1879 - 1958
Milutin Milanković (sometimes anglicised as Milutin Milankovitch; Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Миланковић, pronounced [milǔtin milǎːnkoʋitɕ]; 28 May 1879 – 12 December 1958) was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysicist, civil engineer and popularizer of science. Milanković gave two fundamental contributions to global science. The first contribution is the "Canon of the Earth's Insolation", which characterizes the climates of all the planets of the Solar System. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milutin Milanković has received more than 439,987 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Milutin Milanković is the 7th most popular geologist (down from 6th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Austria (down from 129th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Geologist.
Milutin Milanković was a Serbian mathematician and geophysicist who is most famous for his work on the theory of ice ages.
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Among geologists, Milutin Milanković ranks 7 out of 59. Before him are Alfred Wegener, Charles Francis Richter, Nicolas Steno, Charles Lyell, Mary Anning, and Inge Lehmann. After him are James Hutton, Andrija Mohorovičić, Friedrich Mohs, Eduard Suess, Francis Beaufort, and Vasily Dokuchaev.
1880 - 1930
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 1
1900 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 2
1638 - 1686
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 3
1797 - 1875
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 4
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 5
1888 - 1993
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 6
1879 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 7
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 8
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 9
1773 - 1839
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 10
1831 - 1914
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 11
1774 - 1857
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 12
1846 - 1903
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 13
Among people born in 1879, Milutin Milanković ranks 16. Before him are Max von Laue, Owen Willans Richardson, Alma Mahler, Symon Petliura, Francis Picabia, and Ottorino Respighi. After him are Hans Luther, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Rudolf von Laban, Ramana Maharshi, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, and Sarojini Naidu. Among people deceased in 1958, Milutin Milanković ranks 16. Before him are Faisal II of Iraq, Kurt Alder, Ernest Lawrence, Lion Feuchtwanger, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Maurice Gamelin. After him are G. E. Moore, Giacomo Balla, Rudolf von Laban, Georges Rouault, Ole Kirk Christiansen, and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia.
1879 - 1960
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 10
1879 - 1959
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 11
1879 - 1964
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 12
1879 - 1926
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 13
1879 - 1953
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 14
1879 - 1936
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 15
1879 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 16
1879 - 1962
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 17
1879 - 1952
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 18
1879 - 1958
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 19
1879 - 1950
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 20
1879 - 1947
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 21
1879 - 1949
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 22
1935 - 1958
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 10
1902 - 1958
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 11
1901 - 1958
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 12
1884 - 1958
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 13
1881 - 1958
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 14
1872 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 15
1879 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 16
1873 - 1958
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 17
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 18
1879 - 1958
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 19
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 20
1891 - 1958
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 21
1890 - 1958
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 22
Among people born in Austria, Milutin Milanković ranks 147 out of 1,237. Before him are Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865), Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (1559), Mariana of Austria (1634), Frederick the Fair (1289), Otto Weininger (1880), and Gustav Meyrink (1868). After him are Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857), Heinz Fischer (1938), Walther von der Vogelweide (1170), Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351), Richard Kuhn (1900), and Nikola IV Zrinski (1508).
1865 - 1929
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 141
1559 - 1621
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 142
1634 - 1696
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 143
1289 - 1330
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 144
1880 - 1903
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 145
1868 - 1932
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 146
1879 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 147
1857 - 1940
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 148
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 149
1170 - 1230
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 150
1351 - 1386
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 151
1900 - 1967
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 152
1508 - 1566
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 153
Among geologists born in Austria, Milutin Milanković ranks 1. After him are Walther Penck (1888).