1821 - 1893
Sir Samuel White Baker (8 June 1821 – 30 December 1893) was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He also held the titles of Pasha and Major-General in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt. He served as the Governor-General of the Equatorial Nile Basin (today's South Sudan and Northern Uganda) between April 1869 and August 1873, which he established as the Province of Equatoria. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Baker has received more than 230,201 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Samuel Baker is the 238th most popular explorer (up from 340th in 2019), the 2,003rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,106th in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Explorer.
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Among explorers, Samuel Baker ranks 238 out of 405. Before him are Edward Bransfield, Carl Anton Larsen, John Byron, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Chris McCandless, and Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. After him are Ma Huan, Francis Garnier, Jorge Álvares, Annie Londonderry, Vladimir Atlasov, and Thorvald Eiriksson.
1785 - 1852
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 232
1860 - 1924
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 233
1723 - 1786
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 234
1737 - 1793
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 235
1968 - 1992
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 236
1658 - 1730
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 237
1821 - 1893
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 238
1380 - 1460
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 239
1839 - 1873
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 240
1401 - 1521
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 241
1870 - 1947
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 242
1661 - 1711
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 243
972 - 1006
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 244
Among people born in 1821, Samuel Baker ranks 48. Before him are Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, Clara Barton, Champfleury, Cyprian Norwid, Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Ferdinand Gregorovius. After him are Karol Mikuli, Félix Ziem, Antonio Ciseri, John C. Breckinridge, Karel Havlíček Borovský, and Ion C. Brătianu. Among people deceased in 1893, Samuel Baker ranks 36. Before him are Jacob Moleschott, Robert Cornelius, Rudolf Wolf, Julius Popper, Matsudaira Katamori, and Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are Nikolai Zverev, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Anna Bilińska, Grigor Parlichev, Princess Marguerite of Orléans, and William Smith.
1821 - 1901
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 42
1821 - 1912
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 43
1821 - 1889
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 44
1821 - 1883
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 45
1821 - 1899
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 46
1821 - 1891
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 47
1821 - 1893
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 48
1821 - 1897
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 49
1821 - 1911
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 50
1821 - 1891
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 51
1821 - 1875
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 52
1821 - 1856
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 53
1821 - 1891
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 54
1822 - 1893
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 30
1809 - 1893
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 31
1816 - 1893
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 32
1857 - 1893
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 33
1836 - 1893
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 34
1817 - 1893
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 35
1821 - 1893
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 36
1832 - 1893
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 37
1815 - 1893
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 38
1854 - 1893
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 39
1830 - 1893
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 40
1846 - 1893
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 41
1813 - 1893
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 42
Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Baker ranks 2,003 out of 7,765. Before him are William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773), Herbert Read (1893), Graham Bonnet (1947), Jeanette (1951), George Frederic Watts (1817), and Mary Hopkin (1950). After him are Nicollette Sheridan (1963), Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977), Joseph Delaney (1945), Robert Hichens (1882), Albert F. Mummery (1855), and Claude Auchinleck (1884).
1773 - 1857
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 1,997
1893 - 1968
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 1,998
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 1,999
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 2,000
1817 - 1904
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 2,001
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 2,002
1821 - 1893
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 2,003
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 2,004
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 2,005
1945 - 2022
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 2,006
1882 - 1940
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 2,007
1855 - 1895
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 2,008
1884 - 1981
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 2,009
Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Baker ranks 29. Before him are James Bruce (1730), John Rolfe (1585), Mark Sykes (1879), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), Douglas Mawson (1882), and John Byron (1723). After him are William Parry (1790), Anthony Jenkinson (1529), Richard Chancellor (1521), Francis Crozier (1796), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), and Alexander Gordon Laing (1794).
1730 - 1794
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 23
1585 - 1622
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 24
1879 - 1919
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 25
1776 - 1839
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 26
1882 - 1958
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 27
1723 - 1786
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 28
1821 - 1893
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 29
1790 - 1855
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 30
1529 - 1610
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 31
1521 - 1556
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 32
1796 - 1848
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 33
1737 - 1808
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 34
1794 - 1826
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 35