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Julius Popper

1857 - 1893

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Julius Popper (December 15, 1857 – June 5, 1893), known in Spanish as Julio Popper (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxuljo poˈpeɾ]), was a Romanian and Argentine colonial engineer and explorer of Jewish ancestry. He was known as a modern "conquistador" of Tierra del Fuego in southern South America, and was both a controversial and influential figure. Popper was one of the main perpetrators of the genocide against the native Selkʼnam people in the islands, and the circumstances surrounding his own death remain a mystery. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Popper is the 260th most popular explorer (down from 226th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Romania (down from 172nd in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Julius Popper ranks 260 out of 498. Before him are Thorvald Eiriksson, Dinis Dias, Thekla Resvoll, Karl Weyprecht, Oscar Wisting, and Bento de Góis. After him are Rodrigo de Jerez, Karl Maximovich, Edward Bransfield, Ada Blackjack, Adolf Lüderitz, and Jedediah Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Julius Popper ranks 73. Before him are Léon Charles Thévenin, Auguste Serrurier, Wilhelm Kienzl, Oskar von Hutier, Gotō Shinpei, and George Hendrik Breitner. After him are Émile Cohl, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, Charles Frédéric Petit, Uroš Predić, Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, and Georges Leygues. Among people deceased in 1893, Julius Popper ranks 39. Before him are William Smith, P. G. T. Beauregard, Anna Bilińska, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, Alexander Kazbegi, and Matsudaira Katamori. After him are Manuel González Flores, William Fox, Nikolai Zverev, Pierre Tirard, Tivadar Puskás, and Antonio Ghislanzoni.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Julius Popper ranks 205 out of 844. Before him are Ileana Cotrubaș (1939), Eva Mozes Kor (1934), Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu (1887), Richard Wurmbrand (1909), Alexander I Aldea (1397), and Tamás Bakócz (1442). After him are Ion Creangă (1837), Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (1952), Josef Posipal (1927), Olga Szabó-Orbán (1938), Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), and Marthe Bibesco (1886).

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Among EXPLORERS In Romania

Among explorers born in Romania, Julius Popper ranks 1. After him are Nikolai Spathari (1636), Florence Baker (1841), and Sámuel Teleki (1845).

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