1884 - 1960
Roy Chapman Andrews (January 26, 1884 – March 11, 1960) was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He led a series of expeditions through the politically disturbed China of the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia. The expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known fossil dinosaur eggs to the museum. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Chapman Andrews has received more than 339,151 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Roy Chapman Andrews is the 259th most popular explorer (down from 237th in 2019), the 3,835th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,358th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Explorer.
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Among explorers, Roy Chapman Andrews ranks 259 out of 405. Before him are Carl Peters, Freya Stark, Karl Weyprecht, Estêvão Gomes, Paweł Strzelecki, and Eusebio Kino. After him are Ippolito Rosellini, Ludwig Leichhardt, Willem de Vlamingh, William Clark, Nikolai Spathari, and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
1856 - 1918
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 253
1893 - 1993
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 254
1838 - 1881
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 255
1484 - 1538
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 256
1797 - 1873
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 257
1645 - 1711
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 258
1884 - 1960
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 259
1800 - 1843
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 260
1813 - 1848
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 261
1640 - 1698
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 262
1770 - 1838
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 263
1636 - 1708
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 264
1519 - 1574
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 265
Among people born in 1884, Roy Chapman Andrews ranks 94. Before him are Johannes Popitz, Jules Supervielle, Jaan Anvelt, Evelyn Nesbit, Daniel Varoujan, and Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz. After him are Félix Éboué, Pedro Pablo Ramírez, George David Birkhoff, Harry Langdon, Enrico Dante, and Constantin Constantinescu-Claps. Among people deceased in 1960, Roy Chapman Andrews ranks 89. Before him are Hashim al-Atassi, Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, Maud Menten, Joseph Vendryes, Lottie Dod, and H. C. Hansen. After him are Auguste Herbin, Leó Weiner, Henny Porten, Sylvia Pankhurst, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, and Erich Neumann.
1884 - 1945
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 88
1884 - 1960
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 89
1884 - 1937
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 90
1884 - 1967
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 91
1884 - 1915
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 92
1884 - 1905
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 93
1884 - 1960
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 94
1884 - 1944
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 95
1884 - 1962
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 96
1884 - 1944
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 97
1884 - 1944
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 98
1884 - 1967
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 99
1884 - 1961
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 100
1875 - 1960
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 83
1886 - 1960
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 84
1879 - 1960
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 85
1875 - 1960
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 86
1871 - 1960
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 87
1906 - 1960
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 88
1884 - 1960
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 89
1882 - 1960
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 90
1885 - 1960
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 91
1890 - 1960
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 92
1882 - 1960
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 93
1903 - 1960
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 94
1905 - 1960
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 95
Among people born in United States, Roy Chapman Andrews ranks 3,835 out of 18,182. Before him are Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), Scott Bradley (1891), Amy Irving (1953), Elvin Jones (1927), Dorothy Dandridge (1922), and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918). After him are Ray Wise (1947), William Calley (1943), Wanda Jackson (1937), Stephen J. Cannell (1941), Bill Cobbs (1934), and James Turrell (1943).
1846 - 1913
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 3,829
1891 - 1977
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 3,830
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 3,831
1927 - 2004
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 3,832
1922 - 1965
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 3,833
1918 - 2014
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 3,834
1884 - 1960
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 3,835
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 3,836
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 3,837
1937 - Present
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 3,838
1941 - 2010
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 3,839
1934 - Present
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 3,840
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 3,841
Among explorers born in United States, Roy Chapman Andrews ranks 16. Before him are Don Walsh (1931), Jimmie Angel (1899), George W. De Long (1844), Daniel Boone (1734), Jedediah Smith (1799), and Chris McCandless (1968). After him are William Clark (1770), Edward S. Curtis (1868), Meriwether Lewis (1774), John C. Frémont (1813), Charles Wilkes (1798), and Charles Francis Hall (1821).
1931 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 10
1899 - 1956
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 11
1844 - 1881
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 12
1734 - 1820
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 13
1799 - 1831
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 14
1968 - 1992
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 15
1884 - 1960
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 16
1770 - 1838
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 17
1868 - 1952
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 18
1774 - 1809
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 19
1813 - 1890
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 20
1798 - 1877
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 21
1821 - 1871
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 22