1898 - 1956
Marcel Griaule (16 May 1898 – 23 February 1956) was a French author and anthropologist known for his studies of the Dogon people of West Africa, and for pioneering ethnographic field studies in France. He worked together with Germaine Dieterlen and Jean Rouch on African subjects. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcel Griaule has received more than 55,310 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Griaule is the 33rd most popular anthropologist (down from 32nd in 2019), the 2,593rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,394th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Anthropologist.
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Among anthropologists, Marcel Griaule ranks 33 out of 69. Before him are Cheikh Anta Diop, Pierre Clastres, Bill Mollison, Jacques de Morgan, Franco Basaglia, and Fredrik Barth. After him are Henry Fairfield Osborn, Ann Dunham, John Lloyd Stephens, Ralph Linton, Alfred Sauvy, and Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov.
1923 - 1986
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 27
1934 - 1977
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 28
1928 - 2016
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 29
1857 - 1924
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 30
1924 - 1980
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 31
1928 - 2016
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 32
1898 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 33
1857 - 1935
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 34
1942 - 1995
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 35
1805 - 1852
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 36
1893 - 1953
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 37
1898 - 1990
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 38
1907 - 1970
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 39
Among people born in 1898, Marcel Griaule ranks 104. Before him are Vilhelm Moberg, Vladimir Fock, Fyodor Kuznetsov, Jacques Doriot, Gulzarilal Nanda, and Lionel Robbins. After him are José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Albert Lutuli, Ferenc Plattkó, Helmut Hasse, Kaj Munk, and Eric Hoffer. Among people deceased in 1956, Marcel Griaule ranks 88. Before him are Ernest King, Harold Bride, Elpidio Quirino, Helmer Hanssen, Victor Young, and Alexander Gretchaninov. After him are Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Carl Brockelmann, Frigyes Riesz, Vladimir Obruchev, Mikheil Gelovani, and Louis Rosier.
1898 - 1973
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 98
1898 - 1974
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 99
1898 - 1961
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 100
1898 - 1945
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 101
1898 - 1998
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 102
1898 - 1984
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 103
1898 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 104
1898 - 1980
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 105
1898 - 1967
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 106
1898 - 1983
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 107
1898 - 1979
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 108
1898 - 1944
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 109
1898 - 1983
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 110
1878 - 1956
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 82
1890 - 1956
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 83
1890 - 1956
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 84
1870 - 1956
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 85
1900 - 1956
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 86
1864 - 1956
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 87
1898 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 88
1888 - 1956
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 89
1868 - 1956
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 90
1880 - 1956
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 91
1863 - 1956
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 92
1893 - 1956
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 93
1905 - 1956
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 94
Among people born in France, Marcel Griaule ranks 2,593 out of 5,234. Before him are Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820), Eugène de Mazenod (1782), Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908), Kylian Mbappé (1998), Pierre Clémenti (1942), and Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1845). After him are Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (1328), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), Marie Thérèse de Bourbon (1666), Roger Walkowiak (1927), André Messager (1853), and Robert Herbin (1939).
1820 - 1886
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 2,587
1782 - 1861
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 2,588
1908 - 1980
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 2,589
1998 - Present
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 2,590
1942 - 1999
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 2,591
1845 - 1907
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 2,592
1898 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 2,593
1328 - 1382
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 2,594
1605 - 1689
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 2,595
1666 - 1732
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 2,596
1927 - 2017
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 2,597
1853 - 1929
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 2,598
1939 - 2020
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 2,599
Among anthropologists born in France, Marcel Griaule ranks 5. Before him are Paul Broca (1824), Marc Augé (1935), Pierre Clastres (1934), and Jacques de Morgan (1857). After him are Alfred Sauvy (1898).
1824 - 1880
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 1
1935 - Present
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 2
1934 - 1977
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 3
1857 - 1924
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 4
1898 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 5
1898 - 1990
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 6