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Ardito Desio

1897 - 2001

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Count Ardito Desio (18 April 1897 – 12 December 2001) was an Italian explorer, mountain climber, geologist, and cartographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ardito Desio has received more than 77,248 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ardito Desio is the 33rd most popular mountaineer (down from 32nd in 2019), the 3,233rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,014th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Mountaineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 77k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Ardito Desio ranks 33 out of 56. Before him are Jon Krakauer, Peter Habeler, Fanny Bullock Workman, Erhard Loretan, Riccardo Cassin, and Rob Hall. After him are Ueli Steck, Vittorio Sella, Yevgeniy Abalakov, Verney Lovett Cameron, Simone Moro, and Denis Urubko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Ardito Desio ranks 201. Before him are Albert Renger-Patzsch, Rosa Ponselle, Shovkat Mammadova, Joe Profaci, Evsei Liberman, and Eduard Tisse. After him are Zenta Mauriņa, Henry Cowell, Antonio Riberi, Higinio Morínigo, Fletcher Henderson, and Isaías Medina Angarita. Among people deceased in 2001, Ardito Desio ranks 184. Before him are Philippe Léotard, Pauline Kael, Mongo Beti, Troy Donahue, Ri Kun-mo, and Charles Régnier. After him are Jan Kott, Jutta Rüdiger, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Franco Rasetti, and Betty Holberton.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ardito Desio ranks 3,233 out of 5,161. Before him are Fabio Quagliarella (1983), Pierbattista Pizzaballa (1965), Fulvio Collovati (1957), Mellitus (600), Dino Meneghin (1950), and Michele Morosini (1308). After him are Mario David (1934), Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela (1781), Gianni Amelio (1945), Romanino (1485), Pino Daniele (1955), and Piero Tosi (1927).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Italy

Among mountaineers born in Italy, Ardito Desio ranks 6. Before him are Reinhold Messner (1944), Walter Bonatti (1930), Achille Compagnoni (1914), Lino Lacedelli (1925), and Riccardo Cassin (1909). After him are Vittorio Sella (1859), and Simone Moro (1967).

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