1791 - 1867
Franz Bopp (German: [ˈfʁants ˈbɔp]; 14 September 1791 – 23 October 1867) was a German linguist known for extensive and pioneering comparative work on Indo-European languages. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Bopp has received more than 139,099 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Franz Bopp is the 10th most popular linguist, the 515th most popular biography from Germany (down from 408th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Linguist.
Franz Bopp is most famous for his discovery of the Indo-European language family. He was also a pioneer in the study of Sanskrit.
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Among linguists, Franz Bopp ranks 10 out of 161. Before him are William James Sidis, Roman Jakobson, Mahmud al-Kashgari, Mesrop Mashtots, Patanjali, and Pāṇini. After him are Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Edward Sapir, August Schleicher, Georges Dumézil, Algirdas Julien Greimas, and Rasmus Rask.
1898 - 1944
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 4
1896 - 1982
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 5
1029 - 1101
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 6
361 - 440
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 7
200 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 8
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 9
1791 - 1867
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 10
1858 - 1922
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 11
1884 - 1939
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 12
1821 - 1868
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 13
1898 - 1986
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 14
1917 - 1992
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 15
1787 - 1832
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 16
Among people born in 1791, Franz Bopp ranks 10. Before him are Samuel Morse, Théodore Géricault, Carl Czerny, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, James Buchanan, and Giacomo Meyerbeer. After him are Francesco Hayez, Eugène Scribe, Franz Grillparzer, István Széchenyi, Minh Mạng, and Friedrich Parrot. Among people deceased in 1867, Franz Bopp ranks 8. Before him are Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Charles Baudelaire, Maximilian I of Mexico, Emperor Kōmei, Théodore Rousseau, and Otto of Greece. After him are Jean-Victor Poncelet, Sakamoto Ryōma, Maria Theresa of Austria, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Elias Howe, and Princess Sophie of Saxony.
1791 - 1872
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 4
1791 - 1824
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 5
1791 - 1857
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 6
1791 - 1844
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 7
1791 - 1868
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 8
1791 - 1864
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 9
1791 - 1867
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 10
1791 - 1882
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 11
1791 - 1861
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 12
1791 - 1872
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 13
1791 - 1860
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 14
1791 - 1841
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 15
1791 - 1841
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 16
1780 - 1867
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 2
1821 - 1867
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 3
1832 - 1867
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 4
1831 - 1867
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 5
1812 - 1867
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 6
1815 - 1867
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 7
1791 - 1867
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 8
1788 - 1867
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 9
1836 - 1867
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 10
1816 - 1867
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 11
1831 - 1867
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 12
1819 - 1867
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 13
1845 - 1867
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 14
Among people born in Germany, Franz Bopp ranks 515 out of 6,142. Before him are Hans Adolf Krebs (1900), Otto Diels (1876), John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503), Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804), Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), and Franz Brentano (1838). After him are Albert, Duke of Prussia (1490), Heinrich Mann (1871), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), Rabanus Maurus (780), Richard Willstätter (1872), and Robert Ritter von Greim (1892).
1900 - 1981
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 509
1876 - 1954
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 510
1503 - 1554
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 511
1804 - 1881
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 512
1856 - 1921
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 513
1838 - 1917
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 514
1791 - 1867
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 515
1490 - 1568
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 516
1871 - 1950
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 517
1774 - 1824
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 518
780 - 856
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 519
1872 - 1942
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 520
1892 - 1945
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 521
Among linguists born in Germany, Franz Bopp ranks 2. Before him are Max Müller (1823). After him are August Schleicher (1821), Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), Michel Bréal (1832), Jost Gippert (1956), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Vasily Radlov (1837), Hermann Paul (1846), and Karl Lachmann (1793).
1823 - 1900
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 1
1791 - 1867
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 2
1821 - 1868
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 3
1831 - 1912
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 4
1775 - 1853
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 5
1732 - 1806
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 6
1832 - 1915
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 7
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 8
1759 - 1824
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 9
1837 - 1918
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 10
1846 - 1921
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 11
1793 - 1851
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 12