EXPLORER

Julius Popper

1857 - 1893

Photo of Julius Popper

Icon of person Julius Popper

Julius Popper (December 15, 1857 – June 5, 1893), known in Spanish as Julio Popper (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxuljo poˈpeɾ]), was a Romanian-born Argentine colonial engineer, adventurer, and explorer. He was known as a modern "conquistador" of Tierra del Fuego in southern South America, and was both a controversial and influential figure. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julius Popper has received more than 206,982 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Popper is the 226th most popular explorer (down from 221st in 2019), the 172nd most popular biography from Romania (down from 164th in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Julius Popper ranks 226 out of 498. Before him are Jedediah Smith, Ma Huan, Nuno Tristão, Joshua Slocum, Dinis Dias, and Pedro Arias Dávila. After him are Francisco de Montejo, Rodrigo de Bastidas, Diego de Almagro II, Nicolas Baudin, Francisco Moreno, and Jorge Álvares.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Julius Popper ranks 67. Before him are Alfred Loisy, Luigi Illica, Fergus Suter, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Émile Cohl, and Oskar von Hutier. After him are Hermann Sudermann, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Simon Hollósy, Léon Charles Thévenin, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, and Arthur Arz von Straußenburg. Among people deceased in 1893, Julius Popper ranks 34. Before him are George Tupou I, Aleksandra Potanina, Ford Madox Brown, José Zorrilla, Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Rudolf Wolf. After him are Constantin von Wurzbach, Matsudaira Katamori, Anna Bilińska, Manuel González Flores, Nikolai Zverev, and William Smith.

Others Born in 1857

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1893

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Julius Popper ranks 172 out of 844. Before him are Mihail Sebastian (1907), Nicolae Grigorescu (1838), Péter Eötvös (1944), Gheorghe Popescu (1967), Péter Pázmány (1570), and Stephen Pongracz (1582). After him are Adrian Mutu (1979), Brunó Ferenc Straub (1914), Constantin Dăscălescu (1923), Saul Steinberg (1914), Ulpia Severina (300), and Simon Hollósy (1857).

Others born in Romania

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among EXPLORERS In Romania

Among explorers born in Romania, Julius Popper ranks 1. After him are Nikolai Spathari (1636), Florence Baker (1841), and Sámuel Teleki (1845).

Romanian born Explorers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous