1867 - 1944
Grigore Antipa (Romanian pronunciation: [ɡriˈɡore anˈtipa]; 27 November 1867 in Botoșani – 9 March 1944 in Bucharest) was a Romanian naturalist, zoologist, ichthyologist, ecologist, oceanologist, Darwinist biologist who studied the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. Between 1892 and 1944 he was the director of the Bucharest Natural History Museum, which now bears his name. He is also considered to be the first person to modernize the diorama by emphasizing the three-dimensional aspect and first to use dioramas in a museum setting. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grigore Antipa has received more than 45,634 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Grigore Antipa is the 779th most popular biologist (down from 714th in 2019), the 374th most popular biography from Romania (down from 335th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Romanian Biologist.
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Among biologists, Grigore Antipa ranks 779 out of 841. Before him are Lilian Gibbs, Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Thomas Thomson, Richard Anthony Salisbury, Bunzō Hayata, and Nikolai Turczaninow. After him are Richard Spruce, Yang Zhongjian, Sereno Watson, Félix de Avelar Brotero, Charles Conrad Abbott, and Judah Folkman.
1870 - 1925
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 773
1936 - 2020
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 774
1817 - 1878
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 775
1761 - 1829
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 776
1874 - 1934
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 777
1796 - 1863
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 778
1867 - 1944
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 779
1817 - 1893
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 780
1897 - 1979
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 781
1826 - 1892
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 782
1744 - 1828
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 783
1843 - 1919
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 784
1933 - 2008
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 785
Among people born in 1867, Grigore Antipa ranks 121. Before him are Frederick Keeping, Harold Mahony, Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, James Quibell, Simon Guggenheim, and Frank Brangwyn. After him are Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Charles Dana Gibson, Alec B. Francis, John Exley, René Boylesve, and Victor Thibault. Among people deceased in 1944, Grigore Antipa ranks 241. Before him are Alejandro Villanueva, Walter Breisky, Rudolf Harbig, Alime Abdenanova, Josef Lhévinne, and Michael Pedersen Friis. After him are Lev Shcherba, Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Charles Dana Gibson, Octav Băncilă, Endre Steiner, and Frank Knox.
1867 - 1950
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 115
1867 - 1905
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 116
1867 - 1941
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 117
1867 - 1935
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 118
1867 - 1941
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 119
1867 - 1956
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 120
1867 - 1944
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 121
1867 - 1932
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 122
1867 - 1944
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 123
1867 - 1934
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 124
1867 - 1938
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 125
1867 - 1926
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 126
1867 - 1901
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 127
1908 - 1944
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 235
1871 - 1944
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 236
1913 - 1944
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 237
1924 - 1944
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 238
1874 - 1944
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 239
1857 - 1944
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 240
1867 - 1944
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 241
1880 - 1944
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 242
1869 - 1944
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 243
1867 - 1944
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 244
1872 - 1944
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 245
1901 - 1944
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 246
1874 - 1944
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 247
Among people born in Romania, Grigore Antipa ranks 374 out of 665. Before him are Ion Agârbiceanu (1882), Liviu Ciulei (1923), Ion Lăpușneanu (1908), Petre S. Aurelian (1833), Iosif Czako (1906), and Adalbert Steiner (1907). After him are Florin Gheorghiu (1944), Nicolae Crețulescu (1812), Otmar Szafnauer (1964), Gavril Dejeu (1932), Octav Băncilă (1872), and Nicolae Lupescu (1940).
1882 - 1963
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 368
1923 - 2011
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 369
1908 - 1994
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 370
1833 - 1909
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 371
1906 - 1966
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 372
1907 - 1984
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 373
1867 - 1944
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 374
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 375
1812 - 1900
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 376
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 377
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 378
1872 - 1944
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 379
1940 - 2017
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 380
Among biologists born in Romania, Grigore Antipa ranks 6. Before him are Ana Aslan (1897), Johann Hedwig (1730), Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás (1877), Aaron Aaronsohn (1876), and Emil Racoviță (1868).
1897 - 1988
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1
1730 - 1799
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 2
1877 - 1933
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 3
1876 - 1919
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 4
1868 - 1947
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 5
1867 - 1944
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 6