LINGUIST
Francisco Rodríguez Adrados
1922 - 2020

Francisco Rodríguez Adrados
Francisco Rodríguez Adrados (29 March 1922 – 21 July 2020) was a Spanish Hellenist, linguist and translator. He worked most of his career at the Complutense University of Madrid. He was a member of the Real Academia Española and Real Academia de la Historia. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Rodríguez Adrados is the 179th most popular linguist (down from 178th in 2019), the 1,715th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,752nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Linguist.
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Among LINGUISTS
Among linguists, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados ranks 179 out of 214. Before him are Henry Sweet, Henry Liddell, Gideon Toury, Robert Blust, Sergei Starostin, and Oswald Szemerényi. After him are María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, Dell Hymes, Ivan Kuratov, Alexander Melville Bell, Lev Shcherba, and George Perkins Marsh.
Most Popular Linguists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsHenry Sweet
1845 - 1912
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 173
Henry Liddell
1811 - 1898
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 174
Gideon Toury
1942 - 2016
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 175
Robert Blust
1940 - 2022
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 176
Sergei Starostin
1953 - 2005
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 177
Oswald Szemerényi
1913 - 1996
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 178
Francisco Rodríguez Adrados
1922 - 2020
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 179
María Rosa Lida de Malkiel
1910 - 1962
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 180
Dell Hymes
1927 - 2009
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 181
Ivan Kuratov
1839 - 1875
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 182
Alexander Melville Bell
1819 - 1905
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 183
Lev Shcherba
1880 - 1944
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 184
George Perkins Marsh
1801 - 1882
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 185
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1922, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados ranks 354. Before him are Héctor Rossetto, Carl Amery, Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Hannelore Schroth, Olga Guillot, and Guy Madison. After him are Marcel Mouloudji, Rudolf Haag, Ebbe Parsner, Nancy Walker, Rudolf Illovszky, and Börje Tapper. Among people deceased in 2020, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados ranks 572. Before him are Károly Wieland, Alex Trebek, Volodymyr Troshkin, Kurt Stettler, Khalil Taha, and Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov. After him are Günter de Bruyn, Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Clifford Robinson, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Kevin Dobson, and Walt Davis.
Others Born in 1922
Go to all RankingsHéctor Rossetto
POLITICIAN
1922 - 2009
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 348
Carl Amery
WRITER
1922 - 2005
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 349
Georgy Adelson-Velsky
MATHEMATICIAN
1922 - 2014
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 350
Hannelore Schroth
ACTOR
1922 - 1987
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 351
Olga Guillot
SINGER
1922 - 2010
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 352
Guy Madison
ACTOR
1922 - 1996
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 353
Francisco Rodríguez Adrados
LINGUIST
1922 - 2020
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 354
Marcel Mouloudji
SINGER
1922 - 1994
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 355
Rudolf Haag
PHYSICIST
1922 - 2016
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 356
Ebbe Parsner
ATHLETE
1922 - 2013
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 357
Nancy Walker
ACTOR
1922 - 1992
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 358
Rudolf Illovszky
SOCCER PLAYER
1922 - 2008
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 359
Börje Tapper
SOCCER PLAYER
1922 - 1981
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 360
Others Deceased in 2020
Go to all RankingsKároly Wieland
ATHLETE
1934 - 2020
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 566
Alex Trebek
PRESENTER
1940 - 2020
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 567
Volodymyr Troshkin
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - 2020
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 568
Kurt Stettler
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 2020
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 569
Khalil Taha
WRESTLER
1932 - 2020
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 570
Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov
WRESTLER
1951 - 2020
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 571
Francisco Rodríguez Adrados
LINGUIST
1922 - 2020
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 572
Günter de Bruyn
WRITER
1926 - 2020
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 573
Robert May, Baron May of Oxford
BIOLOGIST
1936 - 2020
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 574
Clifford Robinson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1966 - 2020
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 575
Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo
POLITICIAN
1958 - 2020
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 576
Kevin Dobson
ACTOR
1943 - 2020
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 577
Walt Davis
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1931 - 2020
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 578
In Spain
Among people born in Spain, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados ranks 1,715 out of 3,355. Before him are Antonio Ozores (1928), Santiago Segura (1965), Luis Tosar (1971), Juanito (1976), Enrique Tierno Galván (1918), and Vicente Piera (1903). After him are Gaspar Núñez de Arce (1832), Blanca Portillo (1963), Tomatito (1958), Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón (1478), Jimmy Jump (1976), and José Luis Artetxe (1930).
Others born in Spain
Go to all RankingsAntonio Ozores
ACTOR
1928 - 2010
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 1,709
Santiago Segura
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 1,710
Luis Tosar
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 1,711
Juanito
SOCCER PLAYER
1976 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 1,712
Enrique Tierno Galván
POLITICIAN
1918 - 1986
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 1,713
Vicente Piera
SOCCER PLAYER
1903 - 1960
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 1,714
Francisco Rodríguez Adrados
LINGUIST
1922 - 2020
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 1,715
Gaspar Núñez de Arce
WRITER
1832 - 1903
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 1,716
Blanca Portillo
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 1,717
Tomatito
MUSICIAN
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 1,718
Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón
EXPLORER
1478 - 1526
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 1,719
Jimmy Jump
CELEBRITY
1976 - Present
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 1,720
José Luis Artetxe
SOCCER PLAYER
1930 - 2016
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 1,721
Among LINGUISTS In Spain
Among linguists born in Spain, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados ranks 6. Before him are Pompeu Fabra (1868), Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869), Joan Coromines (1905), Germà Colón (1928), and Martí de Riquer i Morera (1914).
Pompeu Fabra
1868 - 1948
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 1
Ramón Menéndez Pidal
1869 - 1968
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 2
Joan Coromines
1905 - 1997
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 3
Germà Colón
1928 - 2020
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 4
Martí de Riquer i Morera
1914 - 2013
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 5
Francisco Rodríguez Adrados
1922 - 2020
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 6