1878 - 1945
Paul Eugène Pelliot (28 May 1878 – 26 October 1945) was a French Sinologist and Orientalist best known for his explorations of Central Asia and acquirement of many important Chinese texts such as the Dunhuang manuscripts. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Pelliot has received more than 104,688 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Paul Pelliot is the 27th most popular archaeologist (down from 23rd in 2019), the 1,761st most popular biography from France (up from 1,845th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Archaeologist.
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Among archaeologists, Paul Pelliot ranks 27 out of 104. Before him are Louis Leakey, Austen Henry Layard, Khaemweset, Leo Frobenius, Bogdan Filov, and Alcide d'Orbigny. After him are Leonard Woolley, Othniel Charles Marsh, Robert Ballard, Neferkare Tereru, Ami Boué, and Wilhelm Dörpfeld.
1903 - 1972
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 21
1817 - 1894
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 22
1281 BC - 1225 BC
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 23
1873 - 1938
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 24
1883 - 1945
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 25
1802 - 1857
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 26
1878 - 1945
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 27
1880 - 1960
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 28
1831 - 1899
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 29
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 30
2200 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 31
1794 - 1881
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 32
1853 - 1940
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 33
Among people born in 1878, Paul Pelliot ranks 53. Before him are Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Milan Hodža, Sadriddin Ayni, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, Abdelaziz of Morocco, and Upton Sinclair. After him are Wallace Hartley, Stephen Timoshenko, Franz Schreker, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, C. Rajagopalachari, and Horacio Quiroga. Among people deceased in 1945, Paul Pelliot ranks 120. Before him are Wolfgang Lüth, Walther Hewel, Mário de Andrade, Bogdan Filov, Albrecht Penck, and Robert Desnos. After him are Otto Kittel, Else Lasker-Schüler, Le Pétomane, Fritz Klingenberg, Robert Brasillach, and Seiichi Itō.
1878 - 1943
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 47
1878 - 1944
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 48
1878 - 1954
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 49
1878 - 1961
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 50
1878 - 1943
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 51
1878 - 1968
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 52
1878 - 1945
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 53
1878 - 1912
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 54
1878 - 1972
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 55
1878 - 1934
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 56
1878 - 1942
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 57
1878 - 1972
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 58
1878 - 1937
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 59
1913 - 1945
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 114
1904 - 1945
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 115
1893 - 1945
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 116
1883 - 1945
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 117
1858 - 1945
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 118
1900 - 1945
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 119
1878 - 1945
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 120
1917 - 1945
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 121
1869 - 1945
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 122
1857 - 1945
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 123
1912 - 1945
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 124
1909 - 1945
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 125
1890 - 1945
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 126
Among people born in France, Paul Pelliot ranks 1,761 out of 6,011. Before him are Princess Elisabeth of Savoy (1800), Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (1508), Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), Bernard Courtois (1777), Louise de Coligny (1555), and Leos Carax (1960). After him are Charles Huntziger (1880), Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon (1844), Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758), Cabu (1938), Henri Delaunay (1883), and Jacques Ellul (1912).
1800 - 1856
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 1,755
1508 - 1580
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 1,756
1772 - 1840
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 1,757
1777 - 1838
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 1,758
1555 - 1620
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 1,759
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 1,760
1878 - 1945
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,761
1880 - 1941
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 1,762
1844 - 1910
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 1,763
1758 - 1823
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 1,764
1938 - 2015
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 1,765
1883 - 1955
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 1,766
1912 - 1994
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 1,767
Among archaeologists born in France, Paul Pelliot ranks 4. Before him are Jean-François Champollion (1790), Austen Henry Layard (1817), and Alcide d'Orbigny (1802). After him are André Leroi-Gourhan (1911), Henri Breuil (1877), Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788), Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821), Christiane Desroches Noblecourt (1913), Victor Loret (1859), François Bordes (1919), and André Parrot (1901).
1790 - 1832
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 1
1817 - 1894
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 2
1802 - 1857
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 3
1878 - 1945
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 4
1911 - 1986
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 5
1877 - 1961
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 6
1788 - 1868
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 7
1821 - 1898
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 8
1913 - 2011
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 9
1859 - 1946
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 10
1919 - 1981
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 11
1901 - 1980
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 12