ASTRONOMER

Irwin I. Shapiro

1929 - Today

Irwin I. Shapiro

Irwin Ira Shapiro is an American astrophysicist and Timken University Professor at Harvard University. He has been a professor at Harvard since 1982. He was the director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian from 1982 to 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irwin I. Shapiro is the 554th most popular astronomer (up from 560th in 2019), the 9,538th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,670th in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Irwin I. Shapiro ranks 554 out of 644. Before him are Adelaide Ames, Adriaan van Maanen, Roy A. Tucker, Charles W. Juels, Thomas Brisbane, and Madge Adam. After him are Seiji Ueda, Tomimaru Okuni, Takao Kobayashi, Scott S. Sheppard, Kazimierz Kordylewski, and John Dobson.

Most Popular Astronomers in Wikipedia

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Adelaide Ames
1900 - 1932
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 548
Adriaan van Maanen
1884 - 1946
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 549
Roy A. Tucker
1951 - 2021
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 550
Charles W. Juels
1944 - 2009
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 551
Thomas Brisbane
1773 - 1860
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 552
Madge Adam
1912 - 2001
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 553
Irwin I. Shapiro
1929 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 554
Seiji Ueda
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 555
Tomimaru Okuni
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 556
Takao Kobayashi
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 557
Scott S. Sheppard
1977 - Present
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 558
Kazimierz Kordylewski
1903 - 1981
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 559
John Dobson
1915 - 2014
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 560

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Irwin I. Shapiro ranks 473. Before him are George Moscone, Yozhef Betsa, Bob Brookmeyer, Ursula Knab, Rex Hartwig, and Evert Gunnarsson. After him are Ferdinand Oyono, Ali Mirzaei, Jan Hertl, Richard Bass, Harry Blanchard, and Judith Jarvis Thomson.

Others Born in 1929

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George Moscone
POLITICIAN
1929 - 1978
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 467
Yozhef Betsa
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2011
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 468
Bob Brookmeyer
MUSICIAN
1929 - 2011
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 469
Ursula Knab
ATHLETE
1929 - 1989
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 470
Rex Hartwig
TENNIS PLAYER
1929 - 2022
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 471
Evert Gunnarsson
ATHLETE
1929 - 2022
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 472
Irwin I. Shapiro
ASTRONOMER
1929 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 473
Ferdinand Oyono
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2010
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 474
Ali Mirzaei
ATHLETE
1929 - 2020
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 475
Jan Hertl
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 1996
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 476
Richard Bass
BUSINESSPERSON
1929 - 2015
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 477
Harry Blanchard
RACING DRIVER
1929 - 1960
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 478
Judith Jarvis Thomson
PHILOSOPHER
1929 - 2020
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 479

In United States

Among people born in United States, Irwin I. Shapiro ranks 9,540 out of 20,380. Before him are Verne Gagne (1926), Micky Dolenz (1945), Liz Torres (1947), Elizabeth Gilbert (1969), David Buss (1953), and Alan Oppenheimer (1930). After him are Evan Rachel Wood (1987), William Alexander Morgan (1928), Curtis Fuller (1934), Julee Cruise (1956), Tim Powers (1952), and Kenneth Marshall (1950).

Others born in United States

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Verne Gagne
WRESTLER
1926 - 2015
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 9,534
Micky Dolenz
ACTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 9,535
Liz Torres
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 9,536
Elizabeth Gilbert
WRITER
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 9,537
David Buss
PSYCHOLOGIST
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 9,538
Alan Oppenheimer
ACTOR
1930 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 9,539
Irwin I. Shapiro
ASTRONOMER
1929 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 9,540
Evan Rachel Wood
ACTOR
1987 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 9,541
William Alexander Morgan
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1928 - 1961
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 9,542
Curtis Fuller
MUSICIAN
1934 - 2021
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 9,543
Julee Cruise
SINGER
1956 - 2022
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 9,544
Tim Powers
WRITER
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 9,545
Kenneth Marshall
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 9,546