Ivan Pavlov
1849 - 1936
HPI 83.0599 languages
Ivan Pavlov was most famous for his work in classical conditioning. He found that if he rang a bell before feeding his dogs, the dogs would start to salivate just at the sound of the bell.
Trending Biologists from Russia This Week
The top 10 Biologists from Russia trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
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Ivan Pavlov
1849 - 1936
Trending in Dutch (#162) Wikipedia (213 views, on Oct 7).
This page contains a list of the greatest Russians Biologists. The pantheon dataset contains 1,121 Biologists, 26 of which were born in Russia. This makes Russia the birth place of the 7th most number of Biologists behind Sweden and Switzerland.
Top 10 Russian Biologists
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Russian Biologists of all time. This list of famous Russian Biologists 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 Russian Biologists.
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Alexander Oparin
1894 - 1980
HPI 72.0657 languagesAlexander Oparin is a Russian cosmonaut who has been in space three times. He first became a cosmonaut in 1986 and has spent a total of 611 days in space. He is most famous for his two space walks, one in 1995 and one in 1997.
#3 
Nikolai Vavilov
1887 - 1943
HPI 70.7252 languagesNikolai Vavilov is most famous for his theory of the centers of origin of cultivated plants.
#4 
Vladimir Vernadsky
1863 - 1945
HPI 70.0761 languagesVladimir Vernadsky is most famous for his concept of the biosphere, which he defined as the sum of all the living things on Earth and the processes that sustain them.
#5 
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
1855 - 1935
HPI 69.0142 languagesIvan Vladimirovich Michurin was a Russian botanist and horticulturist, who is most famous for his work on cross-breeding plants.
#6 
Dmitri Ivanovsky
1864 - 1920
HPI 67.6236 languagesDmitri Ivanovsky is most famous for his discovery of the bacterium that causes tetanus.
#7 
Nikolay Pirogov
1810 - 1881
HPI 66.4945 languagesNikolay Pirogov is most famous for his work in the area of anatomy. Pirogov is credited with the discovery of the ileocecal valve, the spleen, and the lymphatic system.
#8 
Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov
1870 - 1932
HPI 66.2619 languagesbiologist (1870-1932)
#9 
Alexander von Middendorff
1815 - 1894
HPI 64.5729 languagesBaltic German explorer and scientist (1815-1894)
#10 
Nikolai Severtzov
1827 - 1885
HPI 62.3829 languagesRussian ornithologist (1827-1885)
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Overlapping Lives
Which Biologists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Biologists since 1700.
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