1939 - Today
Boris Grigorevich Kolker (Russian: Борис Григорьевич Колкер; born July 15, 1939, in Tiraspol, Moldavian ASSR, Soviet Union) is a language teacher, translator and advocate of the international language Esperanto. He was until 1993 a Soviet and Russian citizen and since then has been a resident and citizen of the United States residing in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1985 he was awarded a Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Kolker has received more than 15,368 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Kolker is the 51st most popular linguist (up from 56th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Moldova (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Moldovan Linguist.
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Among linguists, Boris Kolker ranks 51 out of 161. Before him are Joseph Greenberg, Charles Bally, Hesychius of Alexandria, Vatroslav Jagić, Hermann Paul, and Tuone Udaina. After him are Josef Dobrovský, Karl Lachmann, Eugenio Coșeriu, Claude Piron, August Leskien, and Friedrich Christian Diez.
1915 - 2001
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 45
1865 - 1947
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 46
500 - 500
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 47
1838 - 1923
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 48
1846 - 1921
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 49
1821 - 1898
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 50
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 51
1753 - 1829
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 52
1793 - 1851
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 53
1921 - 2002
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 54
1931 - 2008
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 55
1840 - 1916
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 56
1794 - 1876
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 57
Among people born in 1939, Boris Kolker ranks 125. Before him are Karel Brückner, Joseph D. Pistone, Barbara Liskov, Velibor Vasović, Tarcisio Burgnich, and Stanisław Dziwisz. After him are Pilar Bardem, Norman Davies, Alan Baker, Vladimir Menshov, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, and Kim Jae-ryong.
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 119
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 120
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 121
1939 - 2002
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 122
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 123
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 124
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 125
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 126
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 127
1939 - 2018
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 128
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 129
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 130
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 131
Among people born in Moldova, Boris Kolker ranks 13 out of 92. Before him are Nikolay Zelinsky (1861), Maia Sandu (1972), Mikhail Larionov (1881), Mircea Snegur (1941), Vladimir Purishkevich (1870), and Iona Yakir (1896). After him are Maria Cebotari (1910), Eugen Doga (1937), Eugenio Coșeriu (1921), Alexey Shchusev (1873), Avigdor Lieberman (1958), and Petru Lucinschi (1940).
1861 - 1953
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 7
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 8
1881 - 1964
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 9
1941 - 2023
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 10
1870 - 1920
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 11
1896 - 1937
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 12
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 13
1910 - 1949
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 14
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 15
1921 - 2002
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 16
1873 - 1949
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 17
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 18
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 19
Among linguists born in Moldova, Boris Kolker ranks 1. After him are Eugenio Coșeriu (1921) and Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu (1838).
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 1
1921 - 2002
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 2
1838 - 1907
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 3