1901 - 1974
Spyridon Marinatos (Greek: Σπυρίδων Μαρινάτος; 17 November [O.S. 4 November] 1901 – 1 October 1974) was a Greek archaeologist who specialised in the Bronze Age Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations. He is best known for the excavation of the Minoan site of Akrotiri on Santorini, which he conducted between 1967 and 1974. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spyridon Marinatos has received more than 90,330 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Spyridon Marinatos is the 55th most popular archaeologist (down from 46th in 2019), the 530th most popular biography from Greece (up from 536th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Archaeologist.
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Among archaeologists, Spyridon Marinatos ranks 55 out of 104. Before him are Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, Isdal Woman, Colin Renfrew, Hormuzd Rassam, and Peter Wilhelm Lund. After him are Giuseppe Fiorelli, Johan Gunnar Andersson, Halet Çambel, Robert Broom, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, and Margaret Murray.
1788 - 1868
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 49
1821 - 1898
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 50
1940 - 1970
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 51
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 52
1826 - 1910
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 53
1801 - 1880
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 54
1901 - 1974
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 55
1823 - 1896
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 56
1874 - 1960
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 57
1916 - 2014
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 58
1866 - 1951
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 59
1821 - 1885
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 60
1863 - 1963
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 61
Among people born in 1901, Spyridon Marinatos ranks 140. Before him are August Schmidhuber, Werner Egk, Ebbe Schwartz, Maurice Evans, György Orth, and Frank Zamboni. After him are Antal Szerb, Mario Scelba, Henri Tomasi, Vilma Bánky, Kurt Jooss, and Nina Bari. Among people deceased in 1974, Spyridon Marinatos ranks 105. Before him are Vladimir Smirnov, Jean Wahl, Cornelius Ryan, Anfilogino Guarisi, Bernard Voorhoof, and Antanas Sniečkus. After him are Earl Warren, Silvio Moser, Sergey Lebedev, Bud Abbott, Sattar Bahlulzade, and Peter Revson.
1901 - 1947
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 134
1901 - 1983
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 135
1901 - 1964
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 136
1901 - 1989
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 137
1901 - 1962
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 138
1901 - 1988
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 139
1901 - 1974
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 140
1901 - 1945
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 141
1901 - 1991
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 142
1901 - 1971
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 143
1901 - 1991
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 144
1901 - 1979
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 145
1901 - 1961
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 146
1887 - 1974
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 99
1888 - 1974
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 100
1920 - 1974
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 101
1905 - 1974
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 102
1910 - 1974
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 103
1903 - 1974
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 104
1901 - 1974
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 105
1891 - 1974
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 106
1941 - 1974
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 107
1902 - 1974
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 108
1897 - 1974
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 109
1909 - 1974
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 110
1939 - 1974
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 111
Among people born in Greece, Spyridon Marinatos ranks 530 out of 936. Before him are Alcmenes (null), Nikos Skalkottas (1904), Demetrius of Montferrat (1205), Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904), Andronikos Palaiologos (1400), and George Dalaras (1949). After him are Leosthenes (-400), Philostratus of Lemnos (200), Nephon II of Constantinople (1450), Oenopides (-490), Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851), and Antiphanes (-388).
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 524
1904 - 1949
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 525
1205 - 1227
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 526
1904 - 1955
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 527
1400 - 1428
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 528
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 529
1901 - 1974
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 530
400 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 531
200 - 230
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 532
1450 - 1508
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 533
490 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 534
1851 - 1911
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 535
388 BC - 311 BC
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 536
Among archaeologists born in Greece, Spyridon Marinatos ranks 1.