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Johannes Hevelius

1611 - 1687

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Johannes Hevelius (in German also known as Hevel; Polish: Jan Heweliusz; (1611-01-28)28 January 1611 – 28 January 1687) was a councillor and mayor of Danzig (Gdańsk), in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. As an astronomer, he gained a reputation as "the founder of lunar topography", and described ten new constellations, seven of which are still used by astronomers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Hevelius is the 40th most popular astronomer (down from 30th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Poland (up from 92nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Astronomer.

Johannes Hevelius was a Polish astronomer who created the first detailed map of the moon.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Johannes Hevelius ranks 40 out of 644. Before him are Johann Palisa, Johann Gottfried Galle, Sosigenes of Alexandria, William Lassell, Robert Woodrow Wilson, and Vesto Slipher. After him are Asaph Hall, Johann Bayer, Clyde Tombaugh, Martin Ryle, Wilhelm Schickard, and Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1611, Johannes Hevelius ranks 5. Before him are Pope Innocent XI, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Evliya Çelebi, and Chongzhen Emperor. After him are Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, Safi of Persia, John Pell, Marie Louise Gonzaga, Cecilia Renata of Austria, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Carlo Rainaldi. Among people deceased in 1687, Johannes Hevelius ranks 2. Before him is Jean-Baptiste Lully. After him are William Petty, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Constantijn Huygens, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Nicholas Mercator, Henry More, Nell Gwyn, Geminiano Montanari, and Laura Martinozzi.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Johannes Hevelius ranks 87 out of 1,694. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785), Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), Horst Köhler (1943), Jan Matejko (1838), Krzysztof Penderecki (1933), and Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767). After him are Stefan Banach (1892), Anna Jagiellon (1523), Tamara de Lempicka (1898), Carl Menger (1840), Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833), and Alfred Döblin (1878).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Johannes Hevelius ranks 2. Before him are Nicolaus Copernicus (1473). After him are Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793), Albert Marth (1828), Robert Luther (1822), Johann Daniel Titius (1729), Maria Cunitz (1610), Adalbert Krueger (1832), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), and Hugo von Seeliger (1849).

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