1802 - 1879
Johann Friedrich von Brandt (25 May 1802 – 15 July 1879) was a German-Russian naturalist, who worked mostly in Russia. Brandt was born in Jüterbog and educated at a gymnasium in Wittenberg and the University of Berlin. In 1831 he emigrated to Russia, and soon was appointed director of the Zoological Museum of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Friedrich von Brandt has received more than 64,077 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Johann Friedrich von Brandt is the 283rd most popular biologist (down from 261st in 2019), the 2,318th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,146th in 2019) and the 47th most popular German Biologist.
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Among biologists, Johann Friedrich von Brandt ranks 283 out of 841. Before him are Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Alexander von Middendorff, Marie Stopes, Johann Bauhin, and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. After him are Vladimir Demikhov, Pierre Edmond Boissier, Wilhelm Peters, Nikolai Severtzov, John Hughlings Jackson, and Othenio Abel.
1801 - 1876
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 277
1718 - 1790
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 278
1815 - 1894
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 279
1880 - 1958
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 280
1541 - 1613
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 281
1794 - 1868
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 282
1802 - 1879
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 283
1916 - 1998
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 284
1810 - 1885
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 285
1815 - 1883
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 286
1827 - 1885
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 287
1835 - 1911
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 288
1875 - 1946
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 289
Among people born in 1802, Johann Friedrich von Brandt ranks 27. Before him are Alcide d'Orbigny, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Carl Ritter von Ghega, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, and Harriet Martineau. After him are Arnold Ruge, Paul-Émile Botta, Mariano Arista, Niccolò Tommaseo, Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Cesare Pugni. Among people deceased in 1879, Johann Friedrich von Brandt ranks 26. Before him are Karl Friedrich Mohr, William, Prince of Orange, August Grisebach, Baldomero Espartero, Camille Doncieux, and Prince Henry of the Netherlands. After him are Begum Hazrat Mahal, Karl Koch, Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Ludwig Reichenbach, Michel Chevalier, and Sergey Solovyov.
1802 - 1857
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 21
1802 - 1870
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 22
1802 - 1860
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 23
1802 - 1861
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 24
1802 - 1875
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 25
1802 - 1876
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 26
1802 - 1879
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 27
1802 - 1880
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 28
1802 - 1870
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 29
1802 - 1855
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 30
1802 - 1874
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 31
1802 - 1858
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 32
1802 - 1870
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 33
1806 - 1879
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 20
1840 - 1879
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 21
1814 - 1879
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 22
1793 - 1879
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 23
1847 - 1879
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 24
1820 - 1879
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 25
1802 - 1879
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 26
1820 - 1879
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 27
1809 - 1879
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 28
1827 - 1879
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 29
1793 - 1879
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 30
1806 - 1879
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 31
1820 - 1879
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 32
Among people born in Germany, Johann Friedrich von Brandt ranks 2,318 out of 6,142. Before him are Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794), Eugen Ritter von Schobert (1883), Albert of Saxony (1316), Hans Schäfer (1927), Hermann Scherchen (1891), and Gertrude of Saxony (1030). After him are Jan Assmann (1938), Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819), Arnold Ruge (1802), Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780), Marco Reus (1989), and Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706).
1794 - 1868
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 2,312
1883 - 1941
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 2,313
1316 - 1390
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 2,314
1927 - 2017
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 2,315
1891 - 1966
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 2,316
1030 - 1113
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 2,317
1802 - 1879
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 2,318
1938 - 2024
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 2,319
1819 - 1904
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 2,320
1802 - 1880
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,321
1780 - 1857
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,322
1989 - Present
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,323
1706 - 1756
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,324
Among biologists born in Germany, Johann Friedrich von Brandt ranks 47. Before him are Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809), Fritz Müller (1822), Valerius Cordus (1515), Carl Hagenbeck (1844), Jacob Christian Schäffer (1718), and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794). After him are Wilhelm Peters (1815), Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797), Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787), Karl Möbius (1825), Theodor Boveri (1862), and Lorenz Oken (1779).
1809 - 1885
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 41
1822 - 1897
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 42
1515 - 1544
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 43
1844 - 1913
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 44
1718 - 1790
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 45
1794 - 1868
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 46
1802 - 1879
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 47
1815 - 1883
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 48
1797 - 1848
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 49
1787 - 1864
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 50
1825 - 1908
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 51
1862 - 1915
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 52
1779 - 1851
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 53