1877 - 1961
Henri Édouard Prosper Breuil (28 February 1877 – 14 August 1961), often referred to as Abbé Breuil (French pronunciation: [abe bʁœj]), was a French Catholic priest, archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnologist and geologist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Breuil has received more than 99,397 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Henri Breuil is the 39th most popular archaeologist (down from 35th in 2019), the 2,234th most popular biography from France (up from 2,332nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Archaeologist.
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Among archaeologists, Henri Breuil ranks 39 out of 104. Before him are Wilhelm Dörpfeld, George Gaylord Simpson, André Leroi-Gourhan, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Max Mallowan, and Yuri Knorozov. After him are Ernst Curtius, George Smith, Meritites I, Hat Hor, Paul-Émile Botta, and James Henry Breasted.
1853 - 1940
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 33
1902 - 1984
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 34
1911 - 1986
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 35
1834 - 1913
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 36
1904 - 1978
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 37
1922 - 1999
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 38
1877 - 1961
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 39
1814 - 1896
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 40
1840 - 1876
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 41
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
Among people born in 1877, Henri Breuil ranks 58. Before him are Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, James Montgomery Flagg, Edmond Locard, Wilhelm Adam, Frank Marshall, and Garrett Morgan. After him are Edmund Landau, Max Factor, Vladimir Minorsky, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, Oscar Milosz, and Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. Among people deceased in 1961, Henri Breuil ranks 44. Before him are Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria, Maya Deren, Clark Ashton Smith, Herbert Pitman, Valentin Bondarenko, and Anna May Wong. After him are Fyodor Kuznetsov, Max Simon, Mei Lanfang, Milan Stojadinović, Arnold Gesell, and Chico Marx.
1877 - 1974
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 52
1877 - 1960
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 53
1877 - 1966
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 54
1877 - 1949
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 55
1877 - 1944
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 56
1877 - 1963
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 57
1877 - 1961
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 58
1877 - 1938
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 59
1877 - 1938
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 60
1877 - 1966
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 61
1877 - 1906
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 62
1877 - 1939
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 63
1877 - 1960
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 64
1876 - 1961
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 38
1917 - 1961
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 39
1893 - 1961
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 40
1877 - 1961
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 41
1937 - 1961
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 42
1905 - 1961
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 43
1877 - 1961
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 44
1898 - 1961
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 45
1899 - 1961
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 46
1894 - 1961
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 47
1888 - 1961
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 48
1880 - 1961
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 49
1887 - 1961
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 50
Among people born in France, Henri Breuil ranks 2,234 out of 6,011. Before him are Isaac the Blind (1160), Jean Fautrier (1898), Maurice Pialat (1925), Adela of France (1009), Henri Tresca (1814), and Stanislas de Guaita (1861). After him are Louis Couperin (1626), Jacques Massu (1908), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), Edward, Count of Savoy (1284), Louis I, Count of Blois (1172), and Maurice Couve de Murville (1907).
1160 - 1235
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 2,228
1898 - 1964
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 2,229
1925 - 2003
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 2,230
1009 - 1079
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 2,231
1814 - 1885
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 2,232
1861 - 1897
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 2,233
1877 - 1961
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 2,234
1626 - 1661
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 2,235
1908 - 2002
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 2,236
1854 - 1888
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 2,237
1284 - 1329
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 2,238
1172 - 1205
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 2,239
1907 - 1999
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 2,240
Among archaeologists born in France, Henri Breuil ranks 6. Before him are Jean-François Champollion (1790), Austen Henry Layard (1817), Alcide d'Orbigny (1802), Paul Pelliot (1878), and André Leroi-Gourhan (1911). After him are Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788), Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821), Christiane Desroches Noblecourt (1913), Victor Loret (1859), François Bordes (1919), and André Parrot (1901).
1790 - 1832
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 1
1817 - 1894
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 2
1802 - 1857
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 3
1878 - 1945
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 4
1911 - 1986
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 5
1877 - 1961
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 6
1788 - 1868
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 7
1821 - 1898
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 8
1913 - 2011
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 9
1859 - 1946
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 10
1919 - 1981
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 11
1901 - 1980
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 12