The Most Famous
Archaeologists from Germany
This page contains a list of the greatest Germans Archaeologists. The pantheon dataset contains 151 Archaeologists, 19 of which were born in Germany. This makes Germany the birth place of the 2nd most number of Archaeologists.
Top 10 German Archaeologists
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Germans Archaeologists of all time. This list of famous Germans Archaeologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Germans Archaeologists.
- #1
Theodor Mommsen
1817 - 1903
HPI 80.87105 langsTheodor Mommsen was a German historian, archaeologist, and jurist. He is most famous for his work on Roman history.
- #2
Heinrich Schliemann
1822 - 1890
HPI 79.8760 langsHeinrich Schliemann was a German businessman and amateur archaeologist who was best known for his discovery of Troy in 1873.
- #3
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
1752 - 1840
HPI 69.8644 langsJohann Friedrich Blumenbach is most famous for his work in the field of anthropometry, which is the study of the body and its measurements....Read moreShow less
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach is most famous for his work in the field of anthropometry, which is the study of the body and its measurements. He devised a system of measuring the skull and other parts of the body and created a classification system for races.
- #4
Isdal Woman
1940 - 1970
HPI 68.6422 langsUnidentified woman found dead at Isdalen, Norway in 1970
- #5
Karl Richard Lepsius
1810 - 1884
HPI 67.3633 langsGerman egyptologist and linguist
- #6
Leo Frobenius
1873 - 1938
HPI 64.3332 langsGerman ethnologist and archaeologist
- #7
Ernst Curtius
1814 - 1896
HPI 63.4327 langs19th-century German archaeologist and historian
- #8
Ami Boué
1794 - 1881
HPI 63.3723 langsAustrian geologist, physician and botanist (1794-1881)
- #9
Wilhelm Dörpfeld
1853 - 1940
HPI 63.3325 langsGerman architect and archaeologist (1853–1940)
- #10
Max von Oppenheim
1860 - 1946
HPI 61.0518 langsGerman historian, diplomat and archeologist (1860-1946)
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Germans Archaeologists grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
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Overlapping Lives
Which Archaeologists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 19 most globally memorable Archaeologists since 1700.
