EXPLORER

Samuel Wallis

1728 - 1795

Samuel Wallis

Captain Samuel Wallis (23 April 1728 – 21 January 1795) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who made the first recorded visit by a European navigator to Tahiti. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Wallis is the 146th most popular explorer (up from 199th in 2019), the 1,364th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,647th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Samuel Wallis ranks 146 out of 498. Before him are Ranulph Fiennes, Pedro Mascarenhas, Adam Olearius, Afanasy Nikitin, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, and Gan Ying. After him are Semyon Dezhnev, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Jean Chardin, Isabella Bird, Rodrigo de Triana, and Vladimir Arsenyev.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

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Ranulph Fiennes
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 140
Pedro Mascarenhas
1484 - 1555
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 141
Adam Olearius
1603 - 1671
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 142
Afanasy Nikitin
1500 - 1475
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 143
Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet
1764 - 1848
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 144
Gan Ying
100 - Present
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 145
Samuel Wallis
1728 - 1795
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 146
Semyon Dezhnev
1605 - 1673
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 147
Adam Johann von Krusenstern
1770 - 1846
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 148
Jean Chardin
1643 - 1713
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 149
Isabella Bird
1831 - 1904
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 150
Rodrigo de Triana
1469 - 1526
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 151
Vladimir Arsenyev
1872 - 1930
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 152

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, Samuel Wallis ranks 10. Before him are Joseph Black, Anton Raphael Mengs, Niccolò Piccinni, Chevalier d'Éon, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, and Antoine Baumé. After him are Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Robert Adam, Ali Bey al-Kabir, and Oliver Goldsmith. Among people deceased in 1795, Samuel Wallis ranks 14. Before him are Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, Georg Benda, Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, Carl Michael Bellman, Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, and Pieter Boddaert. After him are Josiah Wedgwood, John Sullivan, Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken, Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria, Antonio de Ulloa, and Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini.

Others Born in 1728

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Joseph Black
CHEMIST
1728 - 1799
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 4
Anton Raphael Mengs
PAINTER
1728 - 1779
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 5
Niccolò Piccinni
COMPOSER
1728 - 1800
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 6
Chevalier d'Éon
WRITER
1728 - 1810
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 7
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
POLITICIAN
1728 - 1811
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 8
Antoine Baumé
CHEMIST
1728 - 1804
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 9
Samuel Wallis
EXPLORER
1728 - 1795
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 10
Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony
POLITICIAN
1728 - 1797
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 11
Étienne-Louis Boullée
ARCHITECT
1728 - 1799
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 12
Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
POLITICIAN
1728 - 1793
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 13
Robert Adam
ARCHITECT
1728 - 1792
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 14
Ali Bey al-Kabir
POLITICIAN
1728 - 1773
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 15
Oliver Goldsmith
WRITER
1728 - 1774
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 16

Others Deceased in 1795

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Honoré III, Prince of Monaco
POLITICIAN
1720 - 1795
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 8
Georg Benda
COMPOSER
1722 - 1795
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 9
Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart
BIOLOGIST
1742 - 1795
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 10
Carl Michael Bellman
MUSICIAN
1740 - 1795
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 11
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
POLITICIAN
1746 - 1795
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 12
Pieter Boddaert
BIOLOGIST
1730 - 1795
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 13
Samuel Wallis
EXPLORER
1728 - 1795
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 14
Josiah Wedgwood
DESIGNER
1730 - 1795
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 15
John Sullivan
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1740 - 1795
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 16
Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken
POLITICIAN
1746 - 1795
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 17
Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria
POLITICIAN
1772 - 1795
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 18
Antonio de Ulloa
ASTRONOMER
1716 - 1795
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 19
Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini
COMPOSER
1720 - 1795
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 20

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Wallis ranks 1,364 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Clive Owen (1964), William Smith (1769), William Henry (1774), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), and Adam Sedgwick (1785). After him are Thomas Lawrence (1769), Henry Royce (1863), Mary Leakey (1913), Mark Strong (1963), John Toshack (1949), and George Fox (1624).

Others born in United Kingdom

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Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
POLITICIAN
1774 - 1850
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 1,358
Clive Owen
ACTOR
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 1,359
William Smith
GEOLOGIST
1769 - 1839
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 1,360
William Henry
CHEMIST
1774 - 1836
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 1,361
W. Montgomery Watt
HISTORIAN
1909 - 2006
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 1,362
Adam Sedgwick
GEOLOGIST
1785 - 1873
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 1,363
Samuel Wallis
EXPLORER
1728 - 1795
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 1,364
Thomas Lawrence
PAINTER
1769 - 1830
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 1,365
Henry Royce
ENGINEER
1863 - 1933
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 1,366
Mary Leakey
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1913 - 1996
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 1,367
Mark Strong
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 1,368
John Toshack
SOCCER PLAYER
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 1,369
George Fox
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1624 - 1691
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 1,370