1951 - 2020
Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Emeritus of the invertebrate zoology department of the American Museum of Natural History. A 1973 Ph.D. recipient at Harvard University, Platnick described over 1,800 species of spiders from around the world, making him the second most prolific spider taxonomist in history, behind only Eugène Simon. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman I. Platnick has received more than 42,114 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Norman I. Platnick is the 926th most popular biologist (down from 768th in 2019), the 10,945th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,844th in 2019) and the 145th most popular American Biologist.
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Among biologists, Norman I. Platnick ranks 926 out of 841. Before him are Jon E. Ahlquist, John Bartram, Jessica Meir, Timothy Ray Brown, Wim Crusio, and Anthony R. Hunter. After him are Peter Piot, Stanislas Dehaene, Francis Maitland Balfour, Eugenie Clark, Paul Sereno, and Gaetano Savi.
1944 - 2020
HPI: 40.37
Rank: 920
1699 - 1777
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 921
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.35
Rank: 922
1966 - 2020
HPI: 40.27
Rank: 923
1954 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 924
1943 - Present
HPI: 39.95
Rank: 925
1951 - 2020
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 926
1949 - Present
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 927
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 928
1851 - 1882
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 929
1922 - 2015
HPI: 39.26
Rank: 930
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.09
Rank: 931
1769 - 1844
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 932
Among people born in 1951, Norman I. Platnick ranks 526. Before him are Žarko Varajić, Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré, Fred Schneider, Larry Black, Julian Lloyd Webber, and Bob Black. After him are Al Franken, Françoise Nyssen, Jay Inslee, John Glascock, Ahmed Tidiane Souaré, and Lalla Ward. Among people deceased in 2020, Norman I. Platnick ranks 646. Before him are Ben Jipcho, Timothy Ray Brown, James Lipton, Rupert Hine, Charles Wuorinen, and James Flynn. After him are Ann Reinking, Stephen Tataw, Rita Sargsyan, Charley Pride, Bob Kulick, and Blagoja Georgievski.
1951 - 2019
HPI: 40.23
Rank: 520
1951 - Present
HPI: 40.21
Rank: 521
1951 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 522
1951 - 2006
HPI: 40.14
Rank: 523
1951 - Present
HPI: 40.11
Rank: 524
1951 - Present
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 525
1951 - 2020
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 526
1951 - Present
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 527
1951 - Present
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 528
1951 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 529
1951 - 1979
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 530
1951 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 531
1951 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 532
1943 - 2020
HPI: 40.27
Rank: 640
1966 - 2020
HPI: 40.27
Rank: 641
1926 - 2020
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 642
1947 - 2020
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 643
1938 - 2020
HPI: 40.14
Rank: 644
1934 - 2020
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 645
1951 - 2020
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 646
1949 - 2020
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 647
1963 - 2020
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 648
1962 - 2020
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 649
1934 - 2020
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 650
1950 - 2020
HPI: 39.63
Rank: 651
1950 - 2020
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 652
Among people born in United States, Norman I. Platnick ranks 10,945 out of 18,182. Before him are Jennifer Taylor (1972), Lili Reinhart (1996), Tate Taylor (1969), Laura Ziskin (1950), Jack Ragland (1913), and Nicole Ari Parker (1970). After him are Bill Fagerbakke (1957), Cory Booker (1969), George Nelson (1950), Andy Dick (1965), Marie Wilson (1916), and Brook Benton (1931).
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.95
Rank: 10,939
1996 - Present
HPI: 39.95
Rank: 10,940
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.95
Rank: 10,941
1950 - 2011
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,942
1913 - 1996
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,943
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,944
1951 - 2020
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,945
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,946
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,947
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,948
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,949
1916 - 1972
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,950
1931 - 1988
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 10,951
Among biologists born in United States, Norman I. Platnick ranks 145. Before him are Maxine Singer (1931), Alice Catherine Evans (1881), William Murrill (1869), John Bartram (1699), Jessica Meir (1977), and Timothy Ray Brown (1966). After him are Eugenie Clark (1922), Paul Sereno (1957), Elliott Coues (1842), Ben Barres (1954), Amos Eaton (1776), and Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863).
1931 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 139
1881 - 1975
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 140
1869 - 1957
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 141
1699 - 1777
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 142
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.35
Rank: 143
1966 - 2020
HPI: 40.27
Rank: 144
1951 - 2020
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 145
1922 - 2015
HPI: 39.26
Rank: 146
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.09
Rank: 147
1842 - 1899
HPI: 38.52
Rank: 148
1954 - 2017
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 149
1776 - 1842
HPI: 37.89
Rank: 150
1863 - 1948
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 151