1937 - Today
Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, (born 25 July 1937) is a British archaeologist, paleolinguist and Conservative peer noted for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics, neuroarchaeology, and the prevention of looting at archaeological sites. Renfrew was formerly the Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and is now a Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Renfrew has received more than 172,330 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Colin Renfrew is the 52nd most popular archaeologist (down from 51st in 2019), the 2,153rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,316th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Archaeologist.
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Among archaeologists, Colin Renfrew ranks 52 out of 104. Before him are Alan Gardiner, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, Gustaf Kossinna, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, and Isdal Woman. After him are Hormuzd Rassam, Peter Wilhelm Lund, Spyridon Marinatos, Giuseppe Fiorelli, Johan Gunnar Andersson, and Halet Çambel.
1879 - 1963
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 46
1831 - 1888
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 47
1858 - 1931
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 48
1788 - 1868
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 49
1821 - 1898
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 50
1940 - 1970
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 51
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 52
1826 - 1910
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 53
1801 - 1880
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 54
1901 - 1974
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 55
1823 - 1896
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 56
1874 - 1960
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 57
1916 - 2014
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 58
Among people born in 1937, Colin Renfrew ranks 198. Before him are Lorraine Gary, Antonio Rattín, Erich Ribbeck, Barbara Steele, Eero Mäntyranta, and Edita Piekha. After him are Otto Pfister, Yukio Endo, Valentin Rasputin, Charlie Haden, Eduard Artemyev, and Wanda Jackson.
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 192
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 193
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 194
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 195
1937 - 2013
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 196
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 197
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 198
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 199
1937 - 2009
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 200
1937 - 2015
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 201
1937 - 2014
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 202
1937 - 2022
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 203
1937 - Present
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 204
Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Renfrew ranks 2,153 out of 7,765. Before him are Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863), Allan Holdsworth (1946), Millicent Fawcett (1847), Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517), Pieter de Molijn (1595), and Liam Gallagher (1972). After him are Murray Head (1946), Chas Chandler (1938), Alexander Parkes (1813), Flora MacDonald (1722), George Buchanan (1506), and Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915).
1863 - 1935
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 2,147
1946 - 2017
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 2,148
1847 - 1929
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 2,149
1517 - 1554
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 2,150
1595 - 1661
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 2,151
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 2,152
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 2,153
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 2,154
1938 - 1996
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2,155
1813 - 1890
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2,156
1722 - 1790
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2,157
1506 - 1582
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2,158
1915 - 2011
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 2,159
Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Colin Renfrew ranks 10. Before him are Flinders Petrie (1853), Leonard Woolley (1880), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Max Mallowan (1904), George Smith (1840), and Alan Gardiner (1879). After him are Robert Broom (1866), Kathleen Kenyon (1906), E. A. Wallis Budge (1857), John Evans (1823), Charles Dawson (1864), and John Marshall (1876).
1853 - 1942
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 4
1880 - 1960
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 5
1834 - 1913
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 6
1904 - 1978
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 7
1840 - 1876
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 8
1879 - 1963
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 9
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 10
1866 - 1951
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 11
1906 - 1978
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 12
1857 - 1934
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 13
1823 - 1908
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 14
1864 - 1916
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 15
1876 - 1958
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 16