1946 - Today
Birutė Marija Filomena Galdikas or Birutė Mary Galdikas, OC (born 10 May 1946), is a Lithuanian-Canadian anthropologist, primatologist, conservationist, ethologist, and author. She is a professor at Simon Fraser University. In the field of primatology, Galdikas is recognized as a leading authority on orangutans. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Birutė Galdikas has received more than 477,459 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Birutė Galdikas is the 35th most popular anthropologist (up from 43rd in 2019), the 2,660th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,112th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Anthropologist.
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Among anthropologists, Birutė Galdikas ranks 35 out of 69. Before her are Marshall Sahlins, Jacques de Morgan, Ann Dunham, Pierre Clastres, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, and Franco Basaglia. After her are Henry Fairfield Osborn, Bill Mollison, Fredrik Barth, Marcel Griaule, John Lloyd Stephens, and Lubor Niederle.
1930 - 2021
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 29
1857 - 1924
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 30
1942 - 1995
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 31
1934 - 1977
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 32
1907 - 1970
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 33
1924 - 1980
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 34
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 35
1857 - 1935
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 36
1928 - 2016
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 37
1928 - 2016
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 38
1898 - 1956
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 39
1805 - 1852
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 40
1865 - 1944
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 41
Among people born in 1946, Birutė Galdikas ranks 223. Before her are Cheng Pei-pei, Renaud Camus, Arnoldo Alemán, Al Green, Sawao Kato, and Silvio Rodríguez. After her are Miguel Reina, René Jacobs, Jim Kelly, Grigory Margulis, George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, and Slim Borgudd.
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 217
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 218
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 219
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 220
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 221
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 222
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 223
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 224
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 225
1946 - 2013
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 226
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 227
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 228
1946 - 2023
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 229
Among people born in Germany, Birutė Galdikas ranks 2,660 out of 6,142. Before her are Joseph Dietzgen (1828), Carl Ludwig Blume (1796), Otto Schniewind (1887), Johann Peter Frank (1745), Joseph Weizenbaum (1923), and Louise Catherine Breslau (1856). After her are Friedrich Merz (1955), August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796), John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg (1525), Abraham Mignon (1640), Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1800), and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe (1821).
1828 - 1888
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 2,654
1796 - 1862
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 2,655
1887 - 1964
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 2,656
1745 - 1821
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 2,657
1923 - 2008
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 2,658
1856 - 1927
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 2,659
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 2,660
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 2,661
1796 - 1835
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 2,662
1525 - 1576
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 2,663
1640 - 1679
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 2,664
1800 - 1820
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 2,665
1821 - 1899
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 2,666
Among anthropologists born in Germany, Birutė Galdikas ranks 3. Before her are Franz Boas (1858) and Wilhelm Schmidt (1868). After her are Fredrik Barth (1928), Johann Carl Fuhlrott (1803), Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg (1900), and Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840).
1858 - 1942
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1
1868 - 1954
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 3
1928 - 2016
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 4
1803 - 1877
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 5
1900 - 1991
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 6
1840 - 1911
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 7