1870 - 1956
Helmer Julius Hanssen (24 September 1870 – 2 August 1956) was a Norwegian sailor, pilot and polar explorer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmer Hanssen has received more than 86,311 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Helmer Hanssen is the 199th most popular explorer (up from 216th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Norway (up from 143rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Norwegian Explorer.
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Among explorers, Helmer Hanssen ranks 199 out of 405. Before him are Nuno Tristão, Daniel Boone, Hendrik Brouwer, James Bruce, Francisco de Montejo, and John Rolfe. After him are Jedediah Smith, Mark Sykes, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Jacob van Heemskerck, Ohthere of Hålogaland, and Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa.
1500 - 1446
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 193
1734 - 1820
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 194
1581 - 1643
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 195
1730 - 1794
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 196
1479 - 1553
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 197
1585 - 1622
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 198
1870 - 1956
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 199
1799 - 1831
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 200
1879 - 1919
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 201
1757 - 1820
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 202
1567 - 1607
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 203
900 - 901
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 204
1300 - 1400
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 205
Among people born in 1870, Helmer Hanssen ranks 68. Before him are Kitaro Nishida, Masabumi Hosono, Guillaume Lekeu, Géza Maróczy, Leonid Krasin, and Saki. After him are Emil Orlík, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, David Riazanov, Motobu Chōki, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, and Dadasaheb Phalke. Among people deceased in 1956, Helmer Hanssen ranks 75. Before him are Clifford Brown, Samad Vurgun, Jimmie Angel, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, Alexander Gretchaninov, and Harold Bride. After him are Ernest King, Ludwig Klages, Julien Benda, Mikheil Gelovani, Hermann Abendroth, and Felix Bernstein.
1870 - 1945
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 62
1870 - 1939
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 63
1870 - 1894
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 64
1870 - 1951
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 65
1870 - 1926
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 66
1870 - 1916
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 67
1870 - 1956
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 68
1870 - 1932
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 69
1870 - 1932
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 70
1870 - 1938
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 71
1870 - 1944
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 72
1870 - 1948
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 73
1870 - 1944
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 74
1930 - 1956
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 69
1906 - 1956
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 70
1899 - 1956
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 71
1879 - 1956
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 72
1864 - 1956
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 73
1890 - 1956
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 74
1870 - 1956
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 75
1878 - 1956
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 76
1872 - 1956
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 77
1867 - 1956
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 78
1893 - 1956
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 79
1883 - 1956
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 80
1878 - 1956
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 81
Among people born in Norway, Helmer Hanssen ranks 120 out of 927. Before him are Ole Bull (1810), May-Britt Moser (1963), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Thorbjørn Egner (1912), Jonas Gahr Støre (1960), and Birger Ruud (1911). After him are Inge I of Norway (1135), Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Frits Thaulow (1847), Kjell Magne Bondevik (1947), Magnus Carlsen (1990), and Mari Boine (1956).
1810 - 1880
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 114
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 115
1842 - 1866
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 116
1912 - 1990
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 117
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 118
1911 - 1998
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 119
1870 - 1956
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 120
1135 - 1161
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 121
900 - 901
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 122
1847 - 1906
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 123
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 124
1990 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 125
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 126
Among explorers born in Norway, Helmer Hanssen ranks 11. Before him are Ingólfr Arnarson (850), Otto Sverdrup (1854), Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), Naddodd (900), and Oscar Wisting (1871). After him are Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Carl Anton Larsen (1860), Helge Ingstad (1899), Jens Munk (1579), and Knut Haugland (1917).
850 - 910
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 5
1854 - 1930
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 6
1864 - 1934
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 7
1867 - 1913
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 8
900 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 9
1871 - 1936
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 10
1870 - 1956
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 11
900 - 901
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 12
950 - 980
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 13
1860 - 1924
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 14
1899 - 2001
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 15
1579 - 1628
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 16
1917 - 2009
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 17