GEOGRAPHER
Georg Joachim Rheticus
1514 - 1574
Georg Joachim Rheticus
Georg Joachim de Porris, also known as Rheticus (; 16 February 1514 – 4 December 1574), was a mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, navigational-instrument maker, medical practitioner, and teacher. He is perhaps best known for his trigonometric tables and as Nicolaus Copernicus's sole pupil. He facilitated the publication of his master's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres). Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Joachim Rheticus is the 16th most popular geographer (down from 14th in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 154th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Geographer.
Georg Joachim Rheticus is most famous for being the first person to publish a book about Nicolaus Copernicus's heliocentric theory.
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Among GEOGRAPHERS
Among geographers, Georg Joachim Rheticus ranks 16 out of 86. Before him are Carl Ritter, David Harvey, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Wladimir Köppen, George Everest, and Ya'qubi. After him are Ibn Khordadbeh, Pomponius Mela, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Ibn Jubayr, Al-Bakri, and William Morris Davis.
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HPI: 73.17
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Georg Joachim Rheticus
1514 - 1574
HPI: 70.31
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HPI: 68.19
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1850 - 1934
HPI: 68.15
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1514, Georg Joachim Rheticus ranks 4. Before him are Andreas Vesalius, Tahmasp I, and John Knox. After him are Philibert de l'Orme, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Claude Goudimel, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Thomas Culpeper, Hai Rui, Virgil Solis, and Baba Nobuharu. Among people deceased in 1574, Georg Joachim Rheticus ranks 5. Before him are Selim II, Giorgio Vasari, Charles IX of France, and Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Renée of France, Bartolomeo Eustachi, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Maarten van Heemskerck, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, and Ebussuud Efendi.
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Andreas Vesalius
PHYSICIAN
1514 - 1564
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 1
Tahmasp I
POLITICIAN
1514 - 1576
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 2
John Knox
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1514 - 1572
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 3
Georg Joachim Rheticus
GEOGRAPHER
1514 - 1574
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 4
Philibert de l'Orme
ARCHITECT
1514 - 1570
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 5
Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino
NOBLEMAN
1514 - 1574
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 6
Claude Goudimel
COMPOSER
1514 - 1572
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 7
Cornelis Floris de Vriendt
ARCHITECT
1514 - 1575
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 8
Thomas Culpeper
NOBLEMAN
1514 - 1541
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 9
Hai Rui
POLITICIAN
1514 - 1587
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 10
Virgil Solis
PAINTER
1514 - 1562
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 11
Baba Nobuharu
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1514 - 1575
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 12
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Selim II
POLITICIAN
1524 - 1574
HPI: 85.83
Rank: 1
Giorgio Vasari
WRITER
1511 - 1574
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 2
Charles IX of France
POLITICIAN
1550 - 1574
HPI: 80.43
Rank: 3
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
POLITICIAN
1519 - 1574
HPI: 78.12
Rank: 4
Georg Joachim Rheticus
GEOGRAPHER
1514 - 1574
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 5
Renée of France
POLITICIAN
1510 - 1574
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 6
Bartolomeo Eustachi
POLITICIAN
1500 - 1574
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 7
Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry
POLITICIAN
1523 - 1574
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 8
Maarten van Heemskerck
PAINTER
1498 - 1574
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 9
Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine
POLITICIAN
1524 - 1574
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 10
Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé
COMPANION
1553 - 1574
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 11
Ebussuud Efendi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1490 - 1574
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 12
In Austria
Among people born in Austria, Georg Joachim Rheticus ranks 183 out of 1,424. Before him are Paul Ehrenfest (1880), Helmut Marko (1943), Karl Polanyi (1886), Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (1573), Alfred Schütz (1899), and Michael Haydn (1737). After him are Aribert Heim (1914), Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria (1750), Angela Hitler (1883), Albert IV, Duke of Austria (1377), Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656), and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610).
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Paul Ehrenfest
MATHEMATICIAN
1880 - 1933
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 177
Helmut Marko
RACING DRIVER
1943 - Present
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 178
Karl Polanyi
ECONOMIST
1886 - 1964
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 179
Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland
COMPANION
1573 - 1598
HPI: 70.37
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Alfred Schütz
PHILOSOPHER
1899 - 1959
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Michael Haydn
COMPOSER
1737 - 1806
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GEOGRAPHER
1514 - 1574
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 183
Aribert Heim
PHYSICIAN
1914 - 1992
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 184
Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria
COMPANION
1750 - 1762
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 185
Angela Hitler
PAINTER
1883 - 1949
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 186
Albert IV, Duke of Austria
POLITICIAN
1377 - 1404
HPI: 70.27
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Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
ARCHITECT
1656 - 1723
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 188
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria
POLITICIAN
1610 - 1665
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 189
Among GEOGRAPHERS In Austria
Among geographers born in Austria, Georg Joachim Rheticus ranks 1.
