1912 - 1992
Lev Nikolayevich Gumilev (also Gumilyov; Russian: Лев Никола́евич Гумилёв; 1 October [O.S. 18 September] 1912 – 15 June 1992) was a Soviet and Russian historian, ethnologist, anthropologist and translator. He had a reputation for his highly unorthodox theories of ethnogenesis and historiosophy. He was an exponent of Eurasianism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lev Gumilyov has received more than 229,019 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Lev Gumilyov is the 89th most popular historian (up from 508th in 2019), the 444th most popular biography from Russia (up from 452nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Historian.
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Among historians, Lev Gumilyov ranks 89 out of 339. Before him are Georges Duby, Flavio Biondo, George Ostrogorsky, Shoqan Walikhanov, Al-Maqrizi, and Sozomen. After him are Alois Riegl, Tyrannius Rufinus, Andrea Alciato, Sextus Julius Africanus, Al-Waqidi, and Hieronymus Wolf.
1919 - 1996
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 83
1388 - 1463
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 84
1902 - 1976
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 85
1835 - 1865
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 86
1364 - 1442
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 87
400 - 450
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 88
1912 - 1992
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 89
1858 - 1905
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 90
345 - 411
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 91
1492 - 1550
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 92
160 - 240
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 93
747 - 823
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 94
1516 - 1580
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 95
Among people born in 1912, Lev Gumilyov ranks 66. Before him are Isser Harel, Salvador Luria, José Ferrer, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Hermann Graf, and Duško Popov. After him are Herbert C. Brown, Pat Nixon, Julia Child, Ivan Yakubovsky, Dinmukhamed Kunaev, and Abbé Pierre. Among people deceased in 1992, Lev Gumilyov ranks 44. Before him are César Manrique, Albert Pierrepoint, Peter D. Mitchell, Joan Fuster, John Sturges, and José Ferrer. After him are Denholm Elliott, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Lella Lombardi, James Stirling, Arletty, and Jean-Claude Pascal.
1912 - 2003
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 60
1912 - 1991
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 61
1912 - 1992
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 62
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 63
1912 - 1988
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 64
1912 - 1981
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 65
1912 - 1992
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 66
1912 - 2004
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 67
1912 - 1993
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 68
1912 - 2004
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 69
1912 - 1976
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 70
1912 - 1993
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 71
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 72
1919 - 1992
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 38
1905 - 1992
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 39
1920 - 1992
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 40
1922 - 1992
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 41
1910 - 1992
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 42
1912 - 1992
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 43
1912 - 1992
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 44
1922 - 1992
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 45
1943 - 1992
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 46
1941 - 1992
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 47
1926 - 1992
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 48
1898 - 1992
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 49
1927 - 1992
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 50
Among people born in Russia, Lev Gumilyov ranks 444 out of 3,262. Before him are Alexander Ostrovsky (1823), Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825), Marianne von Werefkin (1860), False Dmitry II (1600), Nikolay Bobrikov (1839), and Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (1798). After him are Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817), Valentin Pavlov (1937), Fyodor Ushakov (1745), Sergei Taneyev (1856), Semyon Dezhnev (1605), and Nikolay Semyonov (1896).
1823 - 1886
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 438
1825 - 1844
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 439
1860 - 1938
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 440
1600 - 1610
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 441
1839 - 1904
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 442
1798 - 1849
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 443
1912 - 1992
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 444
1817 - 1875
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 445
1937 - 2003
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 446
1745 - 1817
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 447
1856 - 1915
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 448
1605 - 1673
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 449
1896 - 1986
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 450
Among historians born in Russia, Lev Gumilyov ranks 2. Before him are George Ostrogorsky (1902). After him are Vasily Bartold (1869), Vladimir Minorsky (1877), Vasily Klyuchevsky (1841), Alexander Vasiliev (1867), Alexander Kazhdan (1922), Léon Poliakov (1910), Mikhail Pogodin (1800), Cyril Toumanoff (1913), Boris Rybakov (1908), and Mikhail Artamonov (1898).
1902 - 1976
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 1
1912 - 1992
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 2
1869 - 1930
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 3
1877 - 1966
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 4
1841 - 1911
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 5
1867 - 1953
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 6
1922 - 1997
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 7
1910 - 1997
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 8
1800 - 1875
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 9
1913 - 1997
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 10
1908 - 2001
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 11
1898 - 1972
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 12