1790 - 1866
Friedrich Adolph Wilhelm Diesterweg (29 October 1790 in Siegen – 7 July 1866 in Berlin) was a German educator, thinker, and progressive liberal politician, who campaigned for the secularization of schools. He is said to be precursory to the reform of pedagogy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolph Diesterweg has received more than 40,019 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Adolph Diesterweg is the 5,642nd most popular politician (up from 5,693rd in 2019), the 1,579th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,602nd in 2019) and the 475th most popular German Politician.
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Among politicians, Adolph Diesterweg ranks 5,642 out of 15,577. Before him are Æthelberht of Kent, Mehdi Ben Barka, Lazarus Chakwera, Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, Cleombrotus I, and Pauline Therese of Württemberg. After him are Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, Hamida Djandoubi, Emperor Taizong of Jin, Sitamun, Glaucus of Corinth, and Shahrokh Shah.
552 - 612
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 5,636
1920 - 1965
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 5,637
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 5,638
1825 - 1864
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 5,639
500 BC - 371 BC
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 5,640
1800 - 1873
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 5,641
1790 - 1866
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 5,642
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 5,643
1949 - 1977
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 5,644
1075 - 1135
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 5,645
1370 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 5,646
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 5,647
1734 - 1796
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 5,648
Among people born in 1790, Adolph Diesterweg ranks 13. Before him are Alphonse de Lamartine, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Nicolas Chauvin, John Frederic Daniell, Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, and Robert Stirling. After him are Leopold, Prince of Salerno, Gideon Mantell, John Austin, José Antonio Páez, Marquis de Custine, and Markos Botsaris. Among people deceased in 1866, Adolph Diesterweg ranks 11. Before him are Karl Ludwig Hencke, Chief Seattle, William Whewell, Tokugawa Iemochi, Hermann Goldschmidt, and Thomas Hodgkin. After him are Philipp Franz von Siebold, Friedrich Rückert, Rikard Nordraak, Winfield Scott, Nadezhda Durova, and Alexander von Nordmann.
1790 - 1869
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 7
1790 - 1842
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 8
1790 - 1900
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 9
1790 - 1845
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 10
1790 - 1852
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 11
1790 - 1878
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 12
1790 - 1866
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 13
1790 - 1851
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 14
1790 - 1852
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 15
1790 - 1859
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 16
1790 - 1873
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 17
1790 - 1857
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 18
1790 - 1823
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 19
1793 - 1866
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 5
1786 - 1866
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 6
1794 - 1866
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 7
1846 - 1866
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 8
1802 - 1866
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 9
1798 - 1866
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 10
1790 - 1866
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 11
1796 - 1866
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 12
1788 - 1866
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 13
1842 - 1866
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 14
1786 - 1866
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 15
1783 - 1866
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 16
1803 - 1866
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 17
Among people born in Germany, Adolph Diesterweg ranks 1,579 out of 6,142. Before him are Friedrich Parrot (1791), Kathrine Switzer (1947), Adam Olearius (1603), Walther Hewel (1904), Wilhelm Schepmann (1894), and Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825). After him are Marie-Louise von Franz (1915), Gottfried August Bürger (1747), Hans Berger (1873), Wilhelm Stuckart (1902), Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1722), and Heinrich Schwarz (1906).
1791 - 1841
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,573
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,574
1603 - 1671
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,575
1904 - 1945
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,576
1894 - 1970
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,577
1825 - 1864
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,578
1790 - 1866
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,579
1915 - 1998
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,580
1747 - 1794
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,581
1873 - 1941
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,582
1902 - 1953
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,583
1722 - 1780
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 1,584
1906 - 1947
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 1,585
Among politicians born in Germany, Adolph Diesterweg ranks 475. Before him are Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff (1896), Friedrich Ebert Jr. (1894), John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455), Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (1789), Walther Hewel (1904), and Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825). After him are Wilhelm Stuckart (1902), Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1722), Heinrich Schwarz (1906), Oskar Lafontaine (1943), Wilhelm Zaisser (1893), and Viktor Brack (1904).
1896 - 1944
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 469
1894 - 1979
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 470
1455 - 1499
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 471
1789 - 1867
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 472
1904 - 1945
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 473
1825 - 1864
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 474
1790 - 1866
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 475
1902 - 1953
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 476
1722 - 1780
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 477
1906 - 1947
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 478
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 479
1893 - 1958
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 480
1904 - 1948
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 481