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Franz Xaver von Zach

1754 - 1832

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Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach; 4 June 1754 – 2 September 1832) was an Austrian astronomer born at Pest, Hungary (now Budapest in Hungary). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Xaver von Zach is the 175th most popular astronomer (down from 161st in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 197th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Franz Xaver von Zach ranks 175 out of 644. Before him are Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Carl Keenan Seyfert, Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, James Craig Watson, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, and Robert Grant Aitken. After him are Guillaume Bigourdan, Nikolai Chernykh, Jean Picard, Henry Draper, Seleucus of Seleucia, and Adriaan Blaauw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Franz Xaver von Zach ranks 21. Before him are Louis de Bonald, William Bligh, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Salawat Yulayev, Salomon Maimon, and Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon. After him are Usman dan Fodio, Jurij Vega, Jean-Antoine Marbot, Pavel Tsitsianov, Vicente Martín y Soler, and Andrea Appiani. Among people deceased in 1832, Franz Xaver von Zach ranks 18. Before him are Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Friedrich Kuhlau, Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria, and Karl Christian Friedrich Krause. After him are Carl Friedrich Zelter, Jean Maximilien Lamarque, Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona, Johann Georg Wagler, Aleksander Orłowski, and Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Franz Xaver von Zach ranks 185 out of 1,077. Before him are Péter Medgyessy (1942), Gyula Cseszneky (1914), Aladár Gerevich (1910), Ferenc Bene (1944), Alfréd Hajós (1878), and Ferenc Deák (1803). After him are Constance of Hungary (1180), Valamir (420), Hannah Szenes (1921), Gyula Lóránt (1923), Gyula Zsengellér (1915), and István Dobi (1898).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Hungary

Among astronomers born in Hungary, Franz Xaver von Zach ranks 1. 

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