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Klaus Schmidt

1953 - 2014

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Klaus Schmidt (11 December 1953 – 20 July 2014) was a German archaeologist and prehistorian who led the excavations at Göbekli Tepe from 1996 to 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klaus Schmidt has received more than 15,545 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Klaus Schmidt is the 119th most popular archaeologist (up from 121st in 2019), the 4,888th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,584th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Archaeologist.

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  • 53.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Klaus Schmidt ranks 119 out of 151. Before him are Franz Weidenreich, Meave Leakey, Ekrem Akurgal, Robert T. Bakker, Zakaria Goneim, and Grafton Elliot Smith. After him are Carl Blegen, Stith Thompson, Karel Absolon, Julio C. Tello, John Beazley, and Dorothea Bate.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Klaus Schmidt ranks 355. Before him are Adrie van Kraay, Tony Carey, Christian Lopez, John Musker, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, and Walter Lübcke. After him are Herbert Neumann, Patrick Chamoiseau, Branko Milanović, Valery Korzun, Jean-Dominique Senard, and Robert Beltran. Among people deceased in 2014, Klaus Schmidt ranks 372. Before him are Nina Andrycz, Rokurō Naya, Georges Lamia, Kira Zvorykina, Henry Hartsfield, and James Brady. After him are François Deguelt, Ernest Mühlen, Eugene Dynkin, Gyula Török, Dorothy Cheney, and Acker Bilk.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Klaus Schmidt ranks 4,888 out of 7,253. Before him are Günther Jauch (1956), Andreas Pietschmann (1969), Heinrich Kreutz (1854), Gustav Goßler (1879), Walter Lübcke (1953), and Felix Brych (1975). After him are Helmut Kremers (1949), Gorch Fock (1880), Carl Bolle (1821), Curt Siodmak (1902), Hans Nowak (1937), and Gregor Wentzel (1898).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Germany

Among archaeologists born in Germany, Klaus Schmidt ranks 19. Before him are Halet Çambel (1916), Johann Andreas Wagner (1797), Ernst Herzfeld (1879), Hugo Winckler (1863), Rudolf Wagner (1805), and Franz Weidenreich (1873).

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