ASTRONOMER

Maximilian Hell

1720 - 1792

Maximilian Hell

Maximilian Hell (Hungarian: Hell Miksa) (born Rudolf Maximilian Höll; May 15, 1720 – April 14, 1792) was an astronomer and an ordained Jesuit priest from the Kingdom of Hungary. The lunar crater Hell is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maximilian Hell is the 255th most popular astronomer (down from 234th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Slovakia and the most popular Slovak Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Maximilian Hell ranks 255 out of 644. Before him are Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke, James Ferguson, William Cranch Bond, Bertil Lindblad, Halton Arp, and Wang Zhenyi. After him are Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, Elizabeth Roemer, Carl Charlier, Timocharis, and Luboš Kohoutek.

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Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke
1835 - 1897
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 249
James Ferguson
1710 - 1776
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 250
William Cranch Bond
1789 - 1859
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 251
Bertil Lindblad
1895 - 1965
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 252
Halton Arp
1927 - 2013
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 253
Wang Zhenyi
1768 - 1797
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 254
Maximilian Hell
1720 - 1792
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 255
Henri-Alexandre Deslandres
1853 - 1948
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 256
Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner
1834 - 1882
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 257
Elizabeth Roemer
1929 - 2016
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 258
Carl Charlier
1862 - 1934
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 259
Timocharis
320 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 260
Luboš Kohoutek
1935 - 2023
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 261

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1720, Maximilian Hell ranks 21. Before him are William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Balaji Baji Rao, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Johann Schobert, Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, and Johann Friedrich Agricola. After him are Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon, Charles De Geer, Justus Möser, Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville, and Gilbert White. Among people deceased in 1792, Maximilian Hell ranks 23. Before him are Denis Fonvizin, Robert Adam, Jacques Cazotte, Nguyễn Huệ, Johann Andreas Stein, and Legall de Kermeur. After him are Antonio Rosetti, Antoine Louis, John Smeaton, Yazid of Morocco, Adam Gottlob Moltke, and Guillaume Le Gentil.

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William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
POLITICIAN
1720 - 1764
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 15
Balaji Baji Rao
POLITICIAN
1720 - 1761
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 16
Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
POLITICIAN
1720 - 1785
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 17
Johann Schobert
COMPOSER
1720 - 1767
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 18
Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini
COMPOSER
1720 - 1795
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 19
Johann Friedrich Agricola
COMPOSER
1720 - 1774
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 20
Maximilian Hell
ASTRONOMER
1720 - 1792
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 21
Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon
POLITICIAN
1720 - 1788
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 22
Charles De Geer
BIOLOGIST
1720 - 1778
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 23
Justus Möser
PHILOSOPHER
1720 - 1794
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 24
Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville
CHEMIST
1720 - 1805
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 25
Gilbert White
BIOLOGIST
1720 - 1793
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 26