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 157,064 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Behaim is the 40th most popular explorer (down from 39th in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Germany (up from 390th 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 40 out of 405. Before him are Francisco de Orellana, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Pytheas, Jan van Riebeeck, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, and Ingólfr Arnarson. After him are Antonio Pigafetta, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Jacob Roggeveen, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Zhang Qian, and Robert Falcon Scott.
1511 - 1546
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 34
1182 - 1252
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 35
380 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 36
1619 - 1677
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 37
1729 - 1811
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 38
850 - 910
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 39
1459 - 1507
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 40
1492 - 1531
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 41
1485 - 1528
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 42
1659 - 1729
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 43
1778 - 1852
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 44
200 BC - 114 BC
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 45
1868 - 1912
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 46
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, John I Albert, Cima da Conegliano, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, and Conrad Celtes. 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: 84.14
Rank: 1
1459 - 1523
HPI: 82.65
Rank: 2
1459 - 1532
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 3
1459 - 1507
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 4
1459 - 1495
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 5
1459 - 1537
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 6
1459 - 1525
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 7
1459 - 1496
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 8
1459 - 1501
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 9
1459 - 1517
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 10
1459 - 1517
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 11
1459 - 1508
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 12
1475 - 1507
HPI: 81.75
Rank: 1
1459 - 1507
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 2
1429 - 1507
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 3
1416 - 1507
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 4
1439 - 1507
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 5
Among people born in Germany, Martin Behaim ranks 366 out of 5,289. Before him are Werner Herzog (1942), Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), Franz Halder (1884), Ernst Ruska (1906), Carl Bosch (1874), and Georg von Küchler (1881). After him are Louis the Child (893), Walther von Reichenau (1884), Regiomontanus (1436), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), Paul Hausser (1880), and Hans Fritzsche (1900).
1942 - Present
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 360
1811 - 1864
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 361
1884 - 1972
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 362
1906 - 1988
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 363
1874 - 1940
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 364
1881 - 1968
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 365
1459 - 1507
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 366
893 - 911
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 367
1884 - 1942
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 368
1436 - 1476
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 369
1777 - 1811
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 370
1880 - 1972
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 371
1900 - 1953
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 372
Among explorers born in Germany, Martin Behaim ranks 1. After him are Carsten Niebuhr (1733), Heinrich Barth (1821), Adam Olearius (1603), Hans Staden (1525), Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), Gustav Nachtigal (1834), John Sutter (1803), Julius Klaproth (1783), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), and Wilhelm Filchner (1877).
1459 - 1507
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 1
1733 - 1815
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 2
1821 - 1865
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 3
1603 - 1671
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 4
1525 - 1579
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 5
1676 - 1747
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 6
1873 - 1969
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 7
1834 - 1885
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 8
1803 - 1880
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 9
1783 - 1835
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 10
1505 - 1542
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 11
1877 - 1957
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 12