1925 - 2012
Phillip Vallentine Tobias (14 October 1925 – 7 June 2012) was a South African palaeoanthropologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He was best known for his work at South Africa's hominid fossil sites. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phillip V. Tobias has received more than 67,916 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Phillip V. Tobias is the 124th most popular archaeologist (down from 90th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 109th in 2019) and the most popular South African Archaeologist.
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Among archaeologists, Phillip V. Tobias ranks 124 out of 104. Before him are Colin Groves, Ian Hodder, Mortimer Wheeler, Stith Thompson, Klaus Schmidt, and Paolo Orsi. After him are Alexey Okladnikov, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Miroslav Verner, Arthur Surridge Hunt, J. P. Mallory, and Davidson Black.
1942 - 2017
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 118
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 119
1890 - 1976
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 120
1885 - 1976
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 121
1953 - 2014
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 122
1859 - 1935
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 123
1925 - 2012
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 124
1908 - 1981
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 125
1869 - 1926
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 126
1941 - Present
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 127
1871 - 1934
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 128
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 129
1884 - 1934
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 130
Among people born in 1925, Phillip V. Tobias ranks 421. Before him are Janet Rowley, Ilona Novák, Bruno Pesaola, Yuriy Lituyev, Raja Ramanna, and Shirley Strickland. After him are Ruth First, Lilyan Chauvin, Jacques Grimonpon, Fernand Decanali, Howard Baker, and Nelson Demarco. Among people deceased in 2012, Phillip V. Tobias ranks 371. Before him are Dick Clark, Vincenzo Consolo, Tony Martin, Théophile Abega, Luke Askew, and Jacques Barzun. After him are Aldo Maldera, Mitch Lucker, Ruy de Freitas, Charles Colson, Fontella Bass, and Boris Razinsky.
1925 - 2013
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 415
1925 - 2019
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 416
1925 - 2015
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 417
1925 - 2000
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 418
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 419
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 420
1925 - 2012
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 421
1925 - 1982
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 422
1925 - 2008
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 423
1925 - 2013
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 424
1925 - 2017
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 425
1925 - 2014
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 426
1925 - 2009
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 427
1929 - 2012
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 365
1933 - 2012
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 366
1913 - 2012
HPI: 42.80
Rank: 367
1954 - 2012
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 368
1932 - 2012
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 369
1907 - 2012
HPI: 42.70
Rank: 370
1925 - 2012
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 371
1953 - 2012
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 372
1984 - 2012
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 373
1916 - 2012
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 374
1931 - 2012
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 375
1940 - 2012
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 376
1933 - 2012
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 377
Among people born in South Africa, Phillip V. Tobias ranks 140 out of 374. Before him are David Carstens (1914), Jackie Pretorius (1934), Belle Delphine (1999), Frew McMillan (1942), Elsa Joubert (1922), and Francois Botha (1968). After him are Ruth First (1925), Gavin Hood (1963), Peter de Klerk (1935), Lucky Dube (1910), Helen Zille (1951), and Constand Viljoen (1933).
1914 - 1955
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 134
1934 - 2009
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 135
1999 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 136
1942 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 137
1922 - 2020
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 138
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 139
1925 - 2012
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 140
1925 - 1982
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 141
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 142
1935 - 2015
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 143
1910 - 1964
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 144
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 145
1933 - 2020
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 146
Among archaeologists born in South Africa, Phillip V. Tobias ranks 1.