1459 - 1507
Martin Behaim (6 October 1459 – 29 July 1507), also known as Martin von Behaim and by various forms of Martin of Bohemia, was a German textile merchant and cartographer. He served John II of Portugal as an adviser in matters of navigation and participated in a voyage to West Africa. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Behaim has received more than 199,504 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Martin Behaim is the 38th most popular explorer (up from 40th in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from Germany (down from 366th in 2019) and the most popular German Explorer.
Martin Behaim is most famous for inventing the first globe.
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Among explorers, Martin Behaim ranks 38 out of 405. Before him are Francisco de Orellana, Evliya Çelebi, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Juan Ponce de León, Jan van Riebeeck, and Robert Falcon Scott. After him are Ernest Shackleton, Hanno the Navigator, Zhang Qian, Ingólfr Arnarson, Sven Hedin, and William Baffin.
1511 - 1546
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 32
1611 - 1682
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 33
1182 - 1252
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 34
1460 - 1521
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 35
1619 - 1677
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 36
1868 - 1912
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 37
1459 - 1507
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 38
1874 - 1922
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 39
633 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 40
200 BC - 114 BC
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 41
850 - 910
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 42
1865 - 1952
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 43
1584 - 1622
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 44
Among people born in 1459, Martin Behaim ranks 4. Before him are Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Pope Adrian VI, and Muhammad XII of Granada. After him are Sultan Cem, Lorenzo di Credi, Jakob Fugger, Charles, Count of Angoulême, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, John I Albert, Michael Sittow, and Cima da Conegliano. Among people deceased in 1507, Martin Behaim ranks 2. Before him is Cesare Borgia. After him are Gentile Bellini, Francis of Paola, and Cosimo Rosselli.
1459 - 1519
HPI: 78.25
Rank: 1
1459 - 1523
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 2
1459 - 1532
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 3
1459 - 1507
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 4
1459 - 1495
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 5
1459 - 1537
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 6
1459 - 1525
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 7
1459 - 1496
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 8
1459 - 1517
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 9
1459 - 1501
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 10
1459 - 1525
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 11
1459 - 1517
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 12
1475 - 1507
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 1
1459 - 1507
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 2
1429 - 1507
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 3
1416 - 1507
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 4
1439 - 1507
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 5
Among people born in Germany, Martin Behaim ranks 376 out of 6,142. Before him are Max Bruch (1838), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), Carl von Ossietzky (1889), Otto Dix (1891), Otto Lilienthal (1848), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731). After him are Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Georg von Küchler (1881), Joachim Löw (1960), Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), Helmuth Weidling (1891), and Ulrike Meinhof (1934).
1838 - 1920
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 370
1781 - 1841
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 371
1889 - 1938
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 372
1891 - 1969
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 373
1848 - 1896
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 374
1731 - 1767
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 375
1459 - 1507
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 376
1729 - 1786
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 377
1881 - 1968
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 378
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 379
1787 - 1826
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 380
1891 - 1955
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 381
1934 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 382
Among explorers born in Germany, Martin Behaim ranks 1. After him are Heinrich Barth (1821), Carsten Niebuhr (1733), Adam Olearius (1603), Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), Hans Staden (1525), John Sutter (1803), Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), Gustav Nachtigal (1834), Julius Klaproth (1783), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), and Nikolaus Federmann (1505).
1459 - 1507
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 1
1821 - 1865
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 2
1733 - 1815
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 3
1603 - 1671
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 4
1676 - 1747
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 5
1525 - 1579
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 6
1803 - 1880
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 7
1873 - 1969
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 8
1834 - 1885
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 9
1783 - 1835
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 10
1877 - 1957
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 11
1505 - 1542
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 12