ARCHAEOLOGIST

José Bonaparte

1928 - 2020

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José Fernando Bonaparte (14 June 1928–18 February 2020) was an Argentine paleontologist who discovered a plethora of South American dinosaurs and mentored a new generation of Argentine paleontologists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Bonaparte is the 52nd most popular archaeologist (up from 67th in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 283rd in 2019) and the most popular Argentinean Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, José Bonaparte ranks 52 out of 151Before him are Max Mallowan, James Henry Breasted, Johan David Åkerblad, Robert Broom, Max von Oppenheim, and Gustaf Kossinna. After him are Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, Spyridon Marinatos, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Hormuzd Rassam, Neferkare Tereru, and Meritites I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, José Bonaparte ranks 228Before him are Christian d'Oriola, Yury Yakovlev, Leonid Bykov, Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Reg Park, and Robert Brout. After him are Abdellatif Filali, Alexis Korner, Arnfinn Bergmann, Lorna Wing, Dan Blocker, and Robert Indiana. Among people deceased in 2020, José Bonaparte ranks 225Before him are Sonja Ziemann, Gene Deitch, David Graeber, Pentti Linkola, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, and Millie Small. After him are McCoy Tyner, Jack Sherman, Dyanne Thorne, Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, Guido Messina, and Rishi Kapoor.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, José Bonaparte ranks 196 out of 1,154Before him are Walter Samuel (1978), Alberto Tarantini (1955), Ramón Castillo (1873), Carlos Pachamé (1944), José Luis Brown (1956), and Eduardo Lonardi (1896). After him are Mauro Icardi (1993), Oscar Bonavena (1942), Juan Gelman (1930), Pedro Pablo Ramírez (1884), Cecilia Roth (1956), and Nery Pumpido (1957).

Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Argentina

Among archaeologists born in Argentina, José Bonaparte ranks 1