1944 - Today
Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet (born 7 March 1944), commonly known as Sir Ranulph Fiennes () and sometimes as Ran Fiennes, is a British explorer, writer and poet, who holds several endurance records. Fiennes served in the British Army for eight years, including a period on counter-insurgency service while attached to the Army of the Sultanate of Oman. He later undertook numerous expeditions and was the first person to visit both the North Pole and South Pole by surface means and the first to completely cross Antarctica on foot. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ranulph Fiennes has received more than 3,437,658 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ranulph Fiennes is the 391st most popular explorer (down from 370th in 2019), the 3,677th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,711th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Explorer.
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Among explorers, Ranulph Fiennes ranks 391 out of 405. Before him are Anthony de la Roché, Tobias Furneaux, Boris Vilkitsky, Robert McClure, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, and Jacques Bernard Hombron. After him are Theodor von Heuglin, Hugh Clapperton, Henry Robertson Bowers, Johannes Rebmann, Vivian Fuchs, and François Levaillant.
1700 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 385
1735 - 1781
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 386
1885 - 1961
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 387
1807 - 1873
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 388
1890 - 1965
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 389
1798 - 1852
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 390
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 391
1824 - 1876
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 392
1788 - 1827
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 393
1883 - 1912
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 394
1820 - 1876
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 395
1908 - 1999
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 396
1753 - 1824
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 397
Among people born in 1944, Ranulph Fiennes ranks 448. Before him are Helmut Dietl, Sergio Markarián, Isao Okano, Eddie Gómez, Leonard Slatkin, and Hui Liangyu. After him are Kenneth Cranham, Jean-Louis Debré, Mick Avory, Antti Tuuri, Rita Mae Brown, and Oscar Temaru.
1944 - 2015
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 442
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 443
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 444
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 445
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 446
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 447
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 448
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 449
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 450
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 451
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 452
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 453
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 454
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ranulph Fiennes ranks 3,677 out of 7,765. Before him are D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), Simone Perrotta (1977), Paul Kossoff (1950), Doug Bradley (1954), Reginald Wingate (1861), and Imogen Heap (1977). After him are Dudley Pound (1877), Kunal Nayyar (1981), Acker Bilk (1929), Jonny Greenwood (1971), Gerald Finzi (1901), and George Crabbe (1754).
1860 - 1948
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 3,671
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 3,672
1950 - 1976
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 3,673
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 3,674
1861 - 1953
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 3,675
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 3,676
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 3,677
1877 - 1943
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 3,678
1981 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 3,679
1929 - 2014
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 3,680
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 3,681
1901 - 1956
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 3,682
1754 - 1832
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 3,683
Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Ranulph Fiennes ranks 55. Before him are Luke Foxe (1586), Alfred Maudslay (1850), John Marshall (1748), George Nares (1831), Anthony de la Roché (1700), and Tobias Furneaux (1735). After him are Hugh Clapperton (1788), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), Vivian Fuchs (1908), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), John Moresby (1830), and Herbert Ponting (1870).
1586 - 1635
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 49
1850 - 1931
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 50
1748 - 1819
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 51
1831 - 1915
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 52
1700 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 53
1735 - 1781
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 54
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 55
1788 - 1827
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 56
1883 - 1912
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 57
1908 - 1999
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 58
1764 - 1848
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 59
1830 - 1922
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 60
1870 - 1935
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 61