1765 - 1812
Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants. Willdenow was also a mentor of Alexander von Humboldt, one of the earliest and best known phytogeographers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Ludwig Willdenow has received more than 71,060 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Carl Ludwig Willdenow is the 221st most popular biologist (down from 208th in 2019), the 1,899th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,701st in 2019) and the 30th most popular German Biologist.
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Among biologists, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 221 out of 841. Before him are Thomas Browne, Pierre Belon, Michael Rosbash, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Michael W. Young, and Erik Acharius. After him are Adolf Engler, Eva Ekeblad, Bruce Beutler, H. Robert Horvitz, Peter Forsskål, and John Lindley.
1605 - 1682
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 215
1517 - 1564
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 216
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 217
1756 - 1825
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 218
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 219
1757 - 1819
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 220
1765 - 1812
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 221
1844 - 1930
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 222
1724 - 1786
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 223
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 224
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 225
1732 - 1763
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 226
1799 - 1865
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 227
Among people born in 1765, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 15. Before him are Karl Ludwig Harding, Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Paolo Ruffini, José María Morelos, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, and Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. After him are Franz Xaver von Baader, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Nguyễn Du, Duchess Frederica of Württemberg, Charles Hatchett, and Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon. Among people deceased in 1812, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 9. Before him are Emanuel Schikaneder, Sacagawea, Étienne-Louis Malus, George Clinton, Jan Ladislav Dussek, and Shneur Zalman of Liadi. After him are Marianna Martines, Spencer Perceval, Hieronymus von Colloredo, Duke George of Oldenburg, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, and Isaac Titsingh.
1765 - 1834
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 9
1765 - 1796
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 10
1765 - 1822
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 11
1765 - 1815
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 12
1765 - 1833
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 13
1765 - 1814
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 14
1765 - 1812
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 15
1765 - 1841
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 16
1765 - 1840
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 17
1765 - 1820
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 18
1765 - 1785
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 19
1765 - 1847
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 20
1765 - 1844
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 21
1751 - 1812
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 3
1780 - 1812
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 4
1775 - 1812
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 5
1739 - 1812
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 6
1760 - 1812
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 7
1745 - 1812
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 8
1765 - 1812
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 9
1744 - 1812
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 10
1762 - 1812
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 11
1732 - 1812
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 12
1784 - 1812
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 13
1754 - 1812
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 14
1745 - 1812
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 15
Among people born in Germany, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 1,899 out of 6,142. Before him are Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875), Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759), Karl von Piloty (1826), Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt (1831), Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), and Berthold, Duke of Merania (1153). After him are Richard Z. Kruspe (1967), Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764), Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen (1202), Franz Xaver von Baader (1765), Matthias Jabs (1955), and Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg (1588).
1875 - 1957
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 1,893
1759 - 1845
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 1,894
1826 - 1886
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 1,895
1831 - 1904
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 1,896
1773 - 1798
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 1,897
1153 - 1204
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 1,898
1765 - 1812
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 1,899
1967 - Present
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 1,900
1764 - 1788
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 1,901
1202 - 1248
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 1,902
1765 - 1841
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 1,903
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 1,904
1588 - 1658
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 1,905
Among biologists born in Germany, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 30. Before him are Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795), Carl Gustav Carus (1789), Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806), Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1916), Georges J. F. Köhler (1946), and Willi Hennig (1913). After him are Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771), Friedrich Loeffler (1852), Joseph Gaertner (1732), Hieronymus Bock (1498), Otto Brunfels (1488), and Johann Baptist von Spix (1781).
1795 - 1876
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 24
1789 - 1869
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 25
1806 - 1886
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 26
1916 - 2010
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 27
1946 - 1995
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 28
1913 - 1976
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 29
1765 - 1812
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 30
1771 - 1853
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 31
1852 - 1915
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 32
1732 - 1791
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 33
1498 - 1554
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 34
1488 - 1534
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 35
1781 - 1826
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 36