1885 - 1961
Boris Andreyevich Vilkitsky (Russian: Бори́с Андре́евич Вильки́цкий) (22 March (3 April N.S.) 1885, Pulkovo – 6 March 1961) was a Russian hydrographer and surveyor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Vilkitsky has received more than 55,186 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Boris Vilkitsky is the 387th most popular explorer (down from 318th in 2019), the 1,757th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,260th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Russian Explorer.
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Among explorers, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 387 out of 405. Before him are John Colter, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Gennady Nevelskoy, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Anthony de la Roché, and Tobias Furneaux. After him are Robert McClure, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Ranulph Fiennes, Theodor von Heuglin, and Hugh Clapperton.
1774 - 1812
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 381
1755 - 1834
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 382
1813 - 1876
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 383
1680 - 1767
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 384
1700 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 385
1735 - 1781
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 386
1885 - 1961
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 387
1807 - 1873
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 388
1890 - 1965
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 389
1798 - 1852
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 390
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 391
1824 - 1876
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 392
1788 - 1827
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 393
Among people born in 1885, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 180. Before him are Eduard Künneke, Américo Castro, Fritz von Unruh, Per Thorén, Hasan Saka, and Malcolm Campbell. After him are Carl Silfverstrand, Harry Benjamin, Fernand de Montigny, Georges Passerieu, Tommaso Costantino, and Ring Lardner. Among people deceased in 1961, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 140. Before him are Paul Deman, Jānis Endzelīns, Uberto De Morpurgo, Louis Rwagasore, Antonio Urdinarán, and Eugene Bullard. After him are Robert L. Eichelberger, Eliseo Mouriño, Max Schöne, Ernest Payne, Albert Oldman, and Ferdinand Bie.
1885 - 1953
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 174
1885 - 1972
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 175
1885 - 1970
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 176
1885 - 1962
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 177
1885 - 1960
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 178
1885 - 1948
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 179
1885 - 1961
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 180
1885 - 1975
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 181
1885 - 1986
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 182
1885 - 1974
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 183
1885 - 1928
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 184
1885 - 1950
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 185
1885 - 1933
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 186
1889 - 1961
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 134
1873 - 1961
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 135
1896 - 1961
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 136
1932 - 1961
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 137
1898 - 1961
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 138
1895 - 1961
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 139
1885 - 1961
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 140
1886 - 1961
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 141
1927 - 1961
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 142
1880 - 1961
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 143
1884 - 1961
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 144
1883 - 1961
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 145
1888 - 1961
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 146
Among people born in Russia, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 1,757 out of 3,262. Before him are Vikenty Veresaev (1867), Yuri Shevchuk (1957), Maya Kristalinskaya (1932), Valeri Tokarev (1952), Fedor Ozep (1895), and Ladislaus Bortkiewicz (1868). After him are Fyodor Bondarchuk (1967), Max Jakobson (1923), Carl Enckell (1876), Igor Novikov (1929), Geydar Dzhemal (1947), and Nikolay Lvov (1753).
1867 - 1945
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 1,751
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 1,752
1932 - 1985
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 1,753
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 1,754
1895 - 1949
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 1,755
1868 - 1931
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 1,756
1885 - 1961
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 1,757
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 1,758
1923 - 2013
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 1,759
1876 - 1959
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 1,760
1929 - 2007
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 1,761
1947 - 2016
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 1,762
1753 - 1803
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 1,763
Among explorers born in Russia, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 26. Before him are Khariton Laptev (1700), Pyotr Chikhachyov (1808), Alexander Fersman (1883), Yakov Sannikov (1780), Pyotr Anjou (1796), and Gennady Nevelskoy (1813). After him are Gombojab Tsybikov (1873), Mikhail Somov (1908), Georgy Ushakov (1901), Artur Chilingarov (1939), Aleksandra Potanina (1843), and Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860).
1700 - 1763
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 20
1808 - 1890
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 21
1883 - 1945
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 22
1780 - 1825
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 23
1796 - 1869
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 24
1813 - 1876
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 25
1885 - 1961
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 26
1873 - 1930
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 27
1908 - 1973
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 28
1901 - 1963
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 29
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 30
1843 - 1893
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 31
1860 - 1936
HPI: 43.11
Rank: 32