1873 - 1939
John Robert Francis Wild (18 April 1873 – 19 August 1939) was an English sailor and explorer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Wild has received more than 304,669 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Frank Wild is the 343rd most popular explorer (down from 342nd in 2019), the 3,110th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,139th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Explorer.
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Among explorers, Frank Wild ranks 343 out of 405. Before him are Benjamin Morrell, John McDouall Stuart, Pyotr Chikhachyov, John Wesley Powell, Edward Wilson, and Juan de Fuca. After him are Clements Markham, Henri Duveyrier, Ivan Moskvitin, Edward Belcher, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, and Dirk Hartog.
1795 - 1839
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 337
1815 - 1866
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 338
1808 - 1890
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 339
1834 - 1902
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 340
1872 - 1912
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 341
1536 - 1602
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 342
1873 - 1939
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 343
1830 - 1916
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 344
1840 - 1892
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 345
1600 - 1601
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 346
1799 - 1877
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 347
1500 - 1529
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 348
1580 - 1621
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 349
Among people born in 1873, Frank Wild ranks 127. Before him are Antonín Švehla, Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich, Rudolf Tobias, Ivan Shmelyov, Edwin Flack, and Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are Rosa Sensat, Oscar von Sydow, Ivan Babushkin, Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Jaap Eden, and Al Smith. Among people deceased in 1939, Frank Wild ranks 105. Before him are Ford Sterling, Henri Jaspar, Kullervo Manner, Zane Grey, Platon Oyunsky, and Fausto dos Santos. After him are Germán Busch, Enrique Fernández Arbós, Władysław Raginis, Ursula Ledóchowska, Olav Duun, and Sidney Howard.
1873 - 1933
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 121
1873 - 1955
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 122
1873 - 1918
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 123
1873 - 1950
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 124
1873 - 1935
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 125
1873 - 1962
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 126
1873 - 1939
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 127
1873 - 1961
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 128
1873 - 1936
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 129
1873 - 1906
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 130
1873 - 1944
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 131
1873 - 1925
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 132
1873 - 1944
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 133
1883 - 1939
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 99
1870 - 1939
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 100
1880 - 1939
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 101
1872 - 1939
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 102
1893 - 1939
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 103
1905 - 1939
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 104
1873 - 1939
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 105
1903 - 1939
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 106
1863 - 1939
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 107
1908 - 1939
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 108
1865 - 1939
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 109
1876 - 1939
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 110
1891 - 1939
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 111
Among people born in United Kingdom, Frank Wild ranks 3,110 out of 7,765. Before him are Jean Marsh (1934), Israel Regardie (1907), Mary Stewart (1916), Genesis P-Orridge (1950), Thomas Francis Wade (1818), and Ernest Starling (1866). After him are Tanith Lee (1947), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), Janet Baker (1933), Jason Bonham (1966), David Dunbar Buick (1854), and David Sylvian (1958).
1934 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 3,104
1907 - 1985
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 3,105
1916 - 2014
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 3,106
1950 - 2020
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 3,107
1818 - 1895
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 3,108
1866 - 1927
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 3,109
1873 - 1939
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 3,110
1947 - 2015
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 3,111
1718 - 1792
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 3,112
1933 - Present
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 3,113
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 3,114
1854 - 1929
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 3,115
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 3,116
Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Frank Wild ranks 44. Before him are Alexander Burnes (1805), John Biscoe (1794), William Smith (1790), Frederick William Beechey (1796), John McDouall Stuart (1815), and Edward Wilson (1872). After him are Clements Markham (1830), Edgar Evans (1876), John Gardner Wilkinson (1797), George Bass (1771), Luke Foxe (1586), and Alfred Maudslay (1850).
1805 - 1841
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 38
1794 - 1843
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 39
1790 - 1847
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 40
1796 - 1856
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 41
1815 - 1866
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 42
1872 - 1912
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 43
1873 - 1939
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 44
1830 - 1916
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 45
1876 - 1912
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 46
1797 - 1875
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 47
1771 - 1803
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 48
1586 - 1635
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 49
1850 - 1931
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 50