1913 - 1976
Emil Hans Willi Hennig (20 April 1913 – 5 November 1976) was a German biologist and zoologist who is considered the founder of phylogenetic systematics, otherwise known as cladistics. In 1945 as a prisoner of war, Hennig began work on his theory of cladistics, which he published in German in 1950, with a substantially revised English translation published in 1966. With his works on evolution and systematics he revolutionised the view of the natural order of beings. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willi Hennig has received more than 95,788 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Willi Hennig is the 214th most popular biologist (down from 191st in 2019), the 1,828th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,575th in 2019) and the 29th most popular German Biologist.
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Among biologists, Willi Hennig ranks 214 out of 841. Before him are Hideyo Noguchi, Adam Afzelius, David Baltimore, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, and Georges J. F. Köhler. After him are Thomas Browne, Pierre Belon, Michael Rosbash, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Michael W. Young, and Erik Acharius.
1876 - 1928
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 208
1750 - 1837
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 209
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 210
1806 - 1886
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 211
1916 - 2010
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 212
1946 - 1995
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 213
1913 - 1976
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 214
1605 - 1682
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 215
1517 - 1564
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 216
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 217
1756 - 1825
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 218
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 219
1757 - 1819
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 220
Among people born in 1913, Willi Hennig ranks 95. Before him are Bill Shankly, José Sánchez del Río, Alexander Marinesko, Victor Mature, Franck Pourcel, and Neelam Sanjiva Reddy. After him are Álvaro Cunhal, Mickey Cohen, Heinrich Bär, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, 'Abd al-Ilah, and Pinetop Perkins. Among people deceased in 1976, Willi Hennig ranks 70. Before him are Phil Ochs, Mikhail Gurevich, Géza Anda, David Elazar, Alexandros Panagoulis, and Lee J. Cobb. After him are Mickey Cohen, Walter H. Schottky, Gilbert Ryle, Adolph Zukor, Mukaghali Makatayev, and Yukio Goto.
1913 - 1981
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 89
1913 - 1928
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 90
1913 - 1963
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 91
1913 - 1999
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 92
1913 - 2000
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 93
1913 - 1996
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 94
1913 - 1976
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 95
1913 - 2005
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 96
1913 - 1976
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 97
1913 - 1957
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 98
1913 - 2007
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 99
1913 - 1958
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 100
1913 - 2011
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 101
1940 - 1976
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 64
1892 - 1976
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 65
1921 - 1976
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 66
1925 - 1976
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 67
1939 - 1976
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 68
1911 - 1976
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 69
1913 - 1976
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 70
1913 - 1976
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 71
1886 - 1976
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 72
1900 - 1976
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 73
1873 - 1976
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 74
1931 - 1976
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 75
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 76
Among people born in Germany, Willi Hennig ranks 1,828 out of 6,142. Before him are Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (1865), Bruno Streckenbach (1902), Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), Sigmar Polke (1941), Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1746), and Hans-Gert Pöttering (1945). After him are Erdoğan Atalay (1966), Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1735), Georg Ratzinger (1924), Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758), Margaret Sambiria (1230), and George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605).
1865 - 1912
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 1,822
1902 - 1977
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 1,823
1891 - 1985
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 1,824
1941 - 2010
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 1,825
1746 - 1818
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 1,826
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 1,827
1913 - 1976
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 1,828
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 1,829
1735 - 1794
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 1,830
1924 - 2020
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 1,831
1758 - 1832
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 1,832
1230 - 1282
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 1,833
1605 - 1661
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 1,834
Among biologists born in Germany, Willi Hennig ranks 29. Before him are Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757), Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795), Carl Gustav Carus (1789), Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806), Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1916), and Georges J. F. Köhler (1946). After him are Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765), Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771), Friedrich Loeffler (1852), Joseph Gaertner (1732), Hieronymus Bock (1498), and Otto Brunfels (1488).
1757 - 1822
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 23
1795 - 1876
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 24
1789 - 1869
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 25
1806 - 1886
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 26
1916 - 2010
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 27
1946 - 1995
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 28
1913 - 1976
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 29
1765 - 1812
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 30
1771 - 1853
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 31
1852 - 1915
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 32
1732 - 1791
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 33
1498 - 1554
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 34
1488 - 1534
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 35