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Alenush Terian

1921 - 2011

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Ālenush Teriān (Armenian: Ալենուշ Տէրեան; Persian: آلنوش طریان; also: آلنوش تریان; November 9, 1921 – March 4, 2011) was an Iranian-Armenian astronomer and physicist and is called 'Mother of Modern Iranian Astronomy'. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alenush Terian is the 377th most popular astronomer (up from 385th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from Iran (up from 369th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iranian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alenush Terian ranks 377 out of 644. Before her are Frank Watson Dyson, Kidinnu, David C. Jewitt, Shi Shen, Robert Herman, and Dirk Brouwer. After her are Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Tadeáš Hájek, Joseph Johann von Littrow, Tsutomu Seki, Peter van de Kamp, and Brian Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Alenush Terian ranks 242. Before her are Simin Daneshvar, Ziya Bunyadov, Samuel T. Cohen, Edith Farkas, Ernesto Vidal, and Bengt Danielsson. After her are Saul Zaentz, Giuseppe Delfino, Frédéric Dard, Judy Holliday, Hossein Wahid Khorasani, and Maria Gorokhovskaya. Among people deceased in 2011, Alenush Terian ranks 217. Before her are Ricky Bruch, Jiří Dienstbier, John Paul Getty III, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Juan Arza, and Robert Ballaman. After her are Justinas Marcinkevičius, Würzel, Imre Makovecz, Jim Rathmann, Ulrich Biesinger, and Max van der Stoel.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Alenush Terian ranks 322 out of 631. Before her are Al-Birjandi (null), Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), Suleiman II of Persia (1714), Kushyar Gilani (971), Mohsen Rezaee (1954), and Navvab Safavi (1924). After her are Anousheh Ansari (1966), Sadeq Khan Zand (1800), Luarsab II of Kartli (1592), Ivan Galamian (1903), Mirza Kuchik Khan (1880), and Ariobarzanes of Persis (-368).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Iran

Among astronomers born in Iran, Alenush Terian ranks 5. Before her are Ulugh Beg (1394), Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903), Jamshīd al-Kāshī (1380), and Abu Hanifa Dinawari (815).

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