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Cornelis Johannes van Houten

1920 - 2002

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Cornelis Johannes "Kees" van Houten (18 February 1920 – 24 August 2002) was a Dutch astronomer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cornelis Johannes van Houten is the 165th most popular astronomer (down from 98th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 176th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Dutch Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Cornelis Johannes van Houten ranks 165 out of 644. Before him are William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Eleanor F. Helin, Alphonse Borrelly, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Harlow Shapley, and James Ferguson. After him are John Goodricke, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Margaret Burbidge, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Carl Keenan Seyfert, and Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Cornelis Johannes van Houten ranks 91. Before him are P. D. James, Gene Tierney, Dorothea Binz, Abe Lenstra, Karl Albrecht, and Maurice Bucaille. After him are Ovadia Yosef, Mario Benedetti, Alexander Arutiunian, Mehdi Ben Barka, Ricardo Montalbán, and Constanze Manziarly. Among people deceased in 2002, Cornelis Johannes van Houten ranks 66. Before him are Hugo Banzer, Mauro Ramos, Hildegard Knef, Yousuf Karsh, Song Hye-rim, and Stephen Jay Gould. After him are Sohn Kee-chung, Abba Eban, Katy Jurado, John Frankenheimer, Joaquín Balaguer, and Infanta Beatriz of Spain.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Cornelis Johannes van Houten ranks 231 out of 1,646. Before him are Jaap Stam (1972), Abe Lenstra (1920), Johann Adam Reincken (1643), Patrick Kluivert (1976), Frederik Ruysch (1638), and Adriaen de Vries (1556). After him are John Goodricke (1764), Willem Kalf (1619), Maarten Tromp (1598), Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606), Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547), and Jan Janszoon (1570).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Netherlands

Among astronomers born in Netherlands, Cornelis Johannes van Houten ranks 7. Before him are Jan Oort (1900), Antonie Pannekoek (1873), Gerard Kuiper (1905), Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692), Tom Gehrels (1925), and Jacobus Kapteyn (1851). After him are John Goodricke (1764), Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Maarten Schmidt (1929), Hendrik van Gent (1900), Michael van Langren (1598), and Walter Lewin (1936).

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