Biologist

Ernst Haeckel

1834 - 1919

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Ernst Haeckel

His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 86 in 2024). Ernst Haeckel is the 9th most popular biologist (down from 8th in 2024), the 115th most popular biography from Germany (down from 99th in 2019) and the most popular German Biologist.

Ernst Haeckel is most famous for his work in comparative anatomy and evolutionary biology. He was a German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor, and artist.

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Among Biologists

Among biologists, Ernst Haeckel ranks 9 out of 1,097. Before him are Gregor Mendel, Alexander Fleming, James Watson, Ivan Pavlov, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. After him are Konrad Lorenz, Rosalind Franklin, Karl Landsteiner, Robert Edwards, Robert Brown, and Georges Cuvier.

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HPI: 85.69
Rank: 3
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HPI: 84.76
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HPI: 83.14
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HPI: 83.05
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
1632 - 1723
HPI: 82.46
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HPI: 82.06
Rank: 8
Ernst Haeckel
1834 - 1919
HPI: 79.95
Rank: 9
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HPI: 79.42
Rank: 10
Rosalind Franklin
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HPI: 79.24
Rank: 11
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HPI: 79.16
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HPI: 78.39
Rank: 13
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HPI: 78.23
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HPI: 77.69
Rank: 15

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Ernst Haeckel ranks 4. Before him are Dmitri Mendeleev, Edgar Degas, and Gottlieb Daimler. After him are James Abbott McNeill Whistler, John Venn, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, William Morris, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Léon Walras, and Carl Bloch. Among people deceased in 1919, Ernst Haeckel ranks 6. Before him are Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Rosa Luxemburg, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Emil Fischer, and Theodore Roosevelt. After him are Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Alfred Werner, Gojong of Korea, Karl Liebknecht, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, and Emiliano Zapata.

Others Born in 1834

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Dmitri Mendeleev
CHEMIST
1834 - 1907
HPI: 86.92
Rank: 1
Edgar Degas
PAINTER
1834 - 1917
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 2
Gottlieb Daimler
ENGINEER
1834 - 1900
HPI: 79.99
Rank: 3
Ernst Haeckel
BIOLOGIST
1834 - 1919
HPI: 79.95
Rank: 4
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
PAINTER
1834 - 1903
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 5
John Venn
PHILOSOPHER
1834 - 1923
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 6
Duchess Helene in Bavaria
NOBLEMAN
1834 - 1890
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 7
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
SCULPTOR
1834 - 1904
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 8
William Morris
DESIGNER
1834 - 1896
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 9
Samuel Pierpont Langley
INVENTOR
1834 - 1906
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 10
Léon Walras
ECONOMIST
1834 - 1910
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 11
Carl Bloch
PAINTER
1834 - 1890
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1919

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
PAINTER
1841 - 1919
HPI: 86.02
Rank: 1
Rosa Luxemburg
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1871 - 1919
HPI: 85.33
Rank: 2
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
PHYSICIST
1842 - 1919
HPI: 83.12
Rank: 3
Emil Fischer
CHEMIST
1852 - 1919
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 4
Theodore Roosevelt
POLITICIAN
1858 - 1919
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 5
Ernst Haeckel
BIOLOGIST
1834 - 1919
HPI: 79.95
Rank: 6
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
WRITER
1857 - 1919
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 7
Alfred Werner
CHEMIST
1866 - 1919
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 8
Gojong of Korea
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1919
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 9
Karl Liebknecht
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1919
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 10
Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
NOBLEMAN
1842 - 1919
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 11
Emiliano Zapata
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1879 - 1919
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 12