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Johannes Rebmann

1820 - 1876

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Johannes Rebmann (January 16, 1820 – October 4, 1876) 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 95,860 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Rebmann is the 395th most popular explorer (down from 371st in 2019), the 4,258th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,912th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Johannes Rebmann ranks 395 out of 405Before him are Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Ranulph Fiennes, Theodor von Heuglin, Hugh Clapperton, and Henry Robertson Bowers. After him are Vivian Fuchs, François Levaillant, Tim Severin, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Robert O'Hara Burke, and Carl Koldewey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Johannes Rebmann ranks 66Before him are Carolina Coronado, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Gillis Bildt, Jakob Stämpfli, Victor Puiseux, and Juan Crisóstomo Falcón. After him are Anton Josef Gruscha, John F. Reynolds, Henry Jarvis Raymond, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, Elisha Kent Kane, and George Hearst. Among people deceased in 1876, Johannes Rebmann ranks 55Before him are Friedrich von Berchtold, Joseph Böhm, Edward William Lane, Adolph Tidemand, Gennady Nevelskoy, and Theodor von Heuglin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johannes Rebmann ranks 4,258 out of 6,142Before him are Heinz Strehl (1938), Rainer Brüderle (1945), Lothar Späth (1937), Veronica Ferres (1965), Joseph Meyer (1796), and Johann Andreas Wagner (1797). After him are Johann Mühlegg (1970), Curt Backeberg (1894), LeVar Burton (1957), Martin Hoffmann (1955), Halil Altıntop (1982), and Olaf Thon (1966).

Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Johannes Rebmann ranks 23Before him are Adolf Lüderitz (1834), Albert von Le Coq (1860), Otto Finsch (1839), Hermann Wissmann (1853), Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831), and Theodor von Heuglin (1824). After him are Carl Koldewey (1837) and Johann Ludwig Krapf (1810).