1920
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 35
1837 - 1909
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 36
1837 - 1881
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 37
1903 - 1923
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 26
1892 - 1923
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 27
1865 - 1923
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 28
1849 - 1923
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 29
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 30
1869 - 1923
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 31
1837 - 1923
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 32
1862 - 1923
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 33
1845 - 1923
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 34
1859 - 1923
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 35
1849 - 1923
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 36
1876 - 1923
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 37
1854 - 1923
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 38
Among people born in France, Édouard Stephan ranks 1,607 out of 6,011. Before him are Adela of Normandy (1065), Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (1742), Marcel Renault (1872), Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (1491), Louis Le Prince (1841), and Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836). After him are Barthélemy Catherine Joubert (1769), Henri Cartan (1904), Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien (1641), Thoinot Arbeau (1520), Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808), and André Martinet (1908).
1065 - 1137
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 1,601
1742 - 1819
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,602
1872 - 1903
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 1,603
1491 - 1521
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 1,604
1841 - 1890
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 1,605
1836 - 1911
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 1,606
1837 - 1923
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 1,607
1769 - 1799
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 1,608
1904 - 2008
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 1,609
1641 - 1716
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 1,610
1520 - 1595
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 1,611
1808 - 1889
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,612
1908 - 1999
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,613
Among astronomers born in France, Édouard Stephan ranks 7. Before him are Charles Messier (1730), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713), Pierre Méchain (1744), Jacques Cassini (1677), and Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580). After him are Alphonse Borrelly (1842), Pierre Janssen (1824), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), Guillaume Bigourdan (1851), Bernard Lyot (1897), and Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723).
1730 - 1817
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1
1732 - 1807
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 2
1713 - 1762
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 3
1744 - 1804
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 4
1677 - 1756
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 5
1580 - 1637
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 6
1837 - 1923
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 7
1842 - 1926
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 8
1824 - 1907
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 9
1688 - 1768
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 10
1851 - 1932
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 11
1897 - 1952
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 12
1723 - 1788
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 13