ARCHAEOLOGIST
Howard Carter
1874 - 1939
Howard Carter
Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922, the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard Carter has received more than 3,526,439 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Howard Carter is the 4th most popular archaeologist, the 168th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 166th in 2019) and the most popular British Archaeologist.
Howard Carter was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist who is most famous for discovering the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922.
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3.5M
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73
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8.79
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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Among archaeologists, Howard Carter ranks 4 out of 104. Before him are Jean-François Champollion, Heinrich Schliemann, and Theodor Mommsen. After him are Arthur Evans, Den, Edward Drinker Cope, Semerkhet, Zahi Hawass, Marija Gimbutas, Nynetjer, and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon.
Most Popular Archaeologists in Wikipedia
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Jean-François Champollion
1790 - 1832
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 1
Heinrich Schliemann
1822 - 1890
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 2
Theodor Mommsen
1817 - 1903
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 3
Howard Carter
1874 - 1939
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 4
Arthur Evans
1851 - 1941
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 5
Den
3000 BC - 2995 BC
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 6
Edward Drinker Cope
1840 - 1897
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 7
Semerkhet
3000 BC - 2960 BC
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 8
Zahi Hawass
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 9
Marija Gimbutas
1921 - 1994
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 10
Nynetjer
2750 BC - 2845 BC
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 11
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
1866 - 1923
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1874, Howard Carter ranks 7. Before him are Winston Churchill, Guglielmo Marconi, Robert Frost, Harry Houdini, Arnold Schoenberg, and Herbert Hoover. After him are Edward Thorndike, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Ernst Cassirer, Chaim Weizmann, Max Scheler, and António Egas Moniz. Among people deceased in 1939, Howard Carter ranks 4. Before him are Sigmund Freud, Pope Pius XI, and Alphonse Mucha. After him are James Naismith, Nadezhda Krupskaya, Joseph Roth, W. B. Yeats, Eugen Bleuler, Werner von Fritsch, Edward Sapir, and Anton Makarenko.
Others Born in 1874
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Winston Churchill
1874 - 1965
HPI: 86.92
Rank: 1
Guglielmo Marconi
1874 - 1937
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 2
Robert Frost
1874 - 1963
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 3
Harry Houdini
1874 - 1926
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 4
Arnold Schoenberg
1874 - 1951
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 5
Herbert Hoover
1874 - 1964
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 6
Howard Carter
1874 - 1939
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 7
Edward Thorndike
1874 - 1949
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 8
Lucy Maud Montgomery
1874 - 1942
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 9
Ernst Cassirer
1874 - 1945
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 10
Chaim Weizmann
1874 - 1952
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 11
Max Scheler
1874 - 1928
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 12
António Egas Moniz
1874 - 1955
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 13
Others Deceased in 1939
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Sigmund Freud
1856 - 1939
HPI: 89.62
Rank: 1
Pope Pius XI
1857 - 1939
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 2
Alphonse Mucha
1860 - 1939
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 3
Howard Carter
1874 - 1939
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 4
James Naismith
1861 - 1939
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 5
Nadezhda Krupskaya
1869 - 1939
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 6
Joseph Roth
1894 - 1939
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 7
W. B. Yeats
1865 - 1939
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 8
Eugen Bleuler
1857 - 1939
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 9
Werner von Fritsch
1880 - 1939
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 10
Edward Sapir
1884 - 1939
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 11
Anton Makarenko
1888 - 1939
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 12
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Howard Carter ranks 168 out of 7,765. Before him are Judi Dench (1934), Geoffrey Chaucer (1343), Eric Clapton (1945), Terry Pratchett (1948), Charlotte Rampling (1946), and Jason Statham (1967). After him are John Milton (1608), Brian Johnson (1947), Bernard Montgomery (1887), Edward the Elder (871), Keith Richards (1943), and Francis Crick (1916).
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Judi Dench
1934 - Present
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 162
Geoffrey Chaucer
1343 - 1400
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 163
Eric Clapton
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 164
Terry Pratchett
1948 - 2015
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 165
Charlotte Rampling
1946 - Present
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 166
Jason Statham
1967 - Present
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 167
Howard Carter
1874 - 1939
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 168
John Milton
1608 - 1674
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 169
Brian Johnson
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 170
Bernard Montgomery
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 171
Edward the Elder
871 - 924
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 172
Keith Richards
1943 - Present
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 173
Francis Crick
1916 - 2004
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 174
Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom
Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Howard Carter ranks 1. After him are Arthur Evans (1851), George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), Flinders Petrie (1853), Leonard Woolley (1880), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Max Mallowan (1904), George Smith (1840), Alan Gardiner (1879), Colin Renfrew (1937), Robert Broom (1866), and Kathleen Kenyon (1906).
Howard Carter
1874 - 1939
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 1
Arthur Evans
1851 - 1941
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 2
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
1866 - 1923
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 3
Flinders Petrie
1853 - 1942
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 4
Leonard Woolley
1880 - 1960
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 5
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
1834 - 1913
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 6
Max Mallowan
1904 - 1978
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 7
George Smith
1840 - 1876
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 8
Alan Gardiner
1879 - 1963
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 9
Colin Renfrew
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 10
Robert Broom
1866 - 1951
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 11
Kathleen Kenyon
1906 - 1978
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 12
