BIOLOGIST

Janaki Ammal

1897 - 1984

Janaki Ammal

Edavalath Kakkat Janaki Ammal (formally known as Janaki Ammal) (4 November 1897 – 7 February 1984) was an Indian botanist who worked on plant breeding, cytogenetics and phytogeography. Her most notable work involved studies on sugarcane and the eggplant (brinjal). She also worked on the cytogenetics of a range of plants and co-authored the Chromosome Atlas of Cultivated Plants (1945) with C.D. Darlington. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janaki Ammal has received more than 526,198 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Janaki Ammal is the 536th most popular biologist (up from 557th in 2019), the 465th most popular biography from India (down from 457th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

530k
Page Views (PV)
57.65
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
33
Languages Editions (L)
3.00
Effective Languages (L*)
4.26
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Janaki Ammal ranks 536 out of 1,097. Before her are Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Frederic Clements, Basilius Besler, Gustav Radde, Craig Mello, and William Curtis. After her are Franz Meyen, Marie Jules César Savigny, Paul Bert, Oswald Heer, Albrecht Thaer, and Johann Friedrich Meckel.

Most Popular Biologists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal
1794 - 1866
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 530
Frederic Clements
1874 - 1945
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 531
Basilius Besler
1561 - 1629
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 532
Gustav Radde
1831 - 1903
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 533
Craig Mello
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 534
William Curtis
1746 - 1799
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 535
Janaki Ammal
1897 - 1984
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 536
Franz Meyen
1804 - 1840
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 537
Marie Jules César Savigny
1777 - 1851
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 538
Paul Bert
1833 - 1886
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 539
Oswald Heer
1809 - 1883
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 540
Albrecht Thaer
1752 - 1828
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 541
Johann Friedrich Meckel
1781 - 1833
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 542

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Janaki Ammal ranks 189. Before her are Karel Lamač, Hansa Jivraj Mehta, Ilya Ilf, Gene Tunney, Isabelino Gradín, and Friedrich Schulz. After her are Ramón Gil, Maximilian von Edelsheim, Hersch Lauterpacht, Walter Pidgeon, Pierre Fresnay, and Albert Renger-Patzsch. Among people deceased in 1984, Janaki Ammal ranks 137. Before her are Flora Robson, Gaëtan Dugas, Lillian Hellman, Arvīds Jansons, Lola Anglada, and Roberto Porta. After her are Sam Jaffe, Jackie Wilson, Hovhannes Shiraz, Eulogio Martínez, Arkhip Lyulka, and Rambai Barni.

Others Born in 1897

Go to all Rankings

Karel Lamač
FILM DIRECTOR
1897 - 1952
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 183
Hansa Jivraj Mehta
WRITER
1897 - 1995
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 184
Ilya Ilf
WRITER
1897 - 1937
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 185
Gene Tunney
BOXER
1897 - 1978
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 186
Isabelino Gradín
SOCCER PLAYER
1897 - 1944
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 187
Friedrich Schulz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1976
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 188
Janaki Ammal
BIOLOGIST
1897 - 1984
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 189
Ramón Gil
SOCCER PLAYER
1897 - 1965
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 190
Maximilian von Edelsheim
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1994
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 191
Hersch Lauterpacht
LAWYER
1897 - 1960
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 192
Walter Pidgeon
ACTOR
1897 - 1984
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 193
Pierre Fresnay
ACTOR
1897 - 1975
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 194
Albert Renger-Patzsch
PHOTOGRAPHER
1897 - 1966
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 195