The Most Famous
ASTRONOMERS from Romania
This page contains a list of the greatest Romanian Astronomers. The pantheon dataset contains 644 Astronomers, 1 of which were born in Romania. This makes Romania the birth place of the 56th most number of Astronomers behind Vietnam, and Chile.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Romanian Astronomers of all time. This list of famous Romanian Astronomers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. György Kulin (1905 - 1989)
With an HPI of 54.50, György Kulin is the most famous Romanian Astronomer. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
György Kulin (28 January 1905 – 22 April 1989) was a Hungarian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He was born in Nagyszalonta and died in Budapest. He discovered 21 asteroids and is a co-discoverer of the comet C/1942 C1 (Whipple-Bernasconi-Kulin). In addition to astronomy he also wrote some science fiction. The asteroid 3019 Kulin was named in his honor.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Romanian astronomers born between 1905 and 1905. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Romanian astronomers include György Kulin. As of April 2024, 1 new Romanian astronomers have been added to Pantheon including György Kulin.
