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Philip Johan von Strahlenberg

1676 - 1747

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Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676–1747) was a Swedish officer and geographer of German origin who made important contributions to the cartography of Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Johan von Strahlenberg has received more than 76,714 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Philip Johan von Strahlenberg is the 100th most popular explorer (up from 140th in 2019), the 1,098th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,662nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Explorer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg ranks 100 out of 498. Before him are Ferdinand von Wrangel, Carsten Niebuhr, Martín Alonso Pinzón, Calamity Jane, Ferdinand Columbus, and Gonzalo Pizarro. After him are Bartholomew Columbus, Enrique of Malacca, Juan de la Cosa, Michael Rockefeller, Mary Kingsley, and Thomas Cavendish.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1676, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg ranks 6. Before him are Frederick I of Sweden, Alexander Selkirk, Francis II Rákóczi, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, and Robert Walpole. After him are Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Jacopo Riccati, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Leonard of Port Maurice, and Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon. Among people deceased in 1747, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg ranks 7. Before him are Nader Shah, Amaro Pargo, Alain-René Lesage, Alessandro Marcello, Catherine Opalińska, and Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. After him are Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen, Giovanni Bononcini, Giuseppe Crespi, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, and Francesco Solimena.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg ranks 1,098 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Stamitz (1745), Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939), Max Klinger (1857), and Alfred Brehm (1829). After him are Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229), Robert Michels (1876), Wilhelm Gustloff (1895), Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670), Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617), and Veit Stoss (1450).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg ranks 3. Before him are Martin Behaim (1459), and Carsten Niebuhr (1733). After him are Heinrich Barth (1821), Hans Staden (1525), Adam Olearius (1603), Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), Gustav Nachtigal (1834), John Sutter (1803), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), Julius Klaproth (1783), and Nikolaus Federmann (1505).

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