1829 - 1884
Alfred Edmund Brehm (German pronunciation: [ˈalfʁeːt ˈʔɛtmʊnt ˈbʁeːm]; 2 February 1829 – 11 November 1884) was a German zoologist, writer, director of zoological gardens and the son of Christian Ludwig Brehm, a famous pastor and ornithologist. Through the book title Brehms Tierleben, which he co-authored with Eduard Pechuël-Loesche, Wilhelm Haacke, and Richard Schmidtlein, his name became a household word for popular zoological literature. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Brehm has received more than 69,961 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 32 in 2019). Alfred Brehm is the 1,053rd most popular writer (down from 985th in 2019), the 1,040th most popular biography from Germany (down from 917th in 2019) and the 66th most popular German Writer.
Alfred Brehm is most famous for his book "The Life of Animals," which was published in 1864. The book is a comprehensive collection of information about animals and their habits.
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Among writers, Alfred Brehm ranks 1,053 out of 5,755. Before him are Ernst Barlach, Fredric Brown, Edmund Spenser, Mori Ōgai, Kobayashi Issa, and Emil Ludwig. After him are Adalbert Stifter, Velimir Khlebnikov, Erskine Caldwell, Joan Didion, Guido Cavalcanti, and Robert Graves.
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,047
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,048
1552 - 1599
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 1,049
1862 - 1922
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 1,050
1763 - 1828
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 1,051
1881 - 1948
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 1,052
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 1,053
1805 - 1868
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 1,054
1885 - 1922
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 1,055
1903 - 1987
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,056
1934 - 2021
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,057
1258 - 1300
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,058
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,059
Among people born in 1829, Alfred Brehm ranks 12. Before him are Chester A. Arthur, John Everett Millais, Asaph Hall, Auguste Beernaert, Philip Sclater, and Theodor Billroth. After him are Anselm Feuerbach, William Booth, Ranavalona II, Ivan Sechenov, Elizabeth Siddal, and Radama II. Among people deceased in 1884, Alfred Brehm ranks 11. Before him are Paul Morphy, Elias Lönnrot, Johann Gustav Droysen, Marie Bashkirtseff, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, and Jean-Baptiste Dumas. After him are Allan Pinkerton, Hans Makart, Karl Richard Lepsius, Hermann Kolbe, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, and Paul Abadie.
1829 - 1886
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 6
1829 - 1896
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 7
1829 - 1907
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 8
1829 - 1912
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 9
1829 - 1913
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 10
1829 - 1894
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 11
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 12
1829 - 1880
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 13
1829 - 1912
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 14
1829 - 1883
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 15
1829 - 1905
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 16
1829 - 1862
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 17
1829 - 1863
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 18
1837 - 1884
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 5
1802 - 1884
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 6
1808 - 1884
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 7
1858 - 1884
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 8
1853 - 1884
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 9
1800 - 1884
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 10
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 11
1819 - 1884
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 12
1840 - 1884
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 13
1810 - 1884
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 14
1818 - 1884
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 15
1817 - 1884
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 16
1812 - 1884
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 17
Among people born in Germany, Alfred Brehm ranks 1,040 out of 6,142. Before him are Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1759), Stefan Lochner (1410), Martin Schulz (1955), Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830), Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1755), and William Stern (1871). After him are Josef Harpe (1887), Uli Hoeneß (1952), John McEnroe (1959), Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887), Joseph Pilates (1883), and Gerda Christian (1913).
1759 - 1838
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,034
1410 - 1451
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 1,035
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 1,036
1830 - 1911
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1,037
1755 - 1801
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1,038
1871 - 1938
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 1,039
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 1,040
1887 - 1968
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 1,041
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 1,042
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 1,043
1887 - 1949
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 1,044
1883 - 1967
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,045
1913 - 1997
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,046
Among writers born in Germany, Alfred Brehm ranks 66. Before him are Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), Bernhard Schlink (1944), Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), and Ernst Barlach (1870). After him are Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Radegund (518), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Hrotsvitha (935), and Charles De Coster (1827).
1751 - 1812
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 60
1887 - 1975
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 61
1622 - 1676
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 62
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 63
1586 - 1654
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 64
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 65
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 66
1929 - 2022
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 67
1587 - 1679
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 68
518 - 587
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 69
1875 - 1945
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 70
935 - 1002
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 71
1827 - 1879
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 72