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Gérard de Vaucouleurs

1918 - 1995

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Gérard Henri de Vaucouleurs (25 April 1918 – 7 October 1995) was a French astronomer best known for his studies of galaxies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gérard de Vaucouleurs is the 348th most popular astronomer (up from 373rd in 2019), the 3,542nd most popular biography from France (up from 4,059th in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Gérard de Vaucouleurs ranks 348 out of 644. Before him are Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Fang Lizhi, Rudolph Minkowski, Hugo von Seeliger, Walter Lewin, and Carl A. Wirtanen. After him are Carl Gustav Witt, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, James Glaisher, Cyril Jackson, Heikki A. Alikoski, and Marc William Buie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Gérard de Vaucouleurs ranks 160. Before him are Bobby Riggs, Mehdi Huseynzade, Jay Wright Forrester, María Mercader, Cornell Capa, and James Aldridge. After him are Oles Honchar, Ted Williams, Helen Stephens, Kazuo Sakamaki, Patachou, and Albert George Wilson. Among people deceased in 1995, Gérard de Vaucouleurs ranks 155. Before him are Ingo Schwichtenberg, Eva Gabor, Matti Pellonpää, Carlo Pavesi, Mordechai Gur, and Koloman Gögh. After him are Oles Honchar, Dany Robin, Jerry Garcia, Burl Ives, Ioannis Alevras, and Mickey Mantle.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gérard de Vaucouleurs ranks 3,542 out of 6,770. Before him are Déodat de Séverac (1872), Jean Joseph Mounier (1758), Libéral Bruant (1636), Bernard Maris (1946), Jean-Claude Izzo (1945), and Arthur Morin (1795). After him are Louis Faidherbe (1818), Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763), Lucien Aimar (1941), Prince Dimitri Romanov (1926), Hélène Prévost (1900), and Jean-Louis de Rambures (1930).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Gérard de Vaucouleurs ranks 37. Before him are Laurent Cassegrain (1629), Hervé Faye (1814), Guillaume Le Gentil (1725), Charles Wolf (1827), Georges Rayet (1839), and Rudolph Minkowski (1895). After him are Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (1718), André Patry (1902), Louis Boyer (1901), Stéphane Javelle (1864), Odette Bancilhon (1908), and Catherine Cesarsky (1943).

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