1719 - 1786
Pierre Poivre (23 August 1719 – 6 January 1786) was an 18th-century horticulturist and botanist. He was born in Lyon, France. He was a missionary to East Asia, intendant of French colonial islands in the Indian Ocean, and wearer of the cordon of St. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Poivre has received more than 78,829 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Poivre is the 296th most popular explorer (down from 252nd in 2019), the 3,342nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,848th in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Explorer.
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Among explorers, Pierre Poivre ranks 296 out of 405. Before him are Sebastián Vizcaíno, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Alexander Gordon Laing, Gonçalo Velho Cabral, Bertrand Piccard, and Meriwether Lewis. After him are Albert von Le Coq, Knut Haugland, Thekla Resvoll, Theodor Kotschy, Sverre Hassel, and Otto Finsch.
1548 - 1624
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 290
1745 - 1781
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 291
1794 - 1826
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 292
1400 - 1460
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 293
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 294
1774 - 1809
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 295
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
Among people born in 1719, Pierre Poivre ranks 13. Before him are Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Jacques Cazotte, Gottfried Achenwall, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, and Abraham Gotthelf Kästner. After him are Christian Mayer, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, Thomas Gage, Michel-Jean Sedaine, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, and Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim. Among people deceased in 1786, Pierre Poivre ranks 16. Before him are Tokugawa Ieharu, John Goodricke, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, John Byron, Thomas Wright, and Princess Amelia of Great Britain. After him are Jean-Étienne Guettard, Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, Nathanael Greene, Gaspar de Portolá, Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, and William Duesbury.
1719 - 1803
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 7
1719 - 1792
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 8
1719 - 1772
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 9
1719 - 1763
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 10
1719 - 1798
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 11
1719 - 1800
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 12
1719 - 1786
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 13
1719 - 1783
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 14
1719 - 1787
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 15
1719 - 1787
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 16
1719 - 1797
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 17
1719 - 1796
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 18
1719 - 1803
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 19
1737 - 1786
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 10
1764 - 1786
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 11
1711 - 1786
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 12
1723 - 1786
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 13
1711 - 1786
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 14
1711 - 1786
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 15
1719 - 1786
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 16
1715 - 1786
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 17
1740 - 1786
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 18
1742 - 1786
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 19
1716 - 1786
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 20
1714 - 1786
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 21
1725 - 1786
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 22
Among people born in France, Pierre Poivre ranks 3,342 out of 6,011. Before him are Louis Majorelle (1859), Sylvain Wiltord (1974), Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (1924), Émile Mâle (1862), Michèle Arnaud (1919), and Michel Hazanavicius (1967). After him are Pierre Mondy (1925), Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1816), Paul Déroulède (1846), Armand Salacrou (1899), Jacques Tardi (1946), and Marc Levy (1961).
1859 - 1926
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 3,336
1974 - Present
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 3,337
1924 - 2006
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 3,338
1862 - 1954
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 3,339
1919 - 1998
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 3,340
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 3,341
1719 - 1786
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 3,342
1925 - 2012
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 3,343
1816 - 1885
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 3,344
1846 - 1914
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 3,345
1899 - 1989
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 3,346
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 3,347
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 3,348
Among explorers born in France, Pierre Poivre ranks 28. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Francis Garnier (1839), Nicolas Baudin (1754), and Freya Stark (1893). After him are Édouard-Alfred Martel (1859), Henri Duveyrier (1840), Étienne Brûlé (1592), Louis de Freycinet (1779), Jacques Labillardière (1755), and Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755).
1867 - 1936
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 22
1737 - 1793
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 23
1658 - 1730
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 24
1839 - 1873
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 25
1754 - 1803
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 26
1893 - 1993
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 27
1719 - 1786
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 28
1859 - 1938
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 29
1840 - 1892
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 30
1592 - 1633
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 31
1779 - 1841
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 32
1755 - 1834
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 33
1755 - 1834
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 34