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Jean-Baptiste Charcot

1867 - 1936

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Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot, better known in France as Commandant Charcot, (15 July 1867 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris – 16 September 1936 at sea (30 miles north-west of Reykjavik, Iceland), was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste Charcot has received more than 121,729 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Charcot is the 196th most popular explorer (up from 217th in 2019), the 2,427th most popular biography from France (up from 2,566th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jean-Baptiste Charcot ranks 196 out of 498. Before him are Jimmie Angel, Alexander Mackenzie, Bartolomeu Perestrello, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Olivier van Noort, and Matthew Flinders. After him are Wilhelm Filchner, James Weddell, Samuel Wallis, André Thevet, Vasily Tatishchev, and Estêvão Gomes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Jean-Baptiste Charcot ranks 68. Before him are Sundance Kid, Julien Benda, Marie Krøyer, Yevgeny Miller, Ali Kemal, and Phan Bội Châu. After him are Dagny Juel, Konstantin Balmont, Cy Young, Edith Hamilton, Gutzon Borglum, and Patriarch Sergius of Moscow. Among people deceased in 1936, Jean-Baptiste Charcot ranks 79. Before him are Arvid Lindman, Sergey Kamenev, Édouard Herzen, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Nahum Sokolow, and Alexander Tamanian. After him are Hu Hanmin, Nestor Lakoba, Alexandros Zaimis, Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, Oskar Barnack, and Louis Camille Maillard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Charcot ranks 2,427 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail (1829), Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909), Pierre Dupont de l'Étang (1765), Ernst Robert Curtius (1886), Jean Eustache (1938), and Michel Leiris (1901). After him are Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti (1695), Isaac the Blind (1160), Jean Fautrier (1898), Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711), Auguste Maquet (1813), and Jean Delannoy (1908).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Jean-Baptiste Charcot ranks 19. Before him are René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643), Henri Mouhot (1826), Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), René Caillié (1799), Sophie Blanchard (1778), and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605). After him are André Thevet (1516), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), and Nicolas Baudin (1754).

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