1920 - 1983
Victor Witter Turner (28 May 1920 – 18 December 1983) was a British cultural anthropologist best known for his work on symbols, rituals, and rites of passage. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Turner has received more than 319,459 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Victor Turner is the 20th most popular anthropologist (down from 19th in 2019), the 1,147th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,062nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Anthropologist.
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Among anthropologists, Victor Turner ranks 20 out of 69. Before him are Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Knud Rasmussen, A. L. Kroeber, Edward T. Hall, and Mary Douglas. After him are Mary Leakey, Richard Leakey, Marvin Harris, Leslie White, Wilhelm Schmidt, and Cheikh Anta Diop.
1881 - 1955
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 14
1902 - 1973
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 15
1879 - 1933
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 16
1876 - 1960
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 17
1914 - 2009
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 18
1921 - 2007
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 19
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 20
1913 - 1996
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 21
1944 - 2022
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 22
1927 - 2001
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 23
1900 - 1971
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 24
1868 - 1954
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 25
1923 - 1986
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 26
Among people born in 1920, Victor Turner ranks 83. Before him are Maurice Bucaille, Constanze Manziarly, Takashi Kano, Nobuyuki Kato, Franklin J. Schaffner, and Ovadia Yosef. After him are Henri Verneuil, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Henry Heimlich, Karl Albrecht, Vilém Flusser, and Chiara Lubich. Among people deceased in 1983, Victor Turner ranks 48. Before him are Dolores del Río, Pridi Banomyong, Nicolaus von Below, Joan Robinson, Horst Schumann, and Germaine Tailleferre. After him are Shizo Kanakuri, Walther Nehring, William Walton, Norma Shearer, Igor Markevitch, and Ralph Richardson.
1920 - 1998
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 77
1920 - 1945
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 78
1920 - 2000
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 79
1920 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 80
1920 - 1989
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 81
1920 - 2013
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 82
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 83
1920 - 2002
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 84
1920 - 1984
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 85
1920 - 2016
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 86
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 87
1920 - 1991
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 88
1920 - 2008
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 89
1905 - 1983
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 42
1900 - 1983
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 43
1907 - 1983
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 44
1903 - 1983
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 45
1906 - 1983
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 46
1892 - 1983
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 47
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 48
1891 - 1983
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 49
1892 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 50
1902 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 51
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 52
1912 - 1983
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 53
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 54
Among people born in United Kingdom, Victor Turner ranks 1,147 out of 7,765. Before him are Simon Pegg (1970), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), Joseph Banks (1743), John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), Adelard of Bath (1075), and Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861). After him are Annie Chapman (1841), Evelyn Waugh (1903), Allen Carr (1934), James Black (1924), William Adelin (1103), and George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504).
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,141
1618 - 1641
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,142
1743 - 1820
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,143
1504 - 1553
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,144
1075 - 1160
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 1,145
1861 - 1928
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,146
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,147
1841 - 1888
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,148
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,149
1934 - 2006
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,150
1924 - 2010
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,151
1103 - 1120
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 1,152
1504 - 1536
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,153
Among anthropologists born in United Kingdom, Victor Turner ranks 7. Before him are Edward Burnett Tylor (1832), James George Frazer (1854), Jane Goodall (1934), Gregory Bateson (1904), Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881), and E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902). After him are Mary Leakey (1913), Edmund Leach (1910), Ashley Montagu (1905), Hugh Falconer (1808), and Alice Roberts (1973).
1832 - 1917
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 1
1854 - 1941
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 2
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 3
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 4
1881 - 1955
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 5
1902 - 1973
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 6
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 7
1913 - 1996
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 8
1910 - 1989
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 9
1905 - 1999
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 10
1808 - 1865
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 22.99
Rank: 12