BIOLOGIST
Birbal Sahni
1891 - 1949
Birbal Sahni
Birbal Sahni FRS (14 November 1891 – 10 April 1949) was an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent. He also took an interest in geology and archaeology. He founded what is now the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany at Lucknow in 1946. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Birbal Sahni has received more than 219,666 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Birbal Sahni is the 726th most popular biologist (down from 612th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Pakistan and the 2nd most popular Pakistani Biologist.
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Among BIOLOGISTS
Among biologists, Birbal Sahni ranks 726 out of 844. Before him are Janaki Ammal, Robert H. MacArthur, Paul Nurse, José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Maxwell T. Masters, and François Marie Daudin. After him are Jacob Bjerknes, Wilhem de Haan, Edward Newton, Hugh Edwin Strickland, Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, and John Abbot.
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Janaki Ammal
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HPI: 57.83
Rank: 720
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HPI: 57.80
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HPI: 57.77
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HPI: 57.73
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Birbal Sahni
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HPI: 57.66
Rank: 726
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HPI: 57.65
Rank: 727
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HPI: 57.58
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HPI: 57.56
Rank: 729
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HPI: 57.56
Rank: 730
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HPI: 57.55
Rank: 731
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1751 - 1840
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 732
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1891, Birbal Sahni ranks 194. Before him are Gustaf Dyrssen, Boris Lavrenyov, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Wallace Reid, Mary Browne, and V. Volodarsky. After him are William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Arnold Jackson, Jetta Goudal, August Gailit, Gaston Strobino, and Eva Kotchever. Among people deceased in 1949, Birbal Sahni ranks 129. Before him are Fedor Ozep, Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols, Bill Robinson, František Halas, Robert Ripley, and Henry Petersen. After him are Albert Ammons, Paul Chocque, Ivar Lykke, Clarence Kingsbury, Gregory Mathews, and Henry Slocum.
Others Born in 1891
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Gustaf Dyrssen
1891 - 1981
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 188
Boris Lavrenyov
1891 - 1959
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 189
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska
1891 - 1945
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 190
Wallace Reid
1891 - 1923
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 191
Mary Browne
1891 - 1971
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 192
V. Volodarsky
1891 - 1918
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 193
Birbal Sahni
1891 - 1949
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 194
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
1891 - 1970
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 195
Arnold Jackson
1891 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 196
Jetta Goudal
1891 - 1985
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 197
August Gailit
1891 - 1960
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 198
Gaston Strobino
1891 - 1969
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 199
Eva Kotchever
1891 - 1943
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 200
Others Deceased in 1949
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Fedor Ozep
1895 - 1949
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 123
Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols
1872 - 1949
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 124
Bill Robinson
1877 - 1949
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 125
František Halas
1901 - 1949
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 126
Robert Ripley
1890 - 1949
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 127
Henry Petersen
1900 - 1949
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 128
Birbal Sahni
1891 - 1949
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 129
Albert Ammons
1907 - 1949
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 130
Paul Chocque
1910 - 1949
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 131
Ivar Lykke
1872 - 1949
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 132
Clarence Kingsbury
1882 - 1949
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 133
Gregory Mathews
1876 - 1949
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 134
Henry Slocum
1862 - 1949
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 135
In Pakistan
Among people born in Pakistan, Birbal Sahni ranks 73 out of 158. Before him are Raaj Kumar (1926), Duleep Singh (1838), Bahlul Lodi (1406), Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932), Manoj Kumar (1937), and Margaret Lockwood (1916). After him are Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952), Reginald Dyer (1864), Muhammad Mian Soomro (1950), Amrita Singh (1958), Noor Jehan (1926), and Shahid Khan (1950).
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Raaj Kumar
1926 - 1996
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 67
Duleep Singh
1838 - 1893
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 68
Bahlul Lodi
1406 - 1489
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 69
Muhammad Khan Junejo
1932 - 1993
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 70
Manoj Kumar
1937 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 71
Margaret Lockwood
1916 - 1990
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 72
Birbal Sahni
1891 - 1949
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 73
Yousaf Raza Gillani
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 74
Reginald Dyer
1864 - 1927
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 75
Muhammad Mian Soomro
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 76
Amrita Singh
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 77
Noor Jehan
1926 - 2000
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 78
Shahid Khan
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 79
Among BIOLOGISTS In Pakistan
Among biologists born in Pakistan, Birbal Sahni ranks 2. Before him are Har Gobind Khorana (1922).
