ARCHAEOLOGIST
Howard Carter
1874 - 1939

Howard Carter
Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922, the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Howard Carter is the 4th most popular archaeologist, the 143rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the most popular British Archaeologist.
Howard Carter was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist who is most famous for discovering the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922.
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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Among archaeologists, Howard Carter ranks 4 out of 151. Before him are Theodor Mommsen, Jean-François Champollion, and Heinrich Schliemann. After him are Edward Drinker Cope, Arthur Evans, Den, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Colin Renfrew, Semerkhet, Marija Gimbutas, and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach.
Most Popular Archaeologists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsTheodor Mommsen
1817 - 1903
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 1
Jean-François Champollion
1790 - 1832
HPI: 80.11
Rank: 2
Heinrich Schliemann
1822 - 1890
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 3
Howard Carter
1874 - 1939
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 4
Edward Drinker Cope
1840 - 1897
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 5
Arthur Evans
1851 - 1941
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 6
Den
3000 BC - 2995 BC
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 7
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
1788 - 1865
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 8
Colin Renfrew
1937 - 2024
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 9
Semerkhet
3000 BC - 2960 BC
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 10
Marija Gimbutas
1921 - 1994
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 11
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
1752 - 1840
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1874, Howard Carter ranks 8. Before him are Winston Churchill, Guglielmo Marconi, Robert Frost, W. Somerset Maugham, Arnold Schoenberg, Harry Houdini, and Herbert Hoover. After him are Johannes Stark, Max Scheler, Ernst Cassirer, Sunjong of Korea, and Chaim Weizmann. Among people deceased in 1939, Howard Carter ranks 4. Before him are Sigmund Freud, Pope Pius XI, and Alphonse Mucha. After him are Nadezhda Krupskaya, Joseph Roth, W. B. Yeats, Eugen Bleuler, S. P. L. Sørensen, Ghazi of Iraq, Harvey Cushing, and Philipp Scheidemann.
Others Born in 1874
Go to all RankingsWinston Churchill
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1965
HPI: 88.76
Rank: 1
Guglielmo Marconi
INVENTOR
1874 - 1937
HPI: 83.41
Rank: 2
Robert Frost
WRITER
1874 - 1963
HPI: 83.18
Rank: 3
W. Somerset Maugham
WRITER
1874 - 1965
HPI: 81.60
Rank: 4
Arnold Schoenberg
COMPOSER
1874 - 1951
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 5
Harry Houdini
MAGICIAN
1874 - 1926
HPI: 78.67
Rank: 6
Herbert Hoover
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1964
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 7
Howard Carter
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1874 - 1939
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 8
Johannes Stark
PHYSICIST
1874 - 1957
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 9
Max Scheler
PHILOSOPHER
1874 - 1928
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 10
Ernst Cassirer
PHILOSOPHER
1874 - 1945
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 11
Sunjong of Korea
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1926
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 12
Chaim Weizmann
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1952
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 13
Others Deceased in 1939
Go to all RankingsSigmund Freud
PSYCHOLOGIST
1856 - 1939
HPI: 91.09
Rank: 1
Pope Pius XI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1857 - 1939
HPI: 86.66
Rank: 2
Alphonse Mucha
PAINTER
1860 - 1939
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 3
Howard Carter
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1874 - 1939
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 4
Nadezhda Krupskaya
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1939
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 5
Joseph Roth
WRITER
1894 - 1939
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 6
W. B. Yeats
WRITER
1865 - 1939
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 7
Eugen Bleuler
PHYSICIAN
1857 - 1939
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 8
S. P. L. Sørensen
CHEMIST
1868 - 1939
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 9
Ghazi of Iraq
POLITICIAN
1912 - 1939
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 10
Harvey Cushing
PHYSICIAN
1869 - 1939
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 11
Philipp Scheidemann
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1939
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 12
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Howard Carter ranks 143 out of 8,785. Before him are George IV of the United Kingdom (1762), Roald Dahl (1916), Michael Caine (1933), William Blake (1757), William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824), and Cat Stevens (1948). After him are Eric Clapton (1945), Mary Boleyn (1499), Jane Birkin (1946), Æthelstan (895), Anna Wintour (1949), and Rowan Atkinson (1955).
Others born in United Kingdom
Go to all RankingsGeorge IV of the United Kingdom
POLITICIAN
1762 - 1830
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 137
Roald Dahl
WRITER
1916 - 1990
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 138
Michael Caine
ACTOR
1933 - Present
HPI: 76.80
Rank: 139
William Blake
WRITER
1757 - 1827
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 140
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
PHYSICIST
1824 - 1907
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 141
Cat Stevens
MUSICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 142
Howard Carter
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1874 - 1939
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 143
Eric Clapton
MUSICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 144
Mary Boleyn
COMPANION
1499 - 1543
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 145
Jane Birkin
ACTOR
1946 - 2023
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 146
Æthelstan
POLITICIAN
895 - 939
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 147
Anna Wintour
WRITER
1949 - Present
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 148
Rowan Atkinson
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 149
Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom
Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Howard Carter ranks 1. After him are Arthur Evans (1851), Colin Renfrew (1937), George Smith (1840), George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), Flinders Petrie (1853), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), Leonard Woolley (1880), John O. Westwood (1805), Max Mallowan (1904), Robert Broom (1866), and Colin Groves (1942).
Howard Carter
1874 - 1939
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 1
Arthur Evans
1851 - 1941
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 2
Colin Renfrew
1937 - 2024
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 3
George Smith
1840 - 1876
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 4
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
1866 - 1923
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 5
Flinders Petrie
1853 - 1942
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 6
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
1834 - 1913
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 7
Leonard Woolley
1880 - 1960
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 8
John O. Westwood
1805 - 1893
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 9
Max Mallowan
1904 - 1978
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 10
Robert Broom
1866 - 1951
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 11
Colin Groves
1942 - 2017
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 12