1871 - 1936
Oscar Adolf Wisting (6 June 1871 – 5 December 1936) was a Norwegian Naval officer and polar explorer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Wisting has received more than 91,414 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Wisting is the 190th most popular explorer (down from 156th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Norway (down from 103rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Norwegian Explorer.
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Among explorers, Oscar Wisting ranks 190 out of 405. Before him are Don Walsh, Francisco de Bobadilla, Jimmie Angel, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Fernão do Pó, and Alexander Andreyevich Baranov. After him are Henri Mouhot, George W. De Long, Nuno Tristão, Daniel Boone, Hendrik Brouwer, and James Bruce.
1931 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 184
1500 - 1502
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 185
1899 - 1956
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 186
1499 - 1543
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 187
1500 - 1500
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 188
1746 - 1819
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 189
1871 - 1936
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 190
1826 - 1861
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 191
1844 - 1881
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 192
1500 - 1446
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 193
1734 - 1820
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 194
1581 - 1643
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 195
1730 - 1794
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 196
Among people born in 1871, Oscar Wisting ranks 57. Before him are Hubert Cecil Booth, William Heard Kilpatrick, Cesare Mori, Claus Schilling, Doppo Kunikida, and Mariano Fortuny. After him are Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, Erich von Tschermak, Arthur Tansley, Gjergj Fishta, Alajos Szokolyi, and Segundo de Chomón. Among people deceased in 1936, Oscar Wisting ranks 71. Before him are Henri de Régnier, Irving Thalberg, Takahashi Korekiyo, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Nestor Lakoba, and Hans Poelzig. After him are Alexandros Zaimis, Richard Hauptmann, Sergey Kamenev, José Calvo Sotelo, Oskar Barnack, and Sergei Shchukin.
1871 - 1955
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 51
1871 - 1965
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 52
1871 - 1942
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 53
1871 - 1946
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 54
1871 - 1908
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 55
1871 - 1949
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 56
1871 - 1936
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 57
1871 - 1937
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 58
1871 - 1962
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 59
1871 - 1955
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 60
1871 - 1940
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 61
1871 - 1932
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 62
1871 - 1929
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 63
1864 - 1936
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 65
1899 - 1936
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 66
1854 - 1936
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 67
1895 - 1936
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 68
1893 - 1936
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 69
1869 - 1936
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 70
1871 - 1936
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 71
1855 - 1936
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 72
1899 - 1936
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 73
1881 - 1936
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 74
1893 - 1936
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 75
1879 - 1936
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 76
1854 - 1936
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 77
Among people born in Norway, Oscar Wisting ranks 112 out of 927. Before him are Kristian Birkeland (1867), Nordahl Grieg (1902), Naddodd (900), Belle Gunness (1859), Varg Vikernes (1973), and Thorleif Haug (1894). After him are Arne Garborg (1851), Ole Bull (1810), May-Britt Moser (1963), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Thorbjørn Egner (1912), and Jonas Gahr Støre (1960).
1867 - 1917
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 106
1902 - 1943
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 107
900 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 108
1859 - 1908
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 109
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 110
1894 - 1934
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 111
1871 - 1936
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 112
1851 - 1924
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 113
1810 - 1880
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 114
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 115
1842 - 1866
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 116
1912 - 1990
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 117
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 118
Among explorers born in Norway, Oscar Wisting ranks 10. Before him are Thor Heyerdahl (1914), Ingólfr Arnarson (850), Otto Sverdrup (1854), Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), and Naddodd (900). After him are Helmer Hanssen (1870), Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Carl Anton Larsen (1860), Helge Ingstad (1899), and Jens Munk (1579).
1914 - 2002
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 4
850 - 910
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 5
1854 - 1930
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 6
1864 - 1934
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 7
1867 - 1913
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 8
900 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 9
1871 - 1936
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 10
1870 - 1956
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 11
900 - 901
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 12
950 - 980
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 13
1860 - 1924
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 14
1899 - 2001
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 15
1579 - 1628
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 16