The Most Famous

BIOLOGISTS from Latvia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Latvian Biologists. The pantheon dataset contains 1,097 Biologists, 6 of which were born in Latvia. This makes Latvia the birth place of the 23rd most number of Biologists behind South Africa, and Romania.

Top 6

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Latvian Biologists of all time. This list of famous Latvian Biologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Karl Eichwald (1795 - 1876)

With an HPI of 61.51, Karl Eichwald is the most famous Latvian Biologist.  His biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.

Karl Eduard von Eichwald known as Karl Eichwald (Russian: Эдуард Иванович Эйхвальд, Eduard Ivanovich Eykhvald; 4 July 1795, in Mitau, Courland Governorate – 10 November 1876, in Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic German geologist, physician, and naturalist, who lived his whole life in the Russian Empire.

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2. Alexander Kovalevsky (1840 - 1901)

With an HPI of 60.80, Alexander Kovalevsky is the 2nd most famous Latvian Biologist.  His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Alexander Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ону́фриевич Ковале́вский; 7 November 1840 – 1901) was a Russian embryologist, who studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg and became professor at the University of St Petersburg. He was the brother of the paleontologist Vladimir Kovalevsky, and the brother-in-law of the mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya.

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3. Georg August Schweinfurth (1836 - 1925)

With an HPI of 60.05, Georg August Schweinfurth is the 3rd most famous Latvian Biologist.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Georg August Schweinfurth (29 December 1836 – 19 September 1925) was a Baltic German botanist and ethnologist who explored East Central Africa.

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4. Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter (1809 - 1889)

With an HPI of 59.64, Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter is the 4th most famous Latvian Biologist.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter (20 February 1809, in Jelgava – 24 January 1889, in St. Petersburg), was a Baltic German botanist, specialising in the flora of the Caucasus and central Asia.

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5. Heinz Christian Pander (b. 1794)

With an HPI of 58.15, Heinz Christian Pander is the 5th most famous Latvian Biologist.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Heinz Christian Pander, also Christian Heinrich Pander (Russian: Христиан Иванович Пандер; 24 July [O.S. 13] 1794 – 22 September [O.S. 10] 1865) was a Russian biologist and embryologist of Baltic German origin.

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6. Johann Gerhard König (1728 - 1785)

With an HPI of 58.09, Johann Gerhard König is the 6th most famous Latvian Biologist.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Johann Gerhard König (29 November 1728 – 26 June 1785) was a Baltic German botanist and physician who served in the Tranquebar Mission, India before joining service under the Nawab of Arcot, and then the English East India Company. He collected natural history specimens including plants, particularly those of medical interest, from the region and several species are named after him including the curry tree (Murraya koenigii).

People

Pantheon has 6 people classified as Latvian biologists born between 1728 and 1840. Of these 6, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Latvian biologists include Karl Eichwald, Alexander Kovalevsky, and Georg August Schweinfurth. As of April 2024, 6 new Latvian biologists have been added to Pantheon including Karl Eichwald, Alexander Kovalevsky, and Georg August Schweinfurth.

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Overlapping Lives

Which Biologists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 5 most globally memorable Biologists since 1700.