1839 - 1917
Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (8 August 1839, Warmbrunn – 31 January 1917, Braunschweig) was a German ethnographer, naturalist and colonial explorer. He is known for a two-volume monograph on the parrots of the world which earned him a doctorate. He also wrote on the people of New Guinea and was involved in plans for German colonization in Southeast Asia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Finsch has received more than 34,003 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Otto Finsch is the 302nd most popular explorer (down from 257th in 2019), the 3,448th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,761st in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Explorer.
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Among explorers, Otto Finsch ranks 302 out of 405. Before him are Pierre Poivre, Albert von Le Coq, Knut Haugland, Thekla Resvoll, Theodor Kotschy, and Sverre Hassel. After him are Hermann Wissmann, Irina Solovyova, Karl Maximovich, Friedrich Welwitsch, Humphrey Gilbert, and Kristian Prestrud.
1719 - 1786
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 296
1860 - 1930
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 297
1917 - 2009
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 298
1871 - 1948
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 299
1813 - 1866
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 300
1876 - 1928
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 301
1839 - 1917
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 302
1853 - 1905
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 303
1937 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 304
1827 - 1891
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 305
1806 - 1872
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 306
1539 - 1583
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 307
1881 - 1927
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 308
Among people born in 1839, Otto Finsch ranks 55. Before him are Eduard Nápravník, Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Nelson A. Miles, Pascual Cervera y Topete, Luigi Capuana, and Harry Seeley. After him are Caterina Volpicelli, Friedrich Gernsheim, Calixto García, Georges Rayet, Gustave Trouvé, and Aleksandr Stoletov. Among people deceased in 1917, Otto Finsch ranks 72. Before him are Judith Gautier, Ber Borochov, Federico Zandomeneghi, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, Frances Xavier Cabrini, and Petter Adolf Karsten. After him are Ivan Aguéli, Frank Muller, Friedrich Robert Helmert, William Knox D'Arcy, Aurel Popovici, and José Enrique Rodó.
1839 - 1916
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 49
1839 - 1908
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 50
1839 - 1925
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 51
1839 - 1909
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 52
1839 - 1915
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 53
1839 - 1909
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 54
1839 - 1917
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 55
1839 - 1894
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 56
1839 - 1916
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 57
1839 - 1898
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 58
1839 - 1906
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 59
1839 - 1902
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 60
1839 - 1896
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 61
1845 - 1917
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 66
1881 - 1917
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 67
1841 - 1917
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 68
1841 - 1917
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 69
1850 - 1917
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 70
1834 - 1917
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 71
1839 - 1917
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 72
1869 - 1917
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 73
1862 - 1917
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 74
1843 - 1917
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 75
1849 - 1917
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 76
1863 - 1917
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 77
1871 - 1917
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 78
Among people born in Germany, Otto Finsch ranks 3,448 out of 6,142. Before him are Gunter d'Alquen (1910), Heinrich Zille (1858), Leopold III, Prince of Lippe (1821), Uwe Boll (1965), Josef Frings (1887), and Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824). After him are Sarah Kirsch (1935), Mehmet Scholl (1970), John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1596), Ulf Kirsten (1965), Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1592), and Hannes Löhr (1942).
1910 - 1998
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 3,442
1858 - 1929
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 3,443
1821 - 1875
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 3,444
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 3,445
1887 - 1978
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 3,446
1824 - 1895
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 3,447
1839 - 1917
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 3,448
1935 - 2013
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 3,449
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 3,450
1596 - 1660
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 3,451
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 3,452
1592 - 1642
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 3,453
1942 - 2016
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 3,454
Among explorers born in Germany, Otto Finsch ranks 19. Before him are Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), Carl Peters (1856), Karl Weyprecht (1838), Ludwig Leichhardt (1813), Adolf Lüderitz (1834), and Albert von Le Coq (1860). After him are Hermann Wissmann (1853), Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831), Theodor von Heuglin (1824), Johannes Rebmann (1820), Carl Koldewey (1837), and Johann Ludwig Krapf (1810).
1540 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 13
1856 - 1918
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 14
1838 - 1881
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 15
1813 - 1848
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 16
1834 - 1886
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 17
1860 - 1930
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 18
1839 - 1917
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 19
1853 - 1905
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 20
1831 - 1896
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 21
1824 - 1876
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 22
1820 - 1876
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 23
1837 - 1908
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 24
1810 - 1881
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 25