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Igor M. Diakonoff

1914 - 1999

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Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff (occasionally spelled Diakonov, Russian: И́горь Миха́йлович Дья́конов; 12 January 1915 – 2 May 1999) was a Russian historian, linguist, and translator and a renowned expert on the Ancient Near East and its languages. His brothers were also distinguished historians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Igor M. Diakonoff is the 128th most popular linguist (down from 106th in 2019), the 1,443rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,295th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Igor M. Diakonoff ranks 128 out of 214. Before him are August Friedrich Pott, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Arie de Jong, Felix Jacoby, Hrachia Acharian, and Hans Ørberg. After him are Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, James Legge, Aleksander Brückner, Vasily Abaev, and Hermann Osthoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Igor M. Diakonoff ranks 241. Before him are Norman Holter, Jo Cals, Wilhelm Hahnemann, Jack Cardiff, Jan Kott, and Ralph Ellison. After him are Oscar Casanovas, Hovhannes Shiraz, Ehrenfried Patzel, Ralph Erskine, Akira Ifukube, and Giuseppe Baldo. Among people deceased in 1999, Igor M. Diakonoff ranks 163. Before him are Art Farmer, John Bromwich, Louis Boyer, Paris Pişmiş, Betty Robinson, and Albert Charles Smith. After him are Minoru Chiaki, Jacques Lecoq, Riccardo Cucciolla, Fritzi Burger, Vivian Fuchs, and Alfred Bickel.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor M. Diakonoff ranks 1,443 out of 3,761. Before him are Yevgeni Bauer (1865), Eeva Kilpi (1928), Pyotr Chardynin (1873), Carl Enckell (1876), Mikhail Katkov (1818), and Yulii Khariton (1904). After him are Vladislav Listyev (1956), Marfa Boretskaya (1450), Andrejs Pumpurs (1841), Nikolai Avksentiev (1878), Apollinary Vasnetsov (1856), and Sergei Vasilenko (1872).

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Among LINGUISTS In Russia

Among linguists born in Russia, Igor M. Diakonoff ranks 6. Before him are Roman Jakobson (1896), Algirdas Julien Greimas (1917), Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890), Gabdulkhay Akhatov (1927), and Yevgeny Polivanov (1891). After him are Vladimir Toporov (1928), Alexander Veselovsky (1838), Waldemar Rosenberger (1848), Andrey Zaliznyak (1935), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1929), and Sergei Starostin (1953).

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