The Most Famous
ASTRONOMERS from Croatia
This page contains a list of the greatest Croatian Astronomers. The pantheon dataset contains 644 Astronomers, 2 of which were born in Croatia. This makes Croatia the birth place of the 34th most number of Astronomers behind Estonia, and Uzbekistan.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Croatian Astronomers of all time. This list of famous Croatian Astronomers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711 - 1787)
With an HPI of 74.76, Roger Joseph Boscovich is the most famous Croatian Astronomer. Her biography has been translated into 46 different languages on wikipedia.
Roger Joseph Boscovich (Croatian: Ruđer Josip Bošković, pronounced [rûd͡ʑer jǒsip bôʃkoʋit͡ɕ]; Italian: Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich; Latin: Rogerius (Iosephus) Boscovicius; 18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, Jesuit priest, and a polymath from the Republic of Ragusa. He studied and lived in Italy and France where he also published many of his works. Boscovich produced a precursor of atomic theory and made many contributions to astronomy, including the first geometric procedure for determining the equator of a rotating planet from three observations of a surface feature and for computing the orbit of a planet from three observations of its position. In 1753 he also discovered the absence of an atmosphere on the Moon.
2. Korado Korlević (b. 1958)
With an HPI of 52.67, Korado Korlević is the 2nd most famous Croatian Astronomer. His biography has been translated into 25 different languages.
Korado Korlević (born 19 September 1958 in Poreč) is a Croatian teacher and prolific amateur astronomer, who ranks among the world's top 20 discoverers of minor planets. As of 2016, he is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 1162 numbered minor planets he made at Višnjan Observatory during 1996–2001. In addition, he is credited with the co-discovery of another 132 minor planets. His discoveries include the slowly-rotating outer main-belt asteroid 10415 Mali Lošinj, and 10645 Brač, a member of the Eunomia family of asteroids. He has also discovered two comets, namely 183P/Korlević-Jurić and 203P/Korlević.
3. Mario Jurić (b. 1979)
With an HPI of 35.32, Mario Jurić is the 3rd most famous Croatian Astronomer. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Mario Jurić (Croatian pronunciation: [mâːrio jǔːrit͡ɕ]; born 9 February 1979) is a Croatian astronomer. Jurić was born in Zagreb. He graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Science, and received a doctorate at Princeton University in 2007. He is the Data Management Project Scientist for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. Together with prolific amateur astronomer Korado Korlević, Jurić has co-discovered 125 asteroids, and one comet, 183P/Korlević-Jurić. He took part in discovery of the Sloan Great Wall, at the time the largest known structure in the Universe. His co-discovery, the Koronian asteroid 22899 Alconrad is one of the smallest known binary asteroids in the main-belt.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Croatian astronomers born between 1711 and 1979. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Croatian astronomers include Korado Korlević, and Mario Jurić. The most famous deceased Croatian astronomers include Roger Joseph Boscovich. As of April 2024, 1 new Croatian astronomers have been added to Pantheon including Mario Jurić.
