ASTRONOMER

Giovanni Schiaparelli

1835 - 1910

Photo of Giovanni Schiaparelli

Icon of person Giovanni Schiaparelli

Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli ( SKAP-ə-REL-ee, SHAP-, US also skee-AHP-, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni virˈdʒiːnjo skjapaˈrɛlli]; 14 March 1835 – 4 July 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian. Schiaparelli established the Martian system of nomenclature still in use today; before him, features of the planet bore the names of contemporary astronomers, similar to the lunar map of van Langren that preceded that of Hevelius. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Schiaparelli is the 32nd most popular astronomer (up from 40th in 2019), the 531st most popular biography from Italy (up from 747th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Astronomer.

Giovanni Schiaparelli is most famous for the discovery of the canals on Mars.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Giovanni Schiaparelli by language

Loading...

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Giovanni Schiaparelli ranks 32 out of 644. Before him are Charles Messier, Giuseppe Piazzi, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Roger Joseph Boscovich, Riccardo Giacconi, and Charles Greeley Abbot. After him are Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Johann Palisa, Johann Gottfried Galle, Sosigenes of Alexandria, William Lassell, and Robert Woodrow Wilson.

Most Popular Astronomers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Giovanni Schiaparelli ranks 9. Before him are Empress Dowager Cixi, Camille Saint-Saëns, Leopold II of Belgium, Cesare Lombroso, Adolf von Baeyer, and Josef Stefan. After him are Giosuè Carducci, Andrew Carnegie, Demetrius Vikelas, Samuel Butler, Henryk Wieniawski, and César Cui. Among people deceased in 1910, Giovanni Schiaparelli ranks 12. Before him are Florence Nightingale, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, William James, Henri Rousseau, Nadar, and O. Henry. After him are Mily Balakirev, Chulalongkorn, Johann Gottfried Galle, Marius Petipa, Luigi Lucheni, and Léon Walras.

Others Born in 1835

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1910

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Schiaparelli ranks 531 out of 5,161. Before him are Riccardo Giacconi (1931), John Cabot (1450), Joanna I of Naples (1326), Aurelia Cotta (-120), Alphonsus Liguori (1696), and Roberto Rossellini (1906). After him are Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549), Tarcisio Bertone (1934), Peter Damian (1007), Trebonianus Gallus (206), Januarius (272), and Gaius Gracchus (-154).

Others born in Italy

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Giovanni Schiaparelli ranks 6. Before him are Galileo Galilei (1564), Giordano Bruno (1548), Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625), Giuseppe Piazzi (1746), and Riccardo Giacconi (1931). After him are Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397), Annibale de Gasparis (1819), Angelo Secchi (1818), Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598), Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), and Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658).

Italian born Astronomers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous