1875 - 1955
Edward James Corbett (25 July 1875 – 19 April 1955) was a British hunter, tracker, naturalist, and author who hunted a number of man-eating tigers and leopards in India. He held the rank of colonel in the British Indian Army and was frequently called upon by the Government of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, now the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, to kill man-eating tigers and leopards that were preying on people in the nearby villages of the Kumaon-Garhwal Regions. He authored Man-Eaters of Kumaon, Jungle Lore, and other books recounting his hunts and experiences, which enjoyed critical acclaim and commercial success. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Corbett has received more than 1,648,412 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Jim Corbett is the 2,195th most popular writer (down from 2,047th in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from India (down from 205th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Indian Writer.
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Among writers, Jim Corbett ranks 2,195 out of 5,794. Before him are Sigismund von Herberstein, John Barth, George Whitefield, Olga Rozanova, David Eddings, and Anna Sewell. After him are Luís Fróis, Tomé Pires, Johann Nestroy, Naftali Herz Imber, Guido Guinizelli, and Ahmad Shamlou.
1486 - 1566
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 2,189
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 2,190
1714 - 1770
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 2,191
1886 - 1918
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 2,192
1931 - 2009
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 2,193
1820 - 1878
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 2,194
1875 - 1955
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 2,195
1532 - 1597
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 2,196
1468 - 1540
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 2,197
1801 - 1862
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 2,198
1856 - 1909
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 2,199
1230 - 1276
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 2,200
1925 - 2000
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 2,201
Among people born in 1875, Jim Corbett ranks 64. Before him are Princess Louise of Denmark, Robert Garrett, Birsa Munda, Prince Franz of Bavaria, Gustav Flatow, and Paul Neumann. After him are Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, Jacques Futrelle, Othenio Abel, Pierre Monteux, Laurence Doherty, and Alfred P. Sloan. Among people deceased in 1955, Jim Corbett ranks 59. Before him are Tin Ujević, Archie Hahn, Hubert Cecil Booth, Ivan Šubašić, Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein, and Adolfo de la Huerta. After him are Alfréd Hajós, Cy Young, Antanas Merkys, Erich Brandenberger, Holger Nielsen, and Louis Lachenal.
1875 - 1906
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 58
1875 - 1961
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 59
1875 - 1900
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 60
1875 - 1957
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 61
1875 - 1945
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 62
1875 - 1932
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 63
1875 - 1955
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 64
1875 - 1961
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 65
1875 - 1912
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 66
1875 - 1946
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 67
1875 - 1964
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 68
1875 - 1919
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 69
1875 - 1966
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 70
1891 - 1955
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 53
1880 - 1955
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 54
1871 - 1955
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 55
1892 - 1955
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 56
1869 - 1955
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 57
1881 - 1955
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 58
1875 - 1955
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 59
1878 - 1955
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 60
1867 - 1955
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 61
1887 - 1955
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 62
1892 - 1955
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 63
1866 - 1955
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 64
1921 - 1955
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 65
Among people born in India, Jim Corbett ranks 224 out of 1,227. Before him are K. Kamaraj (1903), Jaya Bachchan (1948), Abhinavagupta (950), Feroze Gandhi (1912), Rajaram I (1670), and Dhyan Chand (1905). After him are Inayat Khan (1882), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), Mohammed Rafi (1924), Anna Hazare (1937), Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940), and Rishabhanatha (null).
1903 - 1975
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 218
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 219
950 - 1020
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 220
1912 - 1960
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 221
1670 - 1700
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 222
1905 - 1979
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 223
1875 - 1955
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 224
1882 - 1927
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 225
1897 - 1981
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 226
1924 - 1980
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 227
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 228
1940 - 2020
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 229
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 230
Among writers born in India, Jim Corbett ranks 37. Before him are Bharata Muni (-1000), Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942), Mahadevi Varma (1907), Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908), Subramania Bharati (1882), and Idries Shah (1924). After him are Mir Taqi Mir (1723), Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876), Zeb-un-Nissa (1638), M. Karunanidhi (1924), Kuvempu (1904), and T. H. White (1906).
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 31
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 32
1907 - 1987
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 33
1908 - 1994
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 34
1882 - 1921
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 35
1924 - 1996
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 36
1875 - 1955
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 37
1723 - 1810
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 38
1876 - 1938
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 39
1638 - 1702
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 40
1924 - 2018
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 41
1904 - 1994
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 42
1906 - 1964
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 43