BIOLOGIST

Charles Sibley

1917 - 1998

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Charles Gald Sibley (August 7, 1917 – April 12, 1998) was an American ornithologist and molecular biologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Sibley has received more than 53,036 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Sibley is the 956th most popular biologist (down from 862nd in 2019), the 9,718th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,978th in 2019) and the 138th most popular American Biologist.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Charles Sibley ranks 956 out of 1,097Before him are Hugh Edwin Strickland, Vladimir Sukachev, François Gagnepain, Alister Hardy, Maxwell T. Masters, and William T. Stearn. After him are Edward Lhuyd, Ivan Lepyokhin, Édouard Louis Trouessart, Janet Rowley, John Hutton Balfour, and Richard Meinertzhagen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Charles Sibley ranks 304Before him are David Hampshire, Tadd Dameron, Jean Lucas, Carl Forssell, Jerry Wexler, and Walter Lord. After him are Arthur Laurents, José Magriñá, Ottorino Volonterio, Valerie Hobson, Mikhail Anikushin, and W. T. Tutte. Among people deceased in 1998, Charles Sibley ranks 282Before him are Norman Fell, Gennady Yevryuzhikhin, Fred Davis, Daniel Massey, Persis Khambatta, and Louis Hostin. After him are René Ferrier, Anna J. Harrison, Duncan White, Augusto Magli, Elio Morille, and Tommy Flowers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Sibley ranks 9,718 out of 20,380Before him are Johnny Moss (1907), Mary L. Good (1931), Lawrence Tibbett (1896), Lola Glaudini (1971), Faran Tahir (1963), and John Sullivan (1740). After him are Gardner Fox (1911), Cristin Milioti (1985), Roger Kingdom (1962), Billy Beane (1962), Norman Johnson (1930), and Alison Sudol (1984).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Charles Sibley ranks 138Before him are Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875), Osamu Hayaishi (1920), John Hopfield (1933), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Lucy Shapiro (1940), and William Beebe (1877). After him are Janet Rowley (1925), Alexander Wetmore (1886), James Chapin (1889), John Lawrence LeConte (1825), Irene Pepperberg (1949), and Herbert Boyer (1936).