1836 - 1921
Alfred Grandidier (20 December 1836 – 13 September 1921) was a French naturalist and explorer. From a very wealthy family, at the age of 20, he and his brother, Ernest Grandidier (1833–1912), undertook a voyage around the world. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Grandidier has received more than 31,550 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Alfred Grandidier is the 437th most popular biologist (up from 572nd in 2019), the 3,255th most popular biography from France (up from 3,461st in 2019) and the 57th most popular French Biologist.
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Among biologists, Alfred Grandidier ranks 437 out of 841. Before him are Imre Frivaldszky, Karl Gegenbaur, Heinrich Kuhl, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Benedykt Dybowski, and William Jackson Hooker. After him are Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, Jean-Pierre Changeux, Elisabeth Christina von Linné, Sewall Wright, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, and Jean René Constant Quoy.
1799 - 1870
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 431
1826 - 1903
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 432
1797 - 1821
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 433
1776 - 1858
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 434
1833 - 1930
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 435
1785 - 1865
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 436
1836 - 1921
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 437
1716 - 1800
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 438
1936 - Present
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 439
1743 - 1782
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 440
1889 - 1988
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 441
1907 - 2004
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 442
1790 - 1869
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 443
Among people born in 1836, Alfred Grandidier ranks 50. Before him are Máximo Gómez, Juliette Adam, Cirilo Antonio Rivarola, John Atkinson Grimshaw, Andrés Avelino Cáceres, and Giuseppe Abbati. After him are Edward Poynter, Walery Antoni Wróblewski, Ernst von Bergmann, Norman Lockyer, Emil Hartmann, and Bret Harte. Among people deceased in 1921, Alfred Grandidier ranks 76. Before him are Gabriela Zapolska, Fyodor Sergeyev, Colin Archer, Yaa Asantewaa, Alexander Dutov, and Gyula Breyer. After him are August Nilsson, Andrea Carlo Ferrari, Franz Defregger, José Miguel Gómez, Max Noether, and Virginia Rappe.
1836 - 1905
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 44
1836 - 1936
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 45
1836 - 1878
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 46
1836 - 1893
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 47
1836 - 1923
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 48
1836 - 1868
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 49
1836 - 1921
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 50
1836 - 1919
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 51
1836 - 1908
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 52
1836 - 1907
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 53
1836 - 1920
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 54
1836 - 1898
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 55
1836 - 1902
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 56
1857 - 1921
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 70
1883 - 1921
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 71
1832 - 1921
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 72
1840 - 1921
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 73
1864 - 1921
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 74
1893 - 1921
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 75
1836 - 1921
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 76
1872 - 1921
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 77
1850 - 1921
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 78
1835 - 1921
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 79
1858 - 1921
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 80
1921 - 1921
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 81
1895 - 1921
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 82
Among people born in France, Alfred Grandidier ranks 3,255 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (1755), Boris Cyrulnik (1937), Marcel Bozzuffi (1928), Louis Bachelier (1870), Jean-Christophe Bouvet (1947), and Jacques Villeret (1951). After him are Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697), Jane Dieulafoy (1851), Jacques Ozanam (1640), Adolphe Alphand (1817), Marie-Denise Villers (1774), and Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778).
1755 - 1821
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 3,249
1937 - Present
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 3,250
1928 - 1988
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 3,251
1870 - 1946
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 3,252
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 3,253
1951 - 2005
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 3,254
1836 - 1921
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 3,255
1697 - 1780
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 3,256
1851 - 1916
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 3,257
1640 - 1718
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 3,258
1817 - 1891
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 3,259
1774 - 1821
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 3,260
1778 - 1832
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 3,261
Among biologists born in France, Alfred Grandidier ranks 57. Before him are Matthias de l'Obel (1538), Louis Claude Richard (1754), Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (1746), Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (1748), Auguste Chevalier (1873), and Henri Ernest Baillon (1827). After him are Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716), Jean-Pierre Changeux (1936), Jean René Constant Quoy (1790), Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794), Pierre Magnol (1638), and Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797).
1538 - 1616
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 51
1754 - 1821
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 52
1746 - 1800
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 53
1748 - 1794
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 54
1873 - 1956
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 55
1827 - 1895
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 56
1836 - 1921
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 57
1716 - 1800
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 58
1936 - Present
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 59
1790 - 1869
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 60
1794 - 1871
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 61
1638 - 1715
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 62
1797 - 1853
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 63