Biologist

Mark Catesby

English naturalist, painter and etcher

1683 - 1749

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Mark Catesby

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Catesby is the 949th most popular biologist (down from 914th in 2024), the 4,430th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,499th in 2019) and the 154th most popular British Biologist.

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#62,474

More than 2 centuries after death, Mark Catesby still holds rank #62,474 among all individuals in Pantheon.

Mar 24

Mark Catesby shares a March 24 birthday with Harry Houdini, Steve McQueen, and Georgius Agricola.

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Among Biologists

Among biologists, Mark Catesby ranks 949 out of 1,097. Before him are George Edwards, Shi Zhengli, Walter Buller, Maxine Singer, Maxwell T. Masters, and Outram Bangs. After him are Karl Patterson Schmidt, Jacob Bjerknes, William Yarrell, William Beebe, Félix de Avelar Brotero, and Elizabeth Gertrude Britton.

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HPI: 54.39
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HPI: 54.38
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HPI: 54.37
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HPI: 54.35
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HPI: 54.33
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HPI: 54.31
Rank: 954
Elizabeth Gertrude Britton
1858 - 1934
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 955

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1683, Mark Catesby ranks 22. Before him are Antoine Pesne, Lorenz Heister, Jonathan Wild, Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Giovanni Poleni, and Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller. Among people deceased in 1749, Mark Catesby ranks 15. Before him are Jan van Huysum, William Jones, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Matthias Bel, Jan Frans van Bloemen, and André Cardinal Destouches. After him is Catharine Trotter Cockburn.

Others Born in 1683

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Antoine Pesne
PAINTER
1683 - 1757
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 16
Lorenz Heister
BIOLOGIST
1683 - 1758
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 17
Jonathan Wild
EXTREMIST
1683 - 1725
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 18
Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
POLITICIAN
1683 - 1745
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 19
Giovanni Poleni
PHYSICIST
1683 - 1761
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 20
Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1683 - 1744
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 21
Mark Catesby
BIOLOGIST
1683 - 1749
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 22

Others Deceased in 1749

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Jan van Huysum
PAINTER
1682 - 1749
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 9
William Jones
MATHEMATICIAN
1675 - 1749
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 10
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel
COMPOSER
1690 - 1749
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 11
Matthias Bel
PHILOSOPHER
1684 - 1749
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 12
Jan Frans van Bloemen
PAINTER
1662 - 1749
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 13
André Cardinal Destouches
COMPOSER
1672 - 1749
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 14
Mark Catesby
BIOLOGIST
1683 - 1749
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 15
Catharine Trotter Cockburn
WRITER
1674 - 1749
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 16

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mark Catesby ranks 4,430 out of 8,785. Before him are Toby Stephens (1969), Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932), Graham Gouldman (1946), John Smith (1938), Alec McCowen (1925), and Mark Owen (1972). After him are Simon Beckett (1960), Sidney Robinson (1876), David Payne (1843), John Loder (1898), Gary Shaw (1961), and Mark Blundell (1966).

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Toby Stephens
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Graham Gouldman
MUSICIAN
1946 - Present
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John Smith
POLITICIAN
1938 - 1994
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Rank: 4,427
Alec McCowen
ACTOR
1925 - 2017
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Rank: 4,428
Mark Owen
SINGER
1972 - Present
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Mark Catesby
BIOLOGIST
1683 - 1749
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 4,430
Simon Beckett
WRITER
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 4,431
Sidney Robinson
ATHLETE
1876 - 1959
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 4,432
David Payne
PAINTER
1843 - 1894
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 4,433
John Loder
ACTOR
1898 - 1988
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 4,434
Gary Shaw
SOCCER PLAYER
1961 - 2024
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 4,435
Mark Blundell
RACING DRIVER
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 4,436