ASTRONOMER
Avi Loeb
1962 - Today
Avi Loeb
Abraham "Avi" Loeb (Hebrew: אברהם (אבי) לייב; born February 26, 1962) is an Israeli and American theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology. Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University, where since 2007 he has been Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at the Center for Astrophysics. He chaired the Department of Astronomy from 2011 to 2020, and founded the Black Hole Initiative in 2016. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Avi Loeb is the 462nd most popular astronomer (up from 551st in 2019), the 266th most popular biography from Israel (up from 332nd in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Astronomer.
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Among ASTRONOMERS
Among astronomers, Avi Loeb ranks 462 out of 644. Before him are Grigory Shajn, Hisashi Kimura, Aristarkh Belopolsky, Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker, Frank Schlesinger, and Kees de Jager. After him are Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, Joel Stebbins, Milorad B. Protić, Bohdan Paczyński, Audouin Dollfus, and William Wilson Morgan.
Most Popular Astronomers in Wikipedia
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Grigory Shajn
1892 - 1956
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 456
Hisashi Kimura
1870 - 1943
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 457
Aristarkh Belopolsky
1854 - 1934
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 458
Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker
1788 - 1862
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 459
Frank Schlesinger
1871 - 1943
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 460
Kees de Jager
1921 - 2021
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 461
Avi Loeb
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 462
Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
1865 - 1939
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 463
Joel Stebbins
1878 - 1966
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 464
Milorad B. Protić
1911 - 2001
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 465
Bohdan Paczyński
1940 - 2007
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 466
Audouin Dollfus
1924 - 2010
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 467
William Wilson Morgan
1906 - 1994
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 468
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1962, Avi Loeb ranks 237. Before him are Dorian Yates, Rita, Grigory Leps, Michael Zorc, Henny Meijer, and Valérie Kaprisky. After him are Georges Grün, Katsuhiro Kusaki, Anders Johansson, Fred Rutten, Ally Sheedy, and Vlado Bučkovski.
Others Born in 1962
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Dorian Yates
ATHLETE
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 231
Rita
SINGER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 232
Grigory Leps
SINGER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 233
Michael Zorc
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 234
Henny Meijer
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 235
Valérie Kaprisky
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 236
Avi Loeb
ASTRONOMER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 237
Georges Grün
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 238
Katsuhiro Kusaki
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 239
Anders Johansson
MUSICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 240
Fred Rutten
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 241
Ally Sheedy
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 242
Vlado Bučkovski
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 243
In Israel
Among people born in Israel, Avi Loeb ranks 266 out of 466. Before him are Nahum Stelmach (1936), Mohammad Bakri (1953), Esther Hayut (1953), Oded Fehr (1970), Yossi Beilin (1948), and Elia Suleiman (1960). After him are Nurit Peled-Elhanan (1949), Joan of Acre (1272), Saharon Shelah (1945), Armand Amar (1953), Yoram Globus (1943), and Yossi Sarid (1940).
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Nahum Stelmach
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 1999
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 260
Mohammad Bakri
ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 261
Esther Hayut
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 262
Oded Fehr
ACTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 263
Yossi Beilin
POLITICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 264
Elia Suleiman
FILM DIRECTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 265
Avi Loeb
ASTRONOMER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 266
Nurit Peled-Elhanan
LINGUIST
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 267
Joan of Acre
POLITICIAN
1272 - 1307
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 268
Saharon Shelah
MATHEMATICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 269
Armand Amar
COMPOSER
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 270
Yoram Globus
PRODUCER
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 271
Yossi Sarid
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2015
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 272
Among ASTRONOMERS In Israel
Among astronomers born in Israel, Avi Loeb ranks 1.
