1888 - 1993
Inge Lehmann (13 May 1888 – 21 February 1993) was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist who is known for her discovery in 1936 of the solid inner core that exists within the molten outer core of the Earth. The seismic discontinuity in the speed of seismic waves at depths between 190 and 250 km is named the Lehmann discontinuity after her. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Inge Lehmann has received more than 253,263 page views. Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Inge Lehmann is the 6th most popular geologist (up from 9th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Denmark and the 2nd most popular Danish Geologist.
Inger Lehmann was a Danish seismologist who discovered that the Earth has a solid inner core.
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Among geologists, Inge Lehmann ranks 6 out of 59. Before her are Alfred Wegener, Charles Francis Richter, Nicolas Steno, Charles Lyell, and Mary Anning. After her are Milutin Milanković, James Hutton, Andrija Mohorovičić, Friedrich Mohs, Eduard Suess, and Francis Beaufort.
1880 - 1930
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 1
1900 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 2
1638 - 1686
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 3
1797 - 1875
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 4
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 5
1888 - 1993
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 6
1879 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 7
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 8
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 9
1773 - 1839
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 10
1831 - 1914
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 11
1774 - 1857
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1888, Inge Lehmann ranks 31. Before her are Herbert Spencer Gasser, T. S. Eliot, Eugene O'Neill, Gerrit Rietveld, Selman Waksman, and Frits Zernike. After her are Andrei Tupolev, Maurice Chevalier, Anton Makarenko, Josef Albers, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., and Carin Göring. Among people deceased in 1993, Inge Lehmann ranks 16. Before her are Ferruccio Lamborghini, Turgut Özal, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Anthony Burgess, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, and André the Giant. After her are Hans Jonas, Brandon Lee, Polykarp Kusch, Bobby Moore, W. Edwards Deming, and Dizzy Gillespie.
1888 - 1963
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 25
1888 - 1965
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 26
1888 - 1953
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 27
1888 - 1964
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 28
1888 - 1973
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 29
1888 - 1966
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 30
1888 - 1993
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 31
1888 - 1972
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 32
1888 - 1972
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 33
1888 - 1939
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 34
1888 - 1976
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 35
1888 - 1969
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 36
1888 - 1931
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 37
1916 - 1993
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 10
1927 - 1993
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 11
1939 - 1993
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 12
1917 - 1993
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 13
1913 - 1993
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 14
1946 - 1993
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 15
1888 - 1993
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 16
1903 - 1993
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 17
1965 - 1993
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 18
1911 - 1993
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 19
1941 - 1993
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 20
1900 - 1993
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 21
1917 - 1993
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 22
Among people born in Denmark, Inge Lehmann ranks 68 out of 893. Before her are Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889), Arne Jacobsen (1902), Canute IV of Denmark (1043), Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953), August Krogh (1874), and Anne of Denmark (1574). After her are Johannes Fibiger (1867), Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656), Eric V of Denmark (1249), Christina of Denmark (1521), Princess Benedikte of Denmark (1944), and Sven Hassel (1917).
1889 - 1968
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 62
1902 - 1971
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 63
1043 - 1086
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 64
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 65
1874 - 1949
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 66
1574 - 1619
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 67
1888 - 1993
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 68
1867 - 1928
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 69
1656 - 1693
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 70
1249 - 1286
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 71
1521 - 1590
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 72
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 73
1917 - 2012
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 74
Among geologists born in Denmark, Inge Lehmann ranks 2. Before her are Nicolas Steno (1638).