EXPLORER

Johannes Rebmann

1820 - 1876

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Johannes Rebmann (January 16, 1820 – October 4, 1876), also sometimes anglicised as John Rebman, was a German missionary, linguist, and explorer credited with feats including being the first European, along with his colleague Johann Ludwig Krapf, to enter Africa from the Indian Ocean coast. In addition, he was the first European to find Kilimanjaro. News of Rebmann's discovery was published in the Church Missionary Intelligencer in May 1849, but disregarded as mere fantasy for the next twelve years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Rebmann has received more than 103,929 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Johannes Rebmann is the 375th most popular explorer (up from 394th in 2019), the 4,340th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,244th in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Johannes Rebmann ranks 375 out of 498. Before him are Ivan Moskvitin, Juan de Oñate, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, Theodor von Heuglin, Pyotr Chikhachyov, and Matvei Gedenshtrom. After him are Clements Markham, Henri Duveyrier, Gaspar de Portolá, Carl Koldewey, Jørgen Jørgensen, and García López de Cárdenas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Johannes Rebmann ranks 64. Before him are Nikolay Girs, Theodoros Diligiannis, Gillis Bildt, Carolina Coronado, Alexander Serov, and Lorenz Frølich. After him are Pierre Nord Alexis, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Andrej Sládkovič, Anton Josef Gruscha, and Jakob Stämpfli. Among people deceased in 1876, Johannes Rebmann ranks 54. Before him are Salim bin Thuwaini, Eliza McCardle Johnson, Anna Russell, Félicien David, Adolph Tidemand, and Theodor von Heuglin. After him are Janko Kráľ, Edward William Lane, Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz, Gennady Nevelskoy, Ludwig Traube, and Christian Lassen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johannes Rebmann ranks 4,340 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann Osthoff (1847), Robert Havemann (1910), Adolf Stieler (1775), Felix Dahn (1834), Marcus Goldman (1821), and Sabine Meyer (1959). After him are Eduard Oscar Schmidt (1823), Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1679), Konrad Frey (1909), Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (1873), Uwe Timm (1940), and Friedrich von Scholtz (1851).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Johannes Rebmann ranks 24. Before him are Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), Ludwig Leichhardt (1813), Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831), Hermann Wissmann (1853), Albert von Le Coq (1860), and Theodor von Heuglin (1824). After him are Carl Koldewey (1837), Karl Mauch (1837), Johann Ludwig Krapf (1810), and Jan Carstenszoon (null).

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