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László Almásy

1895 - 1951

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László Adolf Ede György Mária Almásy de Zsadány et Törökszentmiklós (Hungarian: zsadányi és törökszentmiklósi Almásy László Adolf Ede György Mária; pronounced [ˈɒlmaːʃi ˈlaːsloː ˈɛdɛ]; 22 August/3 November 1895 – 22 March 1951) was a Hungarian aristocrat, motorist, desert explorer, aviator, Scout-leader, and sportsman who served as the basis for the protagonist in both Michael Ondaatje's novel The English Patient (1992) and the movie adaptation of the same name (1996). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of László Almásy has received more than 764,144 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. László Almásy is the 298th most popular explorer, the 654th most popular biography from Austria and the most popular Austrian Explorer.

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  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, László Almásy ranks 298 out of 498. Before him are Edward Wilson, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Lourenço Marques, Semyon Chelyuskin, Louis Jolliet, and Charles Francis Hall. After him are Peter Freuchen, Alexander Gordon Laing, Fernão de Loronha, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Bertrand Piccard, and Meriwether Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, László Almásy ranks 149. Before him are Iona Nikitchenko, Nahum Goldmann, Laurens Hammond, Paul Gorguloff, Stefan Rowecki, and Leonid Utyosov. After him are Rudolph Minkowski, Julijans Vaivods, Hari Singh, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Corrado Alvaro, and Itō Noe. Among people deceased in 1951, László Almásy ranks 97. Before him are Robert Broom, José Enrique Varela, Selim Palmgren, André Gobert, Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, and Reggie Walker. After him are John Paine, Karl Koller, Henry Taylor, Gustave Sandras, Angelos Sikelianos, and Louis Adamic.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, László Almásy ranks 654 out of 1,424. Before him are Josef Kriehuber (1800), Francis Lawrence (1971), Adi Hütter (1970), Magda Frank (1914), Hilde Holger (1905), and Marko Arnautović (1989). After him are Victor Papanek (1923), Hermann Bondi (1919), Béla Barényi (1907), Emil von Reznicek (1860), Fritz Machlup (1902), and Hans Hermann Groër (1919).

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Among EXPLORERS In Austria

Among explorers born in Austria, László Almásy ranks 1. After him are Friedrich Welwitsch (1806), Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein (1759), and Oscar Baumann (1864).

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