1822 - 1911
Sir Francis Galton (; 16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was a British polymath and the originator of the behavioral genetics movement during the Victorian era.Galton produced over 340 papers and books. He also developed the statistical concept of correlation and widely promoted regression toward the mean. He was the first to apply statistical methods to the study of human differences and inheritance of intelligence, and introduced the use of questionnaires and surveys for collecting data on human communities, which he needed for genealogical and biographical works and for his anthropometric studies. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Galton has received more than 2,367,427 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Francis Galton is the most popular statistician, the 231st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 229th in 2019) and the most popular British Statistician.
Francis Galton is most famous for his work in the field of eugenics. He was a pioneer in the study of human intelligence and he was the first to apply statistical methods to the study of human differences and inheritance of intelligence.
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Among statisticians, Francis Galton ranks 1 out of 9. After him are Pafnuty Chebyshev, Karl Pearson, Thomas Bayes, Ronald Fisher, Jerzy Neyman, C. R. Rao, Joseph Kruskal, and Gertrude Mary Cox.
1822 - 1911
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 1
1821 - 1894
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 2
1857 - 1936
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 3
1702 - 1761
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 4
1890 - 1962
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 5
1894 - 1981
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 6
1920 - 2023
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 7
1928 - 2010
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 8
1900 - 1978
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 9
Among people born in 1822, Francis Galton ranks 8. Before him are Ulysses S. Grant, Gregor Mendel, Heinrich Schliemann, Frédéric Passy, César Franck, and Rudolf Clausius. After him are Rutherford B. Hayes, Étienne Lenoir, Midhat Pasha, Charles Hermite, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, and Edmond de Goncourt. Among people deceased in 1911, Francis Galton ranks 4. Before him are Gustav Mahler, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Wilhelm Dilthey. After him are Alfred Binet, Joseph Pulitzer, Pyotr Stolypin, Paul Lafargue, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Georg Jellinek, Emilio Salgari, and Valentin Serov.
1822 - 1885
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 2
1822 - 1884
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 3
1822 - 1890
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 4
1822 - 1912
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 5
1822 - 1890
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 6
1822 - 1888
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 7
1822 - 1911
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 8
1822 - 1893
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 9
1822 - 1900
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 10
1822 - 1883
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 11
1822 - 1901
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 12
1822 - 1891
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 13
1822 - 1896
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 14
1860 - 1911
HPI: 81.36
Rank: 1
1852 - 1911
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 2
1833 - 1911
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 3
1822 - 1911
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 4
1857 - 1911
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 5
1847 - 1911
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 6
1862 - 1911
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 7
1842 - 1911
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 8
1875 - 1911
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 9
1851 - 1911
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 10
1862 - 1911
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 11
1865 - 1911
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Galton ranks 231 out of 7,765. Before him are John Deacon (1951), Jane Birkin (1946), Laurence Olivier (1907), Thomas Henry Huxley (1825), Sting (1951), and Alcuin (735). After him are Benjamin Disraeli (1804), Lady Jane Grey (1537), Peter O'Toole (1932), Lemmy (1945), Roger Penrose (1931), and Harold Wilson (1916).
1951 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 225
1946 - 2023
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 226
1907 - 1989
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 227
1825 - 1895
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 228
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 229
735 - 804
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 230
1822 - 1911
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 231
1804 - 1881
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 232
1537 - 1554
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 233
1932 - 2013
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 234
1945 - 2015
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 235
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 236
1916 - 1995
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 237
Among statisticians born in United Kingdom, Francis Galton ranks 1. After him are Karl Pearson (1857), Thomas Bayes (1702), and Ronald Fisher (1890).
1822 - 1911
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 1
1857 - 1936
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 2
1702 - 1761
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 3
1890 - 1962
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 4