The Most Famous

Archaeologists from Germany

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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. #1
    Photo of Theodor Mommsen

    Theodor Mommsen

    1817 - 1903

    HPI 80.87105 langs

    Theodor Mommsen was a German historian, archaeologist, and jurist. He is most famous for his work on Roman history.

  2. #2
    Photo of Heinrich Schliemann

    Heinrich Schliemann

    1822 - 1890

    HPI 79.8760 langs

    Heinrich Schliemann was a German businessman and amateur archaeologist who was best known for his discovery of Troy in 1873.

  3. #3
    Photo of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

    Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

    1752 - 1840

    HPI 69.8644 langs
    Johann 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. #4
    Photo of Isdal Woman

    Isdal Woman

    1940 - 1970

    HPI 68.6422 langs

    Unidentified woman found dead at Isdalen, Norway in 1970

  5. #6
    Photo of Leo Frobenius

    Leo Frobenius

    1873 - 1938

    HPI 64.3332 langs

    German ethnologist and archaeologist

  6. #7
    Photo of Ernst Curtius

    Ernst Curtius

    1814 - 1896

    HPI 63.4327 langs

    19th-century German archaeologist and historian

  7. #8
    Photo of Ami Boué

    Ami Boué

    1794 - 1881

    HPI 63.3723 langs

    Austrian geologist, physician and botanist (1794-1881)

  8. #9
    Photo of Wilhelm Dörpfeld

    Wilhelm Dörpfeld

    1853 - 1940

    HPI 63.3325 langs

    German architect and archaeologist (1853–1940)

  9. #10
    Photo of Max von Oppenheim

    Max von Oppenheim

    1860 - 1946

    HPI 61.0518 langs

    German 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.

Overlapping Lives

Which Archaeologists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 19 most globally memorable Archaeologists since 1700.

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