GEOLOGIST

Andrija Mohorovičić

1857 - 1936

Andrija Mohorovičić

Andrija Mohorovičić (23 January 1857 – 18 December 1936) was a Croatian geophysicist. He is best known for the eponymous Mohorovičić discontinuity and is considered one of the founders of modern seismology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrija Mohorovičić is the 11th most popular geologist (down from 7th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Croatia and the most popular Croatian Geologist.

Andrija Mohorovičić is most famous for discovering the Mohorovičić discontinuity, a boundary between the Earth's crust and the Earth's mantle.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Andrija Mohorovičić ranks 11 out of 90. Before him are Inge Lehmann, Charles Lyell, Friedrich Mohs, James Hutton, Mary Anning, and Eduard Suess. After him are Francis Beaufort, Abraham Gottlob Werner, Beno Gutenberg, Gideon Mantell, Vasily Dokuchaev, and Walter Alvarez.

Most Popular Geologists in Wikipedia

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Inge Lehmann
1888 - 1993
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 5
Charles Lyell
1797 - 1875
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 6
Friedrich Mohs
1773 - 1839
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 7
James Hutton
1726 - 1797
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 8
Mary Anning
1799 - 1847
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 9
Eduard Suess
1831 - 1914
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 10
Andrija Mohorovičić
1857 - 1936
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 11
Francis Beaufort
1774 - 1857
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 12
Abraham Gottlob Werner
1749 - 1817
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 13
Beno Gutenberg
1889 - 1960
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 14
Gideon Mantell
1790 - 1852
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 15
Vasily Dokuchaev
1846 - 1903
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 16
Walter Alvarez
1940 - Present
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 17

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Andrija Mohorovičić ranks 23. Before him are Theo van Gogh, Eugen Bleuler, Alexander of Battenberg, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Paul Doumer, and Antoni Grabowski. After him are Edward Emerson Barnard, Axel Munthe, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Georg Michaelis, and Joseph Babinski. Among people deceased in 1936, Andrija Mohorovičić ranks 30. Before him are José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Hans von Seeckt, Elsa Einstein, Karl Kraus, Premchand, and Buenaventura Durruti. After him are Moritz Schlick, Antoine Meillet, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, Georg Michaelis, Anne Sullivan, and Nikolai Ostrovsky.

Others Born in 1857

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Theo van Gogh
PAINTER
1857 - 1891
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 17
Eugen Bleuler
PHYSICIAN
1857 - 1939
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 18
Alexander of Battenberg
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1893
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 19
Julius Wagner-Jauregg
PHYSICIAN
1857 - 1940
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 20
Paul Doumer
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1932
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 21
Antoni Grabowski
CHEMIST
1857 - 1921
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 22
Andrija Mohorovičić
GEOLOGIST
1857 - 1936
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 23
Edward Emerson Barnard
ASTRONOMER
1857 - 1923
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 24
Axel Munthe
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1857 - 1949
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 25
Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
PHILOSOPHER
1857 - 1939
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 26
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
NOBLEMAN
1857 - 1905
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 27
Georg Michaelis
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1936
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 28
Joseph Babinski
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1932
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 29

Others Deceased in 1936

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José Antonio Primo de Rivera
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1936
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 24
Hans von Seeckt
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1866 - 1936
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 25
Elsa Einstein
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1936
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 26
Karl Kraus
WRITER
1874 - 1936
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 27
Premchand
WRITER
1880 - 1936
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 28
Buenaventura Durruti
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1896 - 1936
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 29
Andrija Mohorovičić
GEOLOGIST
1857 - 1936
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 30
Moritz Schlick
PHILOSOPHER
1882 - 1936
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 31
Antoine Meillet
LINGUIST
1866 - 1936
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 32
Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1855 - 1936
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 33
Georg Michaelis
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1936
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 34
Anne Sullivan
PHILOSOPHER
1866 - 1936
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 35
Nikolai Ostrovsky
WRITER
1904 - 1936
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 36