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Alexander Andreyevich Baranov

trader and manager of trading posts in Russian America

1746 - 1819

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His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Andreyevich Baranov is the 195th most popular explorer (down from 193rd in 2024), the 710th most popular biography from Russia (up from 774th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Explorer.

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More than 2 centuries after death, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov still holds rank #25,042 among all individuals in Pantheon.

Feb 3

Alexander Andreyevich Baranov shares a February 3 birthday with Felix Mendelssohn, Alvar Aalto, and Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.

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Among Explorers

Among explorers, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov ranks 195 out of 498. Before him are Annie Londonderry, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Alexander Mackenzie, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Gaspar Corte-Real, and Simon Fraser. After him are Rodrigo de Bastidas, Nikolai Rezanov, James Weddell, Don Walsh, Francisco de Montejo, and Jean-Baptiste Charcot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1746, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov ranks 23. Before him are Infanta Benedita of Portugal, Tiradentes, Izabela Czartoryska, Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, François-André Vincent, and Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken. After him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis, Antonio Rosetti, Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, Jean-Sifrein Maury, and William Curtis. Among people deceased in 1819, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov ranks 19. Before him are Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Abbé Faria, Sophie Blanchard, John Marshall, Erik Acharius, and Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Bodawpaya, Johan David Åkerblad, Alexander Tormasov, Valentin Vodnik, Johann Peter Beaulieu, and John Playfair.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov ranks 710 out of 3,761. Before him are Otto Hesse (1811), Kirill Kondrashin (1914), Irina Godunova (1557), Mordechai Spiegler (1944), Lev Ivanov (1834), and Alexey Kaledin (1861). After him are Nikolai Rezanov (1764), Sergey Belyavsky (1883), Mikhail Mil (1909), Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia (1854), Franz Schlegelberger (1876), and Fyodor Okhlopkov (1908).

Among Explorers In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov ranks 7. Before him are Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839), Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797), Mikhail Lazarev (1788), Afanasy Nikitin (1500), Semyon Dezhnev (1605), and Vladimir Arsenyev (1872). After him are Nikolai Rezanov (1764), Vasily Tatishchev (1686), Vladimir Atlasov (1661), Yerofey Khabarov (1603), Dmitry Laptev (1701), and Karl Maximovich (1827).

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