1920 - 2004
John Maynard Smith (6 January 1920 – 19 April 2004) was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics under the well-known biologist J. B. S. Haldane. Maynard Smith was instrumental in the application of game theory to evolution with George R. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Maynard Smith has received more than 375,746 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). John Maynard Smith is the 354th most popular biologist (up from 359th in 2019), the 2,039th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,984th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, John Maynard Smith ranks 354 out of 841. Before him are Carl Sigismund Kunth, Göran Wahlenberg, Antonio José Cavanilles, Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau, Odoardo Beccari, and Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz. After him are Paul Nurse, John Ellis, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, Pehr Kalm, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, and William Hudson.
1788 - 1850
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 348
1780 - 1851
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 349
1745 - 1804
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 350
1770 - 1845
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 351
1843 - 1920
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 352
1793 - 1831
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 353
1920 - 2004
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 354
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 355
1710 - 1776
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 356
1734 - 1793
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 357
1716 - 1779
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 358
1756 - 1814
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 359
1730 - 1793
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 360
Among people born in 1920, John Maynard Smith ranks 169. Before him are Knut Nordahl, Marlen Haushofer, Giuseppe Colombo, Thomas Gold, James Doohan, and Georges Marchais. After him are Richard E. Bellman, Schubert Gambetta, Stan Ockers, Machiko Hasegawa, Josip Manolić, and Marie Tharp. Among people deceased in 2004, John Maynard Smith ranks 110. Before him are Walter Frentz, Joe Viterelli, Paul Winfield, Rafael Eitan, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, and Thomas Gold. After him are Ryszard Kukliński, Hubert Selby Jr., Jozef Lenárt, Lucia Berlin, José Giovanni, and Ann Miller.
1920 - 1984
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 163
1920 - 1970
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 164
1920 - 1984
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 165
1920 - 2004
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 166
1920 - 2005
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 167
1920 - 1997
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 168
1920 - 2004
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 169
1920 - 1984
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 170
1920 - 1991
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 171
1920 - 1956
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 172
1920 - 1992
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 173
1920 - Present
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 174
1920 - 2006
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 175
1907 - 2004
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 104
1937 - 2004
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 105
1939 - 2004
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 106
1929 - 2004
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 107
1919 - 2004
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 108
1920 - 2004
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 109
1920 - 2004
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 110
1930 - 2004
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 111
1928 - 2004
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 112
1923 - 2004
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 113
1936 - 2004
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 114
1923 - 2004
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 115
1923 - 2004
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 116
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Maynard Smith ranks 2,039 out of 7,765. Before him are Lily Collins (1989), John Profumo (1915), Arthur Sullivan (1842), G. M. B. Dobson (1889), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), and Liam Payne (1993). After him are Cecil Beaton (1904), Jonny Lee Miller (1972), John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), F. H. Bradley (1846), Michael Powell (1905), and Gordon Milne (1937).
1989 - Present
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 2,033
1915 - 2006
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 2,034
1842 - 1900
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 2,035
1889 - 1975
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 2,036
1777 - 1848
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 2,037
1993 - Present
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 2,038
1920 - 2004
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 2,039
1904 - 1980
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 2,040
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 2,041
1316 - 1336
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 2,042
1846 - 1924
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 2,043
1905 - 1990
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 2,044
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 2,045
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, John Maynard Smith ranks 56. Before him are Nehemiah Grew (1641), Ian Wilmut (1944), John Stevens Henslow (1796), John Needham (1713), John Sulston (1942), and William Speirs Bruce (1867). After him are Paul Nurse (1949), William Hudson (1730), Oldfield Thomas (1858), Francis Darwin (1848), William Aiton (1731), and Edward Daniel Clarke (1769).
1641 - 1712
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 50
1944 - 2023
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 51
1796 - 1861
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 52
1713 - 1781
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 53
1942 - 2018
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 54
1867 - 1921
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 55
1920 - 2004
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 56
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 57
1730 - 1793
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 58
1858 - 1929
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 59
1848 - 1925
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 60
1731 - 1793
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 61
1769 - 1822
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 62