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Friedrich Welwitsch

Austrian botanist and explorer

1806 - 1872

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Friedrich Welwitsch

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Welwitsch is the 251st most popular explorer (up from 329th in 2024), the 565th most popular biography from Austria (up from 727th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Explorer.

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Friedrich Welwitsch climbed 10,485 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #42,501 to #32,057.

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Among Explorers

Among explorers, Friedrich Welwitsch ranks 251 out of 500. Before him are Nikolaus Federmann, St John Philby, Yerofey Khabarov, Dmitry Laptev, Jan Czerski, and Francisco Serrão. After him are Diego de Almagro II, Julius Klaproth, Thorvald Eiriksson, Dinis Dias, Thekla Resvoll, and Karl Weyprecht.

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Nikolaus Federmann
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HPI: 61.52
Rank: 245
St John Philby
1885 - 1960
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 246
Yerofey Khabarov
1603 - 1671
HPI: 61.44
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Dmitry Laptev
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HPI: 61.40
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Jan Czerski
1845 - 1892
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 249
Francisco Serrão
1500 - 1521
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 250
Friedrich Welwitsch
1806 - 1872
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 251
Diego de Almagro II
1520 - 1542
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 252
Julius Klaproth
1783 - 1835
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 253
Thorvald Eiriksson
972 - 1006
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 254
Dinis Dias
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 255
Thekla Resvoll
1871 - 1948
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 256
Karl Weyprecht
1838 - 1881
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 257

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Friedrich Welwitsch ranks 32. Before him are Antoine Wiertz, Teodolfo Mertel, Juliette Drouet, Lionel Kieseritzky, Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza, and Giacomo Antonelli. After him are Johann Kaspar Mertz, George Newbold Lawrence, Julius Weisbach, Henriette Sontag, Michel Chevalier, and Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg. Among people deceased in 1872, Friedrich Welwitsch ranks 35. Before him are John Bowring, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, Alfred Clebsch, Andrew Smith, and Petar Preradović. After him are Avram Iancu, Horace Greeley, Jacques Babinet, Kamehameha V, Carl Jaenisch, and Pavel Kiselyov.

Others Born in 1806

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Antoine Wiertz
PAINTER
1806 - 1865
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 26
Teodolfo Mertel
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1806 - 1899
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 27
Juliette Drouet
POLITICIAN
1806 - 1883
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 28
Lionel Kieseritzky
CHESS PLAYER
1806 - 1853
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 29
Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza
NOBLEMAN
1806 - 1857
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 30
Giacomo Antonelli
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1806 - 1876
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 31
Friedrich Welwitsch
EXPLORER
1806 - 1872
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 32
Johann Kaspar Mertz
MUSICIAN
1806 - 1856
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 33
George Newbold Lawrence
BIOLOGIST
1806 - 1895
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 34
Julius Weisbach
MATHEMATICIAN
1806 - 1871
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 35
Henriette Sontag
SINGER
1806 - 1854
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 36
Michel Chevalier
ENGINEER
1806 - 1879
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 37
Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg
WRITER
1806 - 1876
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 38

Others Deceased in 1872

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John Bowring
POLITICIAN
1792 - 1872
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 29
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
PAINTER
1794 - 1872
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 30
Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg
PHILOSOPHER
1802 - 1872
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 31
Alfred Clebsch
MATHEMATICIAN
1833 - 1872
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 32
Andrew Smith
BIOLOGIST
1797 - 1872
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 33
Petar Preradović
WRITER
1818 - 1872
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 34
Friedrich Welwitsch
EXPLORER
1806 - 1872
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 35
Avram Iancu
POLITICIAN
1824 - 1872
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 36
Horace Greeley
POLITICIAN
1811 - 1872
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 37
Jacques Babinet
PHYSICIST
1794 - 1872
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 38
Kamehameha V
POLITICIAN
1830 - 1872
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 39
Carl Jaenisch
POLITICIAN
1813 - 1872
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 40
Pavel Kiselyov
POLITICIAN
1788 - 1872
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 41