ARCHAEOLOGIST
Marija Gimbutas
1921 - 1994
Marija Gimbutas
Marija Gimbutas (Lithuanian: Marija Birutė Alseikaitė-Gimbutienė, pronounced ['ɡɪmbutas]; January 23, 1921 – February 2, 1994) was a Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of "Old Europe" and for her Kurgan hypothesis, which located the Proto-Indo-European homeland in the Pontic Steppe. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marija Gimbutas has received more than 560,291 page views. Her biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Marija Gimbutas is the 10th most popular archaeologist (down from 8th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Archaeologist.
Marija Gimbutas is most famous for her theory that the Indo-Europeans were a matriarchal society.
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8.04
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Among archaeologists, Marija Gimbutas ranks 10 out of 104. Before her are Howard Carter, Arthur Evans, Den, Edward Drinker Cope, Semerkhet, and Zahi Hawass. After her are Nynetjer, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, V. Gordon Childe, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach.
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Howard Carter
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HPI: 71.79
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1851 - 1941
HPI: 69.45
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HPI: 67.42
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Semerkhet
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Zahi Hawass
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HPI: 63.90
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Marija Gimbutas
1921 - 1994
HPI: 63.61
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1391 - 1452
HPI: 60.36
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Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
1752 - 1840
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 16
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1921, Marija Gimbutas ranks 38. Before her are Kenneth Arrow, Patricia Highsmith, Kurt Knispel, Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Lana Turner, and Vasily Smyslov. After her are Georges Brassens, Dirk Bogarde, Akio Morita, Edgar Morin, Herschel Grynszpan, and Arthur Leonard Schawlow. Among people deceased in 1994, Marija Gimbutas ranks 35. Before her are Robert Doisneau, Vladimir Ivashko, Gian Maria Volonté, Domenico Modugno, Witold Lutosławski, and Pierre Boulle. After her are Raul Julia, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Paul Delvaux, Juvénal Habyarimana, Fernando Rey, and György Cziffra.
Others Born in 1921
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Kenneth Arrow
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 32
Patricia Highsmith
1921 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 33
Kurt Knispel
1921 - 1945
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 34
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1921 - 2019
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 35
Lana Turner
1921 - 1995
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 36
Vasily Smyslov
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 37
Marija Gimbutas
1921 - 1994
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 38
Georges Brassens
1921 - 1981
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 39
Dirk Bogarde
1921 - 1999
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 40
Akio Morita
1921 - 1999
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 41
Edgar Morin
1921 - Present
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 42
Herschel Grynszpan
1921 - 1942
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 43
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
1921 - 1999
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 44
Others Deceased in 1994
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Robert Doisneau
1912 - 1994
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 29
Vladimir Ivashko
1932 - 1994
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 30
Gian Maria Volonté
1933 - 1994
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 31
Domenico Modugno
1928 - 1994
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 32
Witold Lutosławski
1913 - 1994
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 33
Pierre Boulle
1912 - 1994
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 34
Marija Gimbutas
1921 - 1994
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 35
Raul Julia
1940 - 1994
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 36
Roger Wolcott Sperry
1913 - 1994
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 37
Paul Delvaux
1897 - 1994
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 38
Juvénal Habyarimana
1937 - 1994
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 39
Fernando Rey
1917 - 1994
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 40
György Cziffra
1921 - 1994
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 41
In Lithuania
Among people born in Lithuania, Marija Gimbutas ranks 21 out of 287. Before her are Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858), Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875), Petr Shelokhonov (1929), Antanas Smetona (1874), Jascha Heifetz (1901), and Barbara Radziwiłł (1520). After her are Vytautas Landsbergis (1932), Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904), Valdas Adamkus (1926), Emilia Plater (1806), Algirdas Brazauskas (1932), and Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1560).
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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
1858 - 1922
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 15
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
1875 - 1911
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 16
Petr Shelokhonov
1929 - 1999
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 17
Antanas Smetona
1874 - 1944
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 18
Jascha Heifetz
1901 - 1987
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 19
Barbara Radziwiłł
1520 - 1551
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 20
Marija Gimbutas
1921 - 1994
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 21
Vytautas Landsbergis
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 22
Nikolai Ostrovsky
1904 - 1936
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 23
Valdas Adamkus
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 24
Emilia Plater
1806 - 1831
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 25
Algirdas Brazauskas
1932 - 2010
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 26
Jan Karol Chodkiewicz
1560 - 1621
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 27
Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Lithuania
Among archaeologists born in Lithuania, Marija Gimbutas ranks 1.
