Astronomo

Edmond Halley

1656 - 1742

Edmond Halley

Edmond Halley a volte Edmund, pronuncia inglese [ˈɛdmənd ˈhæli] (Londra, 8 novembre 1656 – Greenwich, 14 gennaio 1742) è stato un astronomo, matematico, fisico, climatologo, geofisico e meteorologo inglese. Leggi di più su Wikipedia

His biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 88 in 2024). Edmond Halley is the 6th most popular astronomo (up from 23rd in 2024), the 42nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 253rd in 2019) and the most popular British Astronomo.

Edmond Halley is most famous for his comet that orbits the sun and reappears every 76 years.

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Among Astronomos

Among astronomos, Edmond Halley ranks 6 out of 644. Before him are Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Giordano Bruno, and Ptolemy. After him are Tycho Brahe, Anders Celsius, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, William Herschel, Aristarchus of Samos, and Hipparchus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1656, Edmond Halley ranks 1. After him are Marin Marais, Kateri Tekakwitha, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, Nicolas de Largillière, Guillaume Dubois, Robert de Cotte, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Ferdinand de Marsin. Among people deceased in 1742, Edmond Halley ranks 1. After him are Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Pylyp Orlyk, Arvid Horn, Luigi Guido Grandi, Friedrich Hoffmann, Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg, Jean-Baptiste Dubos, and Carlos Seixas.

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Edmond Halley
ASTRONOMER
1656 - 1742
HPI: 85.55
Rank: 1
Marin Marais
COMPOSER
1656 - 1728
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 2
Kateri Tekakwitha
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1656 - 1680
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 3
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark
PAINTER
1656 - 1693
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 4
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
ARCHITECT
1656 - 1723
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 5
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
BIOLOGIST
1656 - 1708
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 6
Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1656 - 1721
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 7
Nicolas de Largillière
PAINTER
1656 - 1746
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 8
Guillaume Dubois
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1656 - 1723
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 9
Robert de Cotte
ARCHITECT
1656 - 1735
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 10
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
COMPOSER
1656 - 1746
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 11
Ferdinand de Marsin
POLITICIAN
1656 - 1706
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1742

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Edmond Halley
ASTRONOMER
1656 - 1742
HPI: 85.55
Rank: 1
Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg
POLITICIAN
1673 - 1742
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 2
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
POLITICIAN
1661 - 1742
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 3
Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans
COMPANION
1709 - 1742
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 4
Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco
COMPOSER
1675 - 1742
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 5
Pylyp Orlyk
POLITICIAN
1672 - 1742
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 6
Arvid Horn
POLITICIAN
1664 - 1742
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 7
Luigi Guido Grandi
PHILOSOPHER
1671 - 1742
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 8
Friedrich Hoffmann
PHYSICIAN
1660 - 1742
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 9
Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg
POLITICIAN
1677 - 1742
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 10
Jean-Baptiste Dubos
WRITER
1670 - 1742
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 11
Carlos Seixas
COMPOSER
1704 - 1742
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 12

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmond Halley ranks 42 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary II of England (1662), Michael Faraday (1791), Edward V of England (1470), Agatha Christie (1890), H. G. Wells (1866), and Thomas Hobbes (1588). After him are Alexander Graham Bell (1847), Mary I of England (1516), Charles Dickens (1812), Alan Turing (1912), Alexander Fleming (1881), and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947).

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Mary II of England
POLITICIAN
1662 - 1694
HPI: 86.29
Rank: 36
Michael Faraday
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HPI: 86.08
Rank: 37
Edward V of England
POLITICIAN
1470 - 1483
HPI: 85.88
Rank: 38
Agatha Christie
WRITER
1890 - 1976
HPI: 85.80
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H. G. Wells
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1866 - 1946
HPI: 85.76
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Thomas Hobbes
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Mary I of England
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Charles Dickens
WRITER
1812 - 1870
HPI: 85.20
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Alan Turing
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HPI: 85.14
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Alexander Fleming
BIOLOGIST
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HPI: 84.76
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
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HPI: 84.73
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