Explorer

John Moresby

British naval officer

1830 - 1922

EN.WIKIPEDIA PAGE VIEWS (PV)

John Moresby

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). John Moresby is the 374th most popular explorer (up from 449th in 2024), the 3,434th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,322nd in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

7.4k

Page Views

Past 12 months

57.22

HPI

Historical Popularity Index

Data Insights

+12k

John Moresby climbed 12,077 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #61,738 to #49,748.

Page views of John Moresby by language

Among Explorers

Among explorers, John Moresby ranks 374 out of 500. Before him are Stepan Krasheninnikov, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Miguel Corte-Real, John Wesley Powell, and George Bass. After him are Olav Bjaaland, Henri Duveyrier, Samuel Baker, Fernão de Loronha, Knut Haugland, and Naomi Uemura.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Stepan Krasheninnikov
1711 - 1755
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 368
Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie
1815 - 1893
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 369
Alexandre de Serpa Pinto
1846 - 1900
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 370
Miguel Corte-Real
1448 - 1502
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 371
John Wesley Powell
1834 - 1902
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 372
George Bass
1771 - 1803
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 373
John Moresby
1830 - 1922
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 374
Olav Bjaaland
1873 - 1961
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 375
Henri Duveyrier
1840 - 1892
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 376
Samuel Baker
1821 - 1893
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 377
Fernão de Loronha
1470 - 1540
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 378
Knut Haugland
1917 - 2009
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 379
Naomi Uemura
1941 - 1984
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 380

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, John Moresby ranks 59. Before him are Nain Singh, Ivan Larionov, Daniel Oliver, Jhalkaribai, Gustav Lange, and John Douglas. After him are Karl Klindworth, Clémence Royer, James G. Blaine, Henry Peach Robinson, Peter Arnold Heise, and Juan Manuel Blanes. Among people deceased in 1922, John Moresby ranks 104. Before him are Otto Lehmann, Jorge Montt, Louis-Antoine Ranvier, William Henry Hudson, Elizabeth Jane Gardner, and Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are Ferdinand Keller, Jørgen Løvland, Axel Thue, Emil Frey, José de Amézola y Aspizúa, and Tullio Bozza.

Others Born in 1830

Go to all Rankings

Nain Singh
EXPLORER
1830 - 1882
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 53
Ivan Larionov
COMPOSER
1830 - 1889
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 54
Daniel Oliver
BIOLOGIST
1830 - 1916
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 55
Jhalkaribai
POLITICIAN
1830 - 1858
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 56
Gustav Lange
COMPOSER
1830 - 1889
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 57
John Douglas
ARCHITECT
1830 - 1911
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 58
John Moresby
EXPLORER
1830 - 1922
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 59
Karl Klindworth
COMPOSER
1830 - 1916
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 60
Clémence Royer
PHILOSOPHER
1830 - 1902
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 61
James G. Blaine
POLITICIAN
1830 - 1893
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 62
Henry Peach Robinson
PHOTOGRAPHER
1830 - 1901
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 63
Peter Arnold Heise
COMPOSER
1830 - 1879
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 64
Juan Manuel Blanes
PAINTER
1830 - 1901
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 65

Others Deceased in 1922

Go to all Rankings

Otto Lehmann
PHYSICIST
1855 - 1922
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 98
Jorge Montt
POLITICIAN
1845 - 1922
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 99
Louis-Antoine Ranvier
PHYSICIAN
1835 - 1922
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 100
William Henry Hudson
BIOLOGIST
1841 - 1922
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 101
Elizabeth Jane Gardner
PAINTER
1837 - 1922
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 102
Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
POLITICIAN
1849 - 1922
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 103
John Moresby
EXPLORER
1830 - 1922
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 104
Ferdinand Keller
PAINTER
1842 - 1922
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 105
Jørgen Løvland
POLITICIAN
1848 - 1922
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 106
Axel Thue
MATHEMATICIAN
1863 - 1922
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 107
Emil Frey
POLITICIAN
1838 - 1922
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 108
José de Amézola y Aspizúa
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1922
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 109
Tullio Bozza
ATHLETE
1891 - 1922
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 110