1905 - 1997
Joan Coromines i Vigneaux (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈaŋ kuɾuˈminəs]; also frequently spelled Joan Corominas; Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 1905 – Pineda de Mar, Catalonia, Spain, 1997) was a linguist who made important contributions to the study of Catalan, Spanish, and other Romance languages. His main works are the Diccionario crítico etimológico de la lengua castellana (1954–1957), in four volumes, first version of his etymological dictionary of Spanish (with an abridged version, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana, first published in 1961); the Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana, which investigates the origin of most words in the Catalan language (9 volumes); the Onomasticon Cataloniae, documenting place and person names, old and new, in all the Catalan-speaking territories (8 volumes); and, with José Antonio Pascual, the Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, the most thorough etymological dictionary of Spanish extant today. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Coromines has received more than 33,996 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Coromines is the 98th most popular linguist (down from 89th in 2019), the 1,024th most popular biography from Spain (down from 945th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Linguist.
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Among linguists, Joan Coromines ranks 98 out of 161. Before him are Ahatanhel Krymsky, Alexander Gode, Matteo Bartoli, Albert Sechehaye, Hans Ørberg, and Igor M. Diakonoff. After him are August Immanuel Bekker, Kunio Yanagita, August Friedrich Pott, Lucien Tesnière, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, and Eugen Wüster.
1871 - 1942
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 92
1906 - 1970
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 93
1873 - 1946
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 94
1870 - 1946
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 95
1920 - 2010
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 96
1914 - 1999
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 97
1905 - 1997
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 98
1785 - 1871
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 99
1875 - 1962
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 100
1802 - 1887
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 101
1893 - 1954
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 102
1879 - 1959
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 103
1898 - 1977
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 104
Among people born in 1905, Joan Coromines ranks 160. Before him are Ángel Bossio, André Cluytens, Manuel Ferreira, Paul Grimault, Ivan Eklind, and Bobby Pearce. After him are Leo Genn, Georges Schehadé, Eugen Sänger, Aurelio González, Al Taliaferro, and Gaston Eyskens. Among people deceased in 1997, Joan Coromines ranks 133. Before him are Giorgio Strehler, Ella Maillart, Brian Keith, Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Francisco Aramburu, and William Martínez. After him are Dick van Dijk, Kang Song-san, Brian Connolly, Ziya Bunyadov, Heikki A. Alikoski, and Aurelio González.
1905 - 1978
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 154
1905 - 1967
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 155
1905 - 1983
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 156
1905 - 1994
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 157
1905 - 1981
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 158
1905 - 1976
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 159
1905 - 1997
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 160
1905 - 1978
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 161
1905 - 1989
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 162
1905 - 1964
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 163
1905 - 1997
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 164
1905 - 1969
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 165
1905 - 1988
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 166
1921 - 1997
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 127
1903 - 1997
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 128
1921 - 1997
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 129
1946 - 1997
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 130
1922 - 1997
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 131
1928 - 1997
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 132
1905 - 1997
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 133
1946 - 1997
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 134
1931 - 1997
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 135
1945 - 1997
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 136
1921 - 1997
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 137
1912 - 1997
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 138
1905 - 1997
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 139
Among people born in Spain, Joan Coromines ranks 1,024 out of 2,932. Before him are Dámaso Alonso (1898), Mariano Martín (1919), Peret (1935), Quique Sánchez Flores (1965), José Manuel Pinto (1975), and Ignacio Ramonet (1943). After him are Lucius Licinius Sura (40), Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (1791), Josep Sunyol (1898), José Mari Bakero (1963), Antonio García Gutiérrez (1813), and Julián Herranz Casado (1930).
1898 - 1990
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 1,018
1919 - 1998
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 1,019
1935 - 2014
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 1,020
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 1,021
1975 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 1,022
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 1,023
1905 - 1997
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 1,024
40 - 108
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 1,025
1791 - 1865
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 1,026
1898 - 1936
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 1,027
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 1,028
1813 - 1884
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 1,029
1930 - Present
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 1,030
Among linguists born in Spain, Joan Coromines ranks 3. Before him are Pompeu Fabra (1868) and Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869). After him are Martí de Riquer i Morera (1914), Germà Colón (1928), and Francisco Rodríguez Adrados (1922).
1868 - 1948
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 1
1869 - 1968
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 2
1905 - 1997
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 3
1914 - 2013
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 4
1928 - 2020
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 5
1922 - 2020
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 6