ANTHROPOLOGIST
Eugène Dubois
1858 - 1940
Eugène Dubois
Marie Eugène François Thomas Dubois (French: [øʒɛn dybwɑ]; 28 January 1858 – 16 December 1940) was a Dutch paleoanthropologist and geologist. He earned worldwide fame for his discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus (later redesignated Homo erectus), or "Java Man". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugène Dubois has received more than 154,229 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Eugène Dubois is the 13th most popular anthropologist (up from 14th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 133rd in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Anthropologist.
Eugène Dubois is most famous for discovering the "Java Man" in 1891.
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33
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9.09
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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS
Among anthropologists, Eugène Dubois ranks 13 out of 69. Before him are Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Franz Boas, Paul Broca, Clifford Geertz, and Gregory Bateson. After him are Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Knud Rasmussen, A. L. Kroeber, Edward T. Hall, and Mary Douglas.
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HPI: 68.72
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Ruth Benedict
1887 - 1948
HPI: 66.41
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1858 - 1942
HPI: 66.39
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Paul Broca
1824 - 1880
HPI: 65.72
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Clifford Geertz
1926 - 2006
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Gregory Bateson
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.94
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Eugène Dubois
1858 - 1940
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 13
Alfred Radcliffe-Brown
1881 - 1955
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 14
E. E. Evans-Pritchard
1902 - 1973
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 15
Knud Rasmussen
1879 - 1933
HPI: 59.51
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A. L. Kroeber
1876 - 1960
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 17
Edward T. Hall
1914 - 2009
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 18
Mary Douglas
1921 - 2007
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 19
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1858, Eugène Dubois ranks 25. Before him are Kang Youwei, Maria Christina of Austria, Eugène Ysaÿe, Marie Bashkirtseff, Mihajlo Pupin, and Alessandro Moreschi. After him are Jagadish Chandra Bose, Eleonora Duse, Lovis Corinth, Prince Valdemar of Denmark, André Antoine, and Fernand Khnopff. Among people deceased in 1940, Eugène Dubois ranks 29. Before him are Ze'ev Jabotinsky, John Buchan, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Arthur Harden, and Lluís Companys. After him are Kyösti Kallio, Katharina Schratt, Frederick Cook, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, Vito Volterra, and Édouard Vuillard.
Others Born in 1858
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Kang Youwei
1858 - 1927
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 19
Maria Christina of Austria
1858 - 1929
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 20
Eugène Ysaÿe
1858 - 1931
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 21
Marie Bashkirtseff
1858 - 1884
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 22
Mihajlo Pupin
1858 - 1935
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 23
Alessandro Moreschi
1858 - 1922
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 24
Eugène Dubois
1858 - 1940
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 25
Jagadish Chandra Bose
1858 - 1937
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 26
Eleonora Duse
1858 - 1924
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 27
Lovis Corinth
1858 - 1925
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 28
Prince Valdemar of Denmark
1858 - 1939
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 29
André Antoine
1858 - 1943
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 30
Fernand Khnopff
1858 - 1921
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 31
Others Deceased in 1940
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Ze'ev Jabotinsky
1880 - 1940
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 23
John Buchan
1875 - 1940
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 24
Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse
1868 - 1940
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 25
Vsevolod Meyerhold
1874 - 1940
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 26
Arthur Harden
1865 - 1940
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 27
Lluís Companys
1882 - 1940
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 28
Eugène Dubois
1858 - 1940
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 29
Kyösti Kallio
1873 - 1940
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 30
Katharina Schratt
1853 - 1940
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 31
Frederick Cook
1865 - 1940
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 32
Prince Jean, Duke of Guise
1874 - 1940
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 33
Vito Volterra
1860 - 1940
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 34
Édouard Vuillard
1868 - 1940
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 35
In Netherlands
Among people born in Netherlands, Eugène Dubois ranks 124 out of 1,427. Before him are Famke Janssen (1964), Edwin van der Sar (1970), Robert van Gulik (1910), William II of Holland (1228), Gabriël Metsu (1629), and Willem Claesz. Heda (1594). After him are Etty Hillesum (1914), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Martinus Beijerinck (1851), Mark Rutte (1967), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), and Bertha of Holland (1055).
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Famke Janssen
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 118
Edwin van der Sar
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 119
Robert van Gulik
1910 - 1967
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 120
William II of Holland
1228 - 1256
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 121
Gabriël Metsu
1629 - 1667
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 122
Willem Claesz. Heda
1594 - 1680
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 123
Eugène Dubois
1858 - 1940
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 124
Etty Hillesum
1914 - 1943
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 125
Meindert Hobbema
1638 - 1709
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 126
Martinus Beijerinck
1851 - 1931
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 127
Mark Rutte
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 128
Dennis Bergkamp
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 129
Bertha of Holland
1055 - 1093
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 130
Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In Netherlands
Among anthropologists born in Netherlands, Eugène Dubois ranks 1.
