EXPLORER

Nicolas Baudin

1754 - 1803

Nicolas Baudin

Nicolas Thomas Baudin (French: [nikɔla bodɛ̃]; 17 February 1754 – 16 September 1803) was a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer, most notable for his explorations in Australia and the southern Pacific. He carried a few corms of Gros Michel banana from Southeast Asia, depositing them at a botanical garden on the Caribbean island of Martinique. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Baudin is the 310th most popular explorer (down from 230th in 2019), the 3,467th most popular biography from France (down from 2,805th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Nicolas Baudin ranks 310 out of 498. Before him are Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Philip Carteret, John McDouall Stuart, Jacques Labillardière, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, and Jens Munk. After him are Wilfred Thesiger, Masabumi Hosono, Nikolai Spathari, Isidore of Charax, Louis Jolliet, and Snorri Thorfinnsson.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

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Gustav Adolf von Götzen
1866 - 1910
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 304
Philip Carteret
1733 - 1796
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 305
John McDouall Stuart
1815 - 1866
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 306
Jacques Labillardière
1755 - 1834
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 307
Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón
1500 - 1529
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 308
Jens Munk
1579 - 1628
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 309
Nicolas Baudin
1754 - 1803
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 310
Wilfred Thesiger
1910 - 2003
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 311
Masabumi Hosono
1870 - 1939
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 312
Nikolai Spathari
1636 - 1708
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 313
Isidore of Charax
50 BC - 100
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 314
Louis Jolliet
1645 - 1700
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 315
Snorri Thorfinnsson
1004 - 1090
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 316

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Nicolas Baudin ranks 37. Before him are Alejandro Malaspina, Louis Claude Richard, Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Claude François de Malet, Nikolay Rumyantsev, and Pierre Charles L'Enfant. After him are Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Peter Winter, Juan José Elhuyar, Isaac René Guy le Chapelier, José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, and Hipólito Ruiz López. Among people deceased in 1803, Nicolas Baudin ranks 33. Before him are Anders Chydenius, Jean-François de La Harpe, François Marie Daudin, Arthur Guinness, Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi, and Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud. After him are Peter Woulfe, Jean François de Saint-Lambert, George Bass, Georges-Louis Le Sage, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, and Lemuel Francis Abbott.

Others Born in 1754

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Alejandro Malaspina
EXPLORER
1754 - 1810
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 31
Louis Claude Richard
BIOLOGIST
1754 - 1821
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 32
Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
NOBLEMAN
1754 - 1782
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 33
Claude François de Malet
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1754 - 1812
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 34
Nikolay Rumyantsev
POLITICIAN
1754 - 1826
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 35
Pierre Charles L'Enfant
ENGINEER
1754 - 1825
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 36
Nicolas Baudin
EXPLORER
1754 - 1803
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 37
Franz Anton Hoffmeister
COMPOSER
1754 - 1812
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 38
Peter Winter
MUSICIAN
1754 - 1825
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 39
Juan José Elhuyar
CHEMIST
1754 - 1796
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 40
Isaac René Guy le Chapelier
POLITICIAN
1754 - 1794
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 41
José Antonio Pavón Jiménez
BIOLOGIST
1754 - 1840
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 42
Hipólito Ruiz López
BIOLOGIST
1754 - 1816
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 43

Others Deceased in 1803

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Anders Chydenius
PHYSICIAN
1729 - 1803
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 27
Jean-François de La Harpe
WRITER
1739 - 1803
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 28
François Marie Daudin
BIOLOGIST
1776 - 1803
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 29
Arthur Guinness
BUSINESSPERSON
1725 - 1803
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 30
Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1714 - 1803
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 31
Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud
POLITICIAN
1721 - 1803
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 32
Nicolas Baudin
EXPLORER
1754 - 1803
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 33
Peter Woulfe
CHEMIST
1727 - 1803
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 34
Jean François de Saint-Lambert
PHILOSOPHER
1716 - 1803
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 35
George Bass
EXPLORER
1771 - 1803
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 36
Georges-Louis Le Sage
PHYSICIST
1724 - 1803
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 37
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim
WRITER
1719 - 1803
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 38
Lemuel Francis Abbott
PAINTER
1760 - 1803
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 39

In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Baudin ranks 3,467 out of 6,770. Before him are Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801), Michel Deville (1931), Jean Effel (1908), Georges Mandel (1885), Daniel Guérin (1904), and Philippe Cattiau (1892). After him are Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin (1860), Sebastianus (400), Gaël Monfils (1986), Bernard Picart (1673), Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza (1941), and Françoise d'Eaubonne (1920).

Others born in France

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Augustin-Alexandre Dumont
SCULPTOR
1801 - 1884
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 3,461
Michel Deville
FILM DIRECTOR
1931 - 2023
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 3,462
Jean Effel
WRITER
1908 - 1982
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 3,463
Georges Mandel
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1944
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 3,464
Daniel Guérin
WRITER
1904 - 1988
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 3,465
Philippe Cattiau
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1962
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 3,466
Nicolas Baudin
EXPLORER
1754 - 1803
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 3,467
Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin
PAINTER
1860 - 1943
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 3,468
Sebastianus
POLITICIAN
400 - 413
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 3,469
Gaël Monfils
TENNIS PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 3,470
Bernard Picart
PAINTER
1673 - 1733
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 3,471
Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza
NOBLEMAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 3,472
Françoise d'Eaubonne
WRITER
1920 - 2005
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 3,473