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Hubert Wilkins

Australian polar explorer

1888 - 1958

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Hubert Wilkins

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Hubert Wilkins is the 468th most popular explorer (up from 473rd in 2024), the 353rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 341st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Explorer.

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Oct 31

Hubert Wilkins shares a October 31 birthday with Johannes Vermeer, Chiang Kai-shek, and Hokusai.

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Among Explorers

Among explorers, Hubert Wilkins ranks 468 out of 498. Before him are Henry Seebohm, Tom Crean, Edgar Evans, Aleksandra Potanina, John Colter, and Robert McClure. After him are Yossi Ghinsberg, Samuel Hearne, Robert O'Hara Burke, Louis Hennepin, Oscar Baumann, and Louis-Gustave Binger.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

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Henry Seebohm
1832 - 1895
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 462
Tom Crean
1877 - 1938
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 463
Edgar Evans
1876 - 1912
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 464
Aleksandra Potanina
1843 - 1893
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 465
John Colter
1774 - 1812
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 466
Robert McClure
1807 - 1873
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 467
Hubert Wilkins
1888 - 1958
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 468
Yossi Ghinsberg
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 469
Samuel Hearne
1745 - 1792
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 470
Robert O'Hara Burke
1821 - 1861
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 471
Louis Hennepin
1626 - 1704
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 472
Oscar Baumann
1864 - 1899
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 473
Louis-Gustave Binger
1856 - 1936
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 474

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Hubert Wilkins ranks 257. Before him are Osvald Moberg, Jacques de Lacretelle, Eduard Bass, Karl Gustafsson, Jack Holt, and Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski. After him are Jan Palouš, Walther Penck, Curt Goetz, Victor Schertzinger, William Hood Simpson, and Lucien Hubbard. Among people deceased in 1958, Hubert Wilkins ranks 183. Before him are Harold Smith, Russell Mockridge, Willie Applegarth, Alexandre Schaumasse, Frank Swift, and Marie Pujmanová. After him are Endre Tilli, Eileen Hiscock, Jan Kok, Sam Zimbalist, David Pegg, and Alfred Probst.

Others Born in 1888

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Osvald Moberg
GYMNAST
1888 - 1933
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 251
Jacques de Lacretelle
WRITER
1888 - 1985
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 252
Eduard Bass
WRITER
1888 - 1946
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 253
Karl Gustafsson
SOCCER PLAYER
1888 - 1960
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 254
Jack Holt
ACTOR
1888 - 1951
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 255
Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1974
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 256
Hubert Wilkins
EXPLORER
1888 - 1958
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 257
Jan Palouš
HOCKEY PLAYER
1888 - 1971
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 258
Walther Penck
GEOLOGIST
1888 - 1923
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 259
Curt Goetz
FILM DIRECTOR
1888 - 1960
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 260
Victor Schertzinger
FILM DIRECTOR
1888 - 1941
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 261
William Hood Simpson
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1980
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 262
Lucien Hubbard
FILM DIRECTOR
1888 - 1971
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 263