1853 - 1905
Hermann Wilhelm Leopold Ludwig Wissmann, after 1890 Hermann von Wissmann (4 September 1853 – 15 June 1905), was a German explorer and administrator in Africa. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Wissmann has received more than 59,259 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Hermann Wissmann is the 303rd most popular explorer (down from 294th in 2019), the 3,463rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,177th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Explorer.
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Among explorers, Hermann Wissmann ranks 303 out of 405. Before him are Albert von Le Coq, Knut Haugland, Thekla Resvoll, Theodor Kotschy, Sverre Hassel, and Otto Finsch. After him are Irina Solovyova, Karl Maximovich, Friedrich Welwitsch, Humphrey Gilbert, Kristian Prestrud, and Louis Jolliet.
1860 - 1930
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 297
1917 - 2009
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 298
1871 - 1948
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 299
1813 - 1866
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 300
1876 - 1928
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 301
1839 - 1917
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 302
1853 - 1905
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 303
1937 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 304
1827 - 1891
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 305
1806 - 1872
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 306
1539 - 1583
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 307
1881 - 1927
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 308
1645 - 1700
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 309
Among people born in 1853, Hermann Wissmann ranks 66. Before him are Gabriel Hanotaux, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, Karl von Einem, Jaroslav Vrchlický, Heinrich Lammasch, and Florentino Ameghino. After him are Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen, Evgraf Fedorov, Dmitry Sipyagin, Pierre Marie, José Santos Zelaya, and Arthur Moritz Schoenflies. Among people deceased in 1905, Hermann Wissmann ranks 54. Before him are Theodore Thomas, Amalie Skram, Rudolf von Alt, Konstantin Savitsky, Charles Renard, and Alexander, Prince of Lippe. After him are John Hay, Henry Irving, Kārlis Baumanis, Charles Yerkes, Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano, and Célestine Galli-Marié.
1853 - 1944
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 60
1853 - 1948
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 61
1853 - 1934
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 62
1853 - 1912
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 63
1853 - 1920
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 64
1853 - 1911
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 65
1853 - 1905
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 66
1853 - 1923
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 67
1853 - 1919
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 68
1853 - 1902
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 69
1853 - 1940
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 70
1853 - 1919
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 71
1853 - 1928
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 72
1835 - 1905
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 48
1846 - 1905
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 49
1812 - 1905
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 50
1844 - 1905
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 51
1847 - 1905
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 52
1831 - 1905
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 53
1853 - 1905
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 54
1838 - 1905
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 55
1838 - 1905
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 56
1835 - 1905
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 57
1837 - 1905
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 58
1824 - 1905
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 59
1840 - 1905
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 60
Among people born in Germany, Hermann Wissmann ranks 3,463 out of 6,142. Before him are Robert Hübner (1948), Rolf Hoppe (1930), Frank Schwalba-Hoth (1952), Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1683), Heymann Steinthal (1823), and Carl Blechen (1798). After him are Herbert Norkus (1916), August Leopold Crelle (1780), Walter Braunfels (1882), Jean Cabanis (1816), Horst Blankenburg (1947), and Karl Hofer (1878).
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 3,457
1930 - 2018
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 3,458
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 3,459
1683 - 1745
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 3,460
1823 - 1899
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 3,461
1798 - 1840
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 3,462
1853 - 1905
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 3,463
1916 - 1932
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 3,464
1780 - 1855
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 3,465
1882 - 1954
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 3,466
1816 - 1906
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 3,467
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,468
1878 - 1955
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,469
Among explorers born in Germany, Hermann Wissmann ranks 20. Before him are Carl Peters (1856), Karl Weyprecht (1838), Ludwig Leichhardt (1813), Adolf Lüderitz (1834), Albert von Le Coq (1860), and Otto Finsch (1839). After him are Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831), Theodor von Heuglin (1824), Johannes Rebmann (1820), Carl Koldewey (1837), and Johann Ludwig Krapf (1810).
1856 - 1918
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 14
1838 - 1881
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 15
1813 - 1848
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 16
1834 - 1886
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 17
1860 - 1930
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 18
1839 - 1917
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 19
1853 - 1905
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 20
1831 - 1896
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 21
1824 - 1876
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 22
1820 - 1876
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 23
1837 - 1908
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 24
1810 - 1881
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 25