1858 - 1931
Gustaf Kossinna (28 September 1858 – 20 December 1931) was a German philologist and archaeologist who was Professor of German Archaeology at the University of Berlin. Along with Carl Schuchhardt he was the most influential German prehistorian of his day, and was creator of the techniques of settlement archaeology (German: Siedlungsarchaeologie). His nationalistic theories about the origins of the Germanic peoples and Indo-Europeans influenced aspects of National Socialist ideology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustaf Kossinna has received more than 96,655 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gustaf Kossinna is the 48th most popular archaeologist (down from 40th in 2019), the 930th most popular biography from Russia (down from 897th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Archaeologist.
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Among archaeologists, Gustaf Kossinna ranks 48 out of 104. Before him are Meritites I, Hat Hor, Paul-Émile Botta, James Henry Breasted, Alan Gardiner, and Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola. After him are Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, Isdal Woman, Colin Renfrew, Hormuzd Rassam, and Peter Wilhelm Lund.
2700 BC - 2600 BC
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 42
3150 BC - 3095 BC
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 43
1802 - 1870
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 44
1865 - 1935
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 45
1879 - 1963
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 46
1831 - 1888
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 47
1858 - 1931
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 48
1788 - 1868
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 49
1821 - 1898
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 50
1940 - 1970
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 51
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 52
1826 - 1910
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 53
1801 - 1880
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 54
Among people born in 1858, Gustaf Kossinna ranks 66. Before him are John L. Sullivan, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, P. J. Kennedy, John A. Hobson, Hans Rott, and E. Nesbit. After him are Mélanie Bonis, Medardo Rosso, Vincas Kudirka, Petar Bojović, Jenő Hubay, and Anthon van Rappard. Among people deceased in 1931, Gustaf Kossinna ranks 63. Before him are William Bates, Lujo Brentano, Nicolae Paulescu, Samad bey Mehmandarov, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, and Felix Blumenfeld. After him are Osachi Hamaguchi, Xu Zhimo, Jean-Louis Forain, Arnold Bennett, Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, and Rachel Bluwstein.
1858 - 1918
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 60
1858 - 1928
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 61
1858 - 1929
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 62
1858 - 1940
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 63
1858 - 1884
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 64
1858 - 1924
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 65
1858 - 1931
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 66
1858 - 1937
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 67
1858 - 1928
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 68
1858 - 1899
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 69
1858 - 1945
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 70
1858 - 1937
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 71
1858 - 1892
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 72
1860 - 1931
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 57
1844 - 1931
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 58
1869 - 1931
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 59
1855 - 1931
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 60
1865 - 1931
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 61
1863 - 1931
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 62
1858 - 1931
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 63
1870 - 1931
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 64
1897 - 1931
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 65
1852 - 1931
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 66
1867 - 1931
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 67
1854 - 1931
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 68
1890 - 1931
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 69
Among people born in Russia, Gustaf Kossinna ranks 930 out of 3,262. Before him are Friedrich Konrad Beilstein (1838), Duke Peter of Oldenburg (1812), Sergei Salnikov (1925), Aleksandra Pakhmutova (1929), Gevork Vartanian (1924), and Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow (1910). After him are Alfred Clebsch (1833), Anastasiya Vertinskaya (1944), Tini Beg (1341), Mikhail Katukov (1900), Duchess Sophie of Prussia (1582), and Irina Shayk (1986).
1838 - 1906
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 924
1812 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 925
1925 - 1984
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 926
1929 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 927
1924 - 2012
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 928
1910 - 1990
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 929
1858 - 1931
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 930
1833 - 1872
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 931
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 932
1341 - 1342
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 933
1900 - 1976
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 934
1582 - 1610
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 935
1986 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 936
Among archaeologists born in Russia, Gustaf Kossinna ranks 1. After him are Tatiana Proskouriakoff (1909), Boris Piotrovsky (1908), and Alexey Okladnikov (1908).
1858 - 1931
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 1
1909 - 1985
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 2
1908 - 1990
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 3
1908 - 1981
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 4