1822 - 1890
Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann (German: [ˈʃliːman]; 6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and an influential amateur archaeologist. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hisarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. His work lent weight to the idea that Homer's Iliad reflects historical events. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Schliemann has received more than 1,349,758 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Heinrich Schliemann is the 2nd most popular archaeologist (down from 1st in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Germany (down from 73rd in 2019) and the most popular German Archaeologist.
Heinrich Schliemann was a German businessman and amateur archaeologist who was best known for his discovery of Troy in 1873.
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Among archaeologists, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 2 out of 104. Before him are Jean-François Champollion. After him are Theodor Mommsen, Howard Carter, Arthur Evans, Den, Edward Drinker Cope, Semerkhet, Zahi Hawass, Marija Gimbutas, Nynetjer, and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon.
1790 - 1832
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 1
1822 - 1890
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 2
1817 - 1903
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 3
1874 - 1939
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 4
1851 - 1941
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 5
3000 BC - 2995 BC
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 6
1840 - 1897
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 7
3000 BC - 2960 BC
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 8
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 9
1921 - 1994
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 10
2750 BC - 2845 BC
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 11
1866 - 1923
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1822, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 4. Before him are Louis Pasteur, Ulysses S. Grant, and Gregor Mendel. After him are Frédéric Passy, César Franck, Rudolf Clausius, Francis Galton, Rutherford B. Hayes, Étienne Lenoir, Midhat Pasha, and Charles Hermite. Among people deceased in 1890, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 2. Before him is Vincent van Gogh. After him are Carlo Collodi, Sitting Bull, César Franck, William III of the Netherlands, Amadeo I of Spain, Gyula Andrássy, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Henri Nestlé, Joseph Merrick, and Richard Francis Burton.
1822 - 1895
HPI: 87.59
Rank: 1
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
1853 - 1890
HPI: 90.02
Rank: 1
1822 - 1890
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 2
1826 - 1890
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 3
1831 - 1890
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 4
1822 - 1890
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 5
1817 - 1890
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 6
1845 - 1890
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 7
1823 - 1890
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 8
1834 - 1890
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 9
1814 - 1890
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 10
1862 - 1890
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 11
1821 - 1890
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 79 out of 6,142. Before him are Franz Beckenbauer (1945), Karl Jaspers (1883), Caspar David Friedrich (1774), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Richard Strauss (1864), and Heinz Guderian (1888). After him are Arminius (-17), Charles the Bald (823), Charles Bukowski (1920), Erich Maria Remarque (1898), William the Silent (1533), and Peter III of Russia (1728).
1945 - 2024
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 73
1883 - 1969
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 74
1774 - 1840
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 75
1714 - 1787
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 76
1864 - 1949
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 77
1888 - 1954
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 78
1822 - 1890
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 79
17 BC - 21
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 80
823 - 877
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 81
1920 - 1994
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 82
1898 - 1970
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 83
1533 - 1584
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 84
1728 - 1762
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 85
Among archaeologists born in Germany, Heinrich Schliemann ranks 1. After him are Theodor Mommsen (1817), Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Leo Frobenius (1873), Ami Boué (1794), Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853), Ernst Curtius (1814), Isdal Woman (1940), Halet Çambel (1916), Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827), and Ernst Herzfeld (1879).
1822 - 1890
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 1
1817 - 1903
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 2
1752 - 1840
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 3
1810 - 1884
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 4
1873 - 1938
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 5
1794 - 1881
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 6
1853 - 1940
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 7
1814 - 1896
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 8
1940 - 1970
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 9
1916 - 2014
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 10
1827 - 1894
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 11
1879 - 1948
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 12