1870 - 1935
Herbert George Ponting, FRGS (21 March 1870 – 7 February 1935) was a professional photographer. He is best known as the expedition photographer and cinematographer for Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to the Ross Sea and South Pole (1910–1913). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Ponting has received more than 98,058 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Ponting is the 403rd most popular explorer (down from 380th in 2019), the 3,805th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,985th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Explorer.
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Among explorers, Herbert Ponting ranks 403 out of 405. Before him are François Levaillant, Tim Severin, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Robert O'Hara Burke, Carl Koldewey, and John Moresby. After him are Tryggve Gran, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, George Back, Lars Christensen, Gombojab Tsybikov, and Boyd Alexander.
1753 - 1824
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 397
1940 - 2020
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 398
1764 - 1848
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 399
1821 - 1861
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 400
1837 - 1908
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 401
1830 - 1922
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 402
1870 - 1935
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 403
1888 - 1980
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 404
1478 - 1526
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 405
1796 - 1878
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 406
1884 - 1964
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 407
1873 - 1930
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 408
1873 - 1910
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 409
Among people born in 1870, Herbert Ponting ranks 127. Before him are Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, Charles Bennett, Edwin Foster Coddington, Marcus Loew, Major Ritchie, and Hermann Harms. After him are George Eyser, Lilian Gibbs, John Marin, Maxfield Parrish, Antonius van den Broek, and Lloyd Hildebrand. Among people deceased in 1935, Herbert Ponting ranks 116. Before him are Sylvain Lévi, Thelma Todd, Alfred Ewing, Jackson Showalter, Anna Katharine Green, and Aimé Haegeman. After him are Johan Ramstedt, James Quibell, Herbert Giles, Nikodem Caro, Jón Þorláksson, and Charles Kingsford Smith.
1870 - 1943
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 121
1870 - 1950
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 122
1870 - 1950
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 123
1870 - 1927
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 124
1870 - 1955
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 125
1870 - 1942
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 126
1870 - 1935
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 127
1870 - 1919
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 128
1870 - 1925
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 129
1870 - 1953
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 130
1870 - 1966
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 131
1870 - 1926
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 132
1870 - 1924
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 133
1863 - 1935
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 110
1906 - 1935
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 111
1855 - 1935
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 112
1860 - 1935
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 113
1846 - 1935
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 114
1861 - 1935
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 115
1870 - 1935
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 116
1852 - 1935
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 117
1867 - 1935
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 118
1845 - 1935
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 119
1871 - 1935
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 120
1877 - 1935
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 121
1897 - 1935
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 122
Among people born in United Kingdom, Herbert Ponting ranks 3,805 out of 7,765. Before him are Clara Reeve (1729), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Princess Beatrice of York (1988), Ray Wilson (1968), and Tina Charles (1954). After him are David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (1378), Albert Oldman (1883), Adebayo Akinfenwa (1982), Johnny Marr (1963), Valerie Hobson (1917), and John Taylor (1808).
1729 - 1807
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 3,799
1843 - 1926
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 3,800
1941 - 1981
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 3,801
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 3,802
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 3,803
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 3,804
1870 - 1935
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 3,805
1378 - 1402
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 3,806
1883 - 1961
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 3,807
1982 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 3,808
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 3,809
1917 - 1998
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 3,810
1808 - 1887
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 3,811
Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Herbert Ponting ranks 61. Before him are Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Hugh Clapperton (1788), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), Vivian Fuchs (1908), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), and John Moresby (1830). After him are George Back (1796), Boyd Alexander (1873), Lachlan Macquarie (1762), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), John Rae (1813), and Edgeworth David (1858).
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 55
1788 - 1827
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 56
1883 - 1912
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 57
1908 - 1999
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 58
1764 - 1848
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 59
1830 - 1922
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 60
1870 - 1935
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 61
1796 - 1878
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 62
1873 - 1910
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 63
1762 - 1824
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 64
1886 - 1959
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 65
1813 - 1893
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 66
1858 - 1934
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 67