GEOLOGIST
Andrija Mohorovičić
1857 - 1936
Andrija Mohorovičić
Andrija Mohorovičić (23 January 1857 – 18 December 1936) was a Croatian geophysicist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrija Mohorovičić has received more than 157,946 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 40 in 2019). Andrija Mohorovičić is the 9th most popular geologist (down from 8th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Geologist.
Andrija Mohorovičić is most famous for discovering the Mohorovičić discontinuity, a boundary between the Earth's crust and the Earth's mantle.
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Among GEOLOGISTS
Among geologists, Andrija Mohorovičić ranks 9 out of 59. Before him are Nicolas Steno, Charles Lyell, Mary Anning, Inge Lehmann, Milutin Milanković, and James Hutton. After him are Friedrich Mohs, Eduard Suess, Francis Beaufort, Vasily Dokuchaev, Beno Gutenberg, and Abraham Gottlob Werner.
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Nicolas Steno
1638 - 1686
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 3
Charles Lyell
1797 - 1875
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 4
Mary Anning
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
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Inge Lehmann
1888 - 1993
HPI: 65.10
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Milutin Milanković
1879 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
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James Hutton
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
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Andrija Mohorovičić
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 9
Friedrich Mohs
1773 - 1839
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 10
Eduard Suess
1831 - 1914
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 11
Francis Beaufort
1774 - 1857
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 12
Vasily Dokuchaev
1846 - 1903
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 13
Beno Gutenberg
1889 - 1960
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 14
Abraham Gottlob Werner
1749 - 1817
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 15
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1857, Andrija Mohorovičić ranks 24. Before him are Theo van Gogh, Thorstein Veblen, Ronald Ross, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, and Axel Munthe. After him are Paul Doumer, Antoni Grabowski, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Georg Michaelis, Joseph Babinski, and Karl Pearson. Among people deceased in 1936, Andrija Mohorovičić ranks 28. Before him are Hans von Seeckt, Ottorino Respighi, Karl Kraus, Buenaventura Durruti, Róbert Bárány, and Robert E. Howard. After him are Elsa Einstein, Anne Sullivan, Charles Nicolle, Julius Schreck, Georg Michaelis, and Nikolai Ostrovsky.
Others Born in 1857
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Theo van Gogh
1857 - 1891
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 18
Thorstein Veblen
1857 - 1929
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 19
Ronald Ross
1857 - 1932
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 20
Julius Wagner-Jauregg
1857 - 1940
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 21
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
1857 - 1905
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 22
Axel Munthe
1857 - 1949
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 23
Andrija Mohorovičić
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 24
Paul Doumer
1857 - 1932
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 25
Antoni Grabowski
1857 - 1921
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 26
Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
1857 - 1939
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 27
Georg Michaelis
1857 - 1936
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 28
Joseph Babinski
1857 - 1932
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 29
Karl Pearson
1857 - 1936
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 30
Others Deceased in 1936
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Hans von Seeckt
1866 - 1936
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 22
Ottorino Respighi
1879 - 1936
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 23
Karl Kraus
1874 - 1936
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 24
Buenaventura Durruti
1896 - 1936
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 25
Róbert Bárány
1876 - 1936
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 26
Robert E. Howard
1906 - 1936
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 27
Andrija Mohorovičić
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 28
Elsa Einstein
1876 - 1936
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 29
Anne Sullivan
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 30
Charles Nicolle
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 31
Julius Schreck
1898 - 1936
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 32
Georg Michaelis
1857 - 1936
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 33
Nikolai Ostrovsky
1904 - 1936
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 34
In Croatia
Among people born in Croatia, Andrija Mohorovičić ranks 17 out of 589. Before him are Pope John IV (600), Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711), Pope Caius (250), Saint Marinus (275), Mario Andretti (1940), and Svetozar Boroević (1856). After him are Franz von Suppé (1819), Aloysius Stepinac (1898), Leopold Ružička (1887), Crispus (305), Joanna II of Naples (1373), and Margaret of Hungary (1242).
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Pope John IV
600 - 642
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 11
Roger Joseph Boscovich
1711 - 1787
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 12
Pope Caius
250 - 296
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 13
Saint Marinus
275 - 366
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 14
Mario Andretti
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 15
Svetozar Boroević
1856 - 1920
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 16
Andrija Mohorovičić
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 17
Franz von Suppé
1819 - 1895
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 18
Aloysius Stepinac
1898 - 1960
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 19
Leopold Ružička
1887 - 1976
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 20
Crispus
305 - 326
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 21
Joanna II of Naples
1373 - 1435
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 22
Margaret of Hungary
1242 - 1270
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 23
Among GEOLOGISTS In Croatia
Among geologists born in Croatia, Andrija Mohorovičić ranks 1.
