The Most Famous
BIOLOGISTS from Finland
This page contains a list of the greatest Finnish Biologists. The pantheon dataset contains 1,097 Biologists, 4 of which were born in Finland. This makes Finland the birth place of the 29th most number of Biologists behind Israel, and Slovakia.
Top 5
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Finnish Biologists of all time. This list of famous Finnish Biologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Peter Forsskål (1732 - 1763)
With an HPI of 56.19, Peter Forsskål is the most famous Finnish Biologist. His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.
Peter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl (11 January 1732 – 11 July 1763) was a Swedish explorer, orientalist, naturalist, and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
2. Alexander von Nordmann (1803 - 1866)
With an HPI of 54.79, Alexander von Nordmann is the 2nd most famous Finnish Biologist. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Alexander von Nordmann (24 May 1803 in Ruotsinsalmi, Vyborg Governorate – 25 June 1866 in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland) was a 19th-century Finnish biologist, who contributed to zoology, parasitology, botany and paleontology.
3. Christian von Steven (1781 - 1863)
With an HPI of 51.37, Christian von Steven is the 3rd most famous Finnish Biologist. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Christian von Steven (Russian: Христиан Христианович Стевен, romanized: Khristian Khristianovich Steven; 19 January 1781 – 30 April 1863) was a Finnish-born Russian botanist and entomologist.
4. Petter Adolf Karsten (1834 - 1917)
With an HPI of 49.34, Petter Adolf Karsten is the 4th most famous Finnish Biologist. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Petter Adolf Karsten (16 February 1834 – 22 March 1917) was a Finnish mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi of Finland in his day, and known in consequence as the "father of Finnish mycology". Karsten was born in Merimasku near Turku, studied at the University of Helsinki, and then moved to the inland of Tammela, where he spent most of his life with teaching botany and doing research at the Mustiala Agriculture Institute (now the Faculty of Agriculture of the HAMK University of Applied Sciences). He amassed a vast collection, both by his own efforts and those of his correspondents, and named about 200 new genera and 2,000 new species. Between 1861 and 1870 Karsten edited the exsiccata series Fungi Fenniae exsiccati. Samling af Finska svampar with 1,000 numbers. In his mycological studies he extensively used the microscope and can be considered as the pioneer of fungal microscopy. Karstenia, the international journal of mycology published by the Finnish Mycological Society, is dedicated to Karsten.
5. Ilkka Hanski (1953 - 2016)
With an HPI of 41.01, Ilkka Hanski is the 5th most famous Finnish Biologist. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Ilkka Aulis Hanski (14 February 1953 – 10 May 2016) was a Finnish ecologist at the University of Helsinki, Finland. The Metapopulation Research Center led by Hanski, until his death, has been nominated as a Center of Excellence by the Academy of Finland. The group studies species living in fragmented landscapes and attempts to advance metapopulation ecology research. Hanski proposed the core-satellite hypothesis of species distributions. Metapopulation ecology itself studies populations of plants and animals which are separated in space by occupying patches.
People
Pantheon has 5 people classified as Finnish biologists born between 1732 and 1953. Of these 5, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Finnish biologists include Peter Forsskål, Alexander von Nordmann, and Christian von Steven. As of April 2024, 1 new Finnish biologists have been added to Pantheon including Ilkka Hanski.
Deceased Finnish Biologists
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Peter Forsskål
1732 - 1763
HPI: 56.19
Alexander von Nordmann
1803 - 1866
HPI: 54.79
Christian von Steven
1781 - 1863
HPI: 51.37
Petter Adolf Karsten
1834 - 1917
HPI: 49.34
Ilkka Hanski
1953 - 2016
HPI: 41.01
Newly Added Finnish Biologists (2024)
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Which Biologists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 4 most globally memorable Biologists since 1700.
