1877 - 1938
Thomas Crean (Irish: Tomás Ó Cuirín; c. 16 February 1877 – 27 July 1938) was an Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer who was awarded the Albert Medal for Lifesaving (AM). Crean was a member of three major expeditions to Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott's 1911–1913 Terra Nova Expedition. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Crean has received more than 43,771 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Tom Crean is the 418th most popular explorer (down from 382nd in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 247th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Irish Explorer.
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Among explorers, Tom Crean ranks 418 out of 405. Before him are Georgy Ushakov, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Isaac Israel Hayes, Fyodor Konyukhov, Artur Chilingarov, and Vassili Poyarkov. After him are John Rae, Elisha Kent Kane, Johann Ludwig Krapf, Aleksandra Potanina, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, and Louis Hennepin.
1901 - 1963
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 412
1886 - 1959
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 413
1832 - 1881
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 414
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 415
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 416
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 417
1877 - 1938
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 418
1813 - 1893
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 419
1820 - 1857
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 420
1810 - 1881
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 421
1843 - 1893
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 422
1860 - 1936
HPI: 43.11
Rank: 423
1626 - 1704
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 424
Among people born in 1877, Tom Crean ranks 152. Before him are Marsden Hartley, Šatrijos Ragana, Jón Þorláksson, Rudolph Dirks, Léon Sée, and Karel Absolon. After him are Aleksandr Arbuzov, Katherine Sophie Dreier, Victor Willems, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Louisa Bolus, and Oscar Grégoire. Among people deceased in 1938, Tom Crean ranks 174. Before him are James Scott, Warner Oland, John Jacob Abel, Ricardo Samper, Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, and Herbert Jamison. After him are John Exley, Jacob Wackernagel, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, Alma Gluck, and Jean-Guy Gautier.
1877 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 146
1877 - 1930
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 147
1877 - 1935
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 148
1877 - 1968
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 149
1877 - 1960
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 150
1877 - 1960
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 151
1877 - 1938
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 152
1877 - 1968
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 153
1877 - 1952
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 154
1877 - 1918
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 155
1877 - 1963
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 156
1877 - 1970
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 157
1877 - 1947
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 158
1885 - 1938
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 168
1879 - 1938
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 169
1857 - 1938
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 170
1881 - 1938
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 171
1900 - 1938
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 172
1875 - 1938
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 173
1877 - 1938
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 174
1867 - 1938
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 175
1853 - 1938
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 176
1875 - 1938
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 177
1868 - 1938
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 178
1884 - 1938
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 179
1875 - 1938
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 180
Among people born in Ireland, Tom Crean ranks 257 out of 501. Before him are Liam Cosgrave (1920), Tim Ahearne (1885), Billy Whelan (1935), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), Stephen Roche (1959), and Patrick O'Connell (1887). After him are Geraldine Somerville (1967), Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779), Aidan Turner (1983), W. T. Cosgrave (1880), Garret FitzGerald (1926), and Terence MacSwiney (1879).
1920 - 2017
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 251
1885 - 1968
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 252
1935 - 1958
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 253
1110 - 1171
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 254
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 255
1887 - 1959
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 256
1877 - 1938
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 257
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 258
1779 - 1869
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 259
1983 - Present
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 260
1880 - 1965
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 261
1926 - 2011
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 262
1879 - 1920
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 263
Among explorers born in Ireland, Tom Crean ranks 7. Before him are Ernest Shackleton (1874), Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810), Edward Bransfield (1785), Henry Kellett (1806), Robert McClure (1807), and Robert O'Hara Burke (1821).
1874 - 1922
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 1
1810 - 1897
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 2
1785 - 1852
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 3
1806 - 1875
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 4
1807 - 1873
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 5
1821 - 1861
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 6
1877 - 1938
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 7