1887 - 1948
Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 – April 21, 1948) was an American writer, philosopher, naturalist, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his book A Sand County Almanac (1949), which has been translated into fourteen languages and has sold more than two million copies.Leopold was influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness conservation. His ethics of nature and wildlife preservation had a profound impact on the environmental movement, with his ecocentric or holistic ethics regarding land. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aldo Leopold has received more than 1,060,899 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Aldo Leopold is the 492nd most popular biologist (down from 471st in 2019), the 4,799th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,265th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Biologist.
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Among biologists, Aldo Leopold ranks 492 out of 841. Before him are Reginald Punnett, Martin Rathke, Jules Émile Planchon, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, Johann Friedrich Meckel, and Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent. After him are Emilie Snethlage, Samuel Frederick Gray, Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, Carl Jakob Sundevall, Alessandra Giliani, and Franz von Paula Schrank.
1875 - 1967
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 486
1793 - 1860
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 487
1823 - 1888
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 488
1772 - 1850
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 489
1781 - 1833
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 490
1778 - 1846
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 491
1887 - 1948
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 492
1868 - 1929
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 493
1766 - 1828
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 494
1856 - 1928
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 495
1801 - 1875
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 496
1307 - 1326
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 497
1747 - 1835
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 498
Among people born in 1887, Aldo Leopold ranks 160. Before him are Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Marianne Moore, Josef Frings, Oskar Luts, Julius Pokorny, and Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt. After him are Pierre Jean Jouve, Johann Radon, Leevi Madetoja, Sylvia Beach, Louis Leon Thurstone, and Maria Jeritza. Among people deceased in 1948, Aldo Leopold ranks 110. Before him are František Svoboda, Sigrid Hjertén, Thekla Resvoll, Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, Alfred Kerr, and Henning Jakob Henrik Lund. After him are Jāzeps Vītols, Hulusi Behçet, Wesley Clair Mitchell, Richard von Kühlmann, Nikolai Podvoisky, and José Vianna da Motta.
1887 - 1957
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 154
1887 - 1972
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 155
1887 - 1978
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 156
1887 - 1953
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 157
1887 - 1970
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 158
1887 - 1943
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 159
1887 - 1948
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 160
1887 - 1976
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 161
1887 - 1956
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 162
1887 - 1947
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 163
1887 - 1962
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 164
1887 - 1955
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 165
1887 - 1982
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 166
1906 - 1948
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 104
1885 - 1948
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 105
1871 - 1948
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 106
1884 - 1948
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 107
1867 - 1948
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 108
1875 - 1948
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 109
1887 - 1948
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 110
1863 - 1948
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 111
1889 - 1948
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 112
1874 - 1948
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 113
1873 - 1948
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 114
1880 - 1948
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 115
1868 - 1948
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 116
Among people born in United States, Aldo Leopold ranks 4,799 out of 18,182. Before him are Joel McCrea (1905), Grant Show (1962), Gilbert Stuart (1755), Henry Cowell (1897), Connie Willis (1945), and Johnny Thunders (1952). After him are Travis Barker (1975), John Elkann (1976), Debbie Allen (1950), Michael Freedman (1951), John Hay (1838), and Signe Toly Anderson (1941).
1905 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 4,793
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,794
1755 - 1828
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,795
1897 - 1965
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,796
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,797
1952 - 1991
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,798
1887 - 1948
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 4,799
1975 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 4,800
1976 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 4,801
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 4,802
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 4,803
1838 - 1905
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 4,804
1941 - 2016
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 4,805
Among biologists born in United States, Aldo Leopold ranks 72. Before him are Martha Chase (1927), James P. Allison (1948), Sewall Wright (1889), Esther Lederberg (1922), Craig Mello (1960), and Garrett Hardin (1915). After him are Charles David Keeling (1928), David Starr Jordan (1851), Arthur Cronquist (1919), George C. Williams (1926), Robert Sapolsky (1957), and Mary Agnes Chase (1869).
1927 - 2003
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 66
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 67
1889 - 1988
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 68
1922 - 2006
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 69
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 70
1915 - 2003
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 71
1887 - 1948
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 72
1928 - 2005
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 73
1851 - 1931
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 74
1919 - 1992
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 75
1926 - 2010
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 76
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 77
1869 - 1963
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 78