1894 - 1966
Curt Backeberg (2 August 1894 in Lüneburg, Germany – 14 January 1966) was a German horticulturist especially known for the collection and classification of cacti. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Curt Backeberg has received more than 18,808 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Curt Backeberg is the 743rd most popular biologist (up from 751st in 2019), the 4,260th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,953rd in 2019) and the 146th most popular German Biologist.
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Among biologists, Curt Backeberg ranks 743 out of 841. Before him are Karl Moritz Schumann, Daniel Oliver, David Goodall, James Francis Stephens, Jules Verreaux, and Carlo Luigi Spegazzini. After him are George Edwards, Johann Jakob Heckel, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Albert Charles Smith, Hermann Harms, and Henry Nicholas Ridley.
1851 - 1904
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 737
1830 - 1916
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 738
1914 - 2018
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 739
1792 - 1852
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 740
1807 - 1873
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 741
1858 - 1926
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 742
1894 - 1966
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 743
1694 - 1773
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 744
1790 - 1857
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 745
1903 - 1991
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 746
1906 - 1999
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 747
1870 - 1942
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 748
1855 - 1956
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 749
Among people born in 1894, Curt Backeberg ranks 200. Before him are Bill Johnston, Jean Debucourt, Arthur Freed, August Dvorak, Corinne Griffith, and Pelageya Shajn. After him are Nikolai Chebotaryov, Albert Préjean, Ernesto Ambrosini, Alan Crosland, Henry Daniell, and James P. Johnson. Among people deceased in 1966, Curt Backeberg ranks 159. Before him are Gustavo Marzi, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Dimitar Dimov, Frankie Genaro, Julia Faye, and Giorgi Leonidze. After him are Alvin Langdon Coburn, Adrianus de Jong, Hilde Schrader, Wallace Ford, Josef von Báky, and Bruno Ahlberg.
1894 - 1946
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 194
1894 - 1958
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 195
1894 - 1973
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 196
1894 - 1975
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 197
1894 - 1979
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 198
1894 - 1956
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 199
1894 - 1966
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 200
1894 - 1947
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 201
1894 - 1979
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 202
1894 - 1951
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 203
1894 - 1936
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 204
1894 - 1963
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 205
1894 - 1955
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 206
1908 - 1966
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 153
1887 - 1966
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 154
1909 - 1966
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 155
1901 - 1966
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 156
1892 - 1966
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 157
1899 - 1966
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 158
1894 - 1966
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 159
1882 - 1966
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 160
1882 - 1966
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 161
1910 - 1966
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 162
1898 - 1966
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 163
1902 - 1966
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 164
1911 - 1966
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 165
Among people born in Germany, Curt Backeberg ranks 4,260 out of 6,142. Before him are Lothar Späth (1937), Veronica Ferres (1965), Joseph Meyer (1796), Johann Andreas Wagner (1797), Johannes Rebmann (1820), and Johann Mühlegg (1970). After him are LeVar Burton (1957), Martin Hoffmann (1955), Halil Altıntop (1982), Olaf Thon (1966), Johann Jakob Heckel (1790), and Hans Cieslarczyk (1937).
1937 - 2016
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 4,254
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 4,255
1796 - 1856
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 4,256
1797 - 1861
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 4,257
1820 - 1876
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 4,258
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 4,259
1894 - 1966
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 4,260
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 4,261
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 4,262
1982 - Present
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 4,263
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 4,264
1790 - 1857
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 4,265
1937 - 2020
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 4,266
Among biologists born in Germany, Curt Backeberg ranks 146. Before him are Ernst Ahl (1898), August Batsch (1761), Karl Hugo Strunz (1910), Johann Christoph Wendland (1755), Jakob Emanuel Lange (1864), and Karl Moritz Schumann (1851). After him are Johann Jakob Heckel (1790), Hermann Harms (1870), Johann Jakob Kaup (1803), Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1805), Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808), and Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (1798).
1898 - 1945
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 140
1761 - 1802
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 141
1910 - 2006
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 142
1755 - 1828
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 143
1864 - 1941
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 144
1851 - 1904
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 145
1894 - 1966
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 146
1790 - 1857
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 147
1870 - 1942
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 148
1803 - 1873
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 149
1805 - 1860
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 150
1808 - 1904
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 151
1798 - 1875
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 152