ASTRONOMER

Liisi Oterma

1915 - 2001

Liisi Oterma

Liisi Oterma (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈliːsi ˈotermɑ]; 6 January 1915 – 4 April 2001) was a Finnish astronomer, the first woman to get a Ph.D. degree in astronomy in Finland. She studied mathematics and astronomy at the University of Turku, and soon became Yrjö Väisälä's assistant and worked on the search for minor planets. She obtained her master's degree in 1938. From 1941 to 1965, Oterma worked as an observer at the university's observatory. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Liisi Oterma is the 136th most popular astronomer (up from 192nd in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Finland (up from 87th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Liisi Oterma ranks 136 out of 644. Before her are Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Reinhard Genzel, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Victor Ambartsumian, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, and Wilhelm von Biela. After her are Jean Chacornac, Eric Walter Elst, Mary Somerville, Auguste Charlois, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, and William Henry Pickering.

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Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani
810 - 860
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 130
Reinhard Genzel
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 131
Johann Hieronymus Schröter
1745 - 1816
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 132
Victor Ambartsumian
1908 - 1996
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 133
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
1580 - 1637
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 134
Wilhelm von Biela
1782 - 1856
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 135
Liisi Oterma
1915 - 2001
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 136
Jean Chacornac
1823 - 1873
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 137
Eric Walter Elst
1936 - 2022
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 138
Mary Somerville
1780 - 1872
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 139
Auguste Charlois
1864 - 1910
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 140
Carolyn S. Shoemaker
1929 - 2021
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 141
William Henry Pickering
1858 - 1938
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 142

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Liisi Oterma ranks 55. Before her are Takeshi Kamo, Franz Josef Strauss, Chung Ju-yung, Laurent Schwartz, Shoichi Yokoi, and Shogo Kamo. After her are Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Rashid Behbudov, Joseph Greenberg, Gretl Braun, Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, and Terence Young. Among people deceased in 2001, Liisi Oterma ranks 56. Before her are Dương Văn Minh, Chung Ju-yung, Victor Wong, Stanley Kramer, Michele Alboreto, and Francisco da Costa Gomes. After her are Birendra of Nepal, Edward Gierek, Zhang Xueliang, Francisco Rabal, David Graf, and Joseph Greenberg.

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Takeshi Kamo
SOCCER PLAYER
1915 - 2004
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 49
Franz Josef Strauss
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1988
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 50
Chung Ju-yung
BUSINESSPERSON
1915 - 2001
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 51
Laurent Schwartz
MATHEMATICIAN
1915 - 2002
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 52
Shoichi Yokoi
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1915 - 1997
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 53
Shogo Kamo
SOCCER PLAYER
1915 - 1977
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 54
Liisi Oterma
ASTRONOMER
1915 - 2001
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 55
Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2013
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 56
Rashid Behbudov
SINGER
1915 - 1989
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 57
Joseph Greenberg
LINGUIST
1915 - 2001
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 58
Gretl Braun
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1915 - 1987
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 59
Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1996
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 60
Terence Young
FILM DIRECTOR
1915 - 1994
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 61