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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. 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 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Avi Loeb is the 462nd most popular astronomer (up from 551st in 2024), the 270th 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 242. Before him are Dorian Yates, Rita, Grigory Leps, Michael Zorc, Henny Meijer, and Valérie Kaprisky. After him are Georges Grün, Katsuhiro Kusaki, Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco, Anders Johansson, Fred Rutten, and Ally Sheedy.

Others Born in 1962

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Dorian Yates
ATHLETE
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 236
Rita
SINGER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 237
Grigory Leps
SINGER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 238
Michael Zorc
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 239
Henny Meijer
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 240
Valérie Kaprisky
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 241
Avi Loeb
ASTRONOMER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 242
Georges Grün
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 243
Katsuhiro Kusaki
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 244
Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco
NOBLEMAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 245
Anders Johansson
MUSICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 246
Fred Rutten
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 247
Ally Sheedy
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 248