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 53,753 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Alfred Brehm is the 985th most popular writer (down from 919th in 2019), the 917th most popular biography from Germany (down from 819th in 2019) and the 62nd 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 985 out of 5,794. Before him are Wole Soyinka, Ahmad Khani, Ninon de l'Enclos, Jean Moréas, Clive Cussler, and Sarojini Naidu. After him are Jean de Joinville, Titus Pomponius Atticus, Miroslav Krleža, Otto of Freising, Bar Hebraeus, and Charles Nodier.
1934 - Present
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 979
1650 - 1707
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 980
1620 - 1705
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 981
1856 - 1910
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 982
1931 - 2020
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 983
1879 - 1949
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 984
1829 - 1884
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 985
1224 - 1317
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 986
110 BC - 32 BC
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 987
1893 - 1981
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 988
1114 - 1158
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 989
1226 - 1286
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 990
1780 - 1844
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 991
Among people born in 1829, Alfred Brehm ranks 10. Before him are August Kekulé, Anton Rubinstein, John Everett Millais, Chester A. Arthur, Asaph Hall, and Auguste Beernaert. After him are Theodor Billroth, Anselm Feuerbach, Philip Sclater, Ranavalona II, William Booth, and Hon'inbō Shūsaku. Among people deceased in 1884, Alfred Brehm ranks 10. Before him are Maria Anna of Savoy, Elias Lönnrot, Paul Morphy, Johann Gustav Droysen, Marie Bashkirtseff, and Jean-Baptiste Dumas. After him are Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Allan Pinkerton, Hans Makart, Hermann Kolbe, Fanny Elssler, and Karl Richard Lepsius.
1829 - 1896
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 4
1829 - 1894
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 5
1829 - 1896
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 6
1829 - 1886
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 7
1829 - 1907
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 8
1829 - 1912
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 9
1829 - 1884
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 10
1829 - 1894
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 11
1829 - 1880
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 12
1829 - 1913
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 13
1829 - 1883
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 14
1829 - 1912
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 15
1829 - 1862
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 16
1803 - 1884
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 4
1802 - 1884
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 5
1837 - 1884
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 6
1808 - 1884
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 7
1858 - 1884
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 8
1800 - 1884
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 9
1829 - 1884
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 10
1853 - 1884
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 11
1819 - 1884
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 12
1840 - 1884
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 13
1818 - 1884
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 14
1810 - 1884
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 15
1810 - 1884
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 16
Among people born in Germany, Alfred Brehm ranks 917 out of 5,289. Before him are Georg von Frundsberg (1473), Gerd Binnig (1947), Max Delbrück (1906), Albert of Saxony (1828), Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1546), and Konrad Witz (1400). After him are Herbert Gille (1897), Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823), Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628), Leo von Klenze (1784), Wolfgang Overath (1943), and Gottfried Feder (1883).
1473 - 1528
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 911
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 912
1906 - 1981
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 913
1828 - 1902
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 914
1546 - 1608
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 915
1400 - 1446
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 916
1829 - 1884
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 917
1897 - 1966
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 918
1823 - 1888
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 919
1628 - 1685
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 920
1784 - 1864
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 921
1943 - Present
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 922
1883 - 1941
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 923
Among writers born in Germany, Alfred Brehm ranks 62. Before him are Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), Karl Harrer (1890), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Marie d'Agoult (1805), Kurt Eisner (1867), and Christoph Martin Wieland (1733). After him are Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), Bernhard Schlink (1944), Ernst Barlach (1870), Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), and Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586).
1622 - 1676
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 56
1890 - 1926
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 57
1751 - 1812
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 58
1805 - 1876
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 59
1867 - 1919
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 60
1733 - 1813
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 61
1829 - 1884
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 62
1868 - 1937
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 63
1736 - 1794
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 64
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 65
1870 - 1938
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 66
1887 - 1975
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 67
1586 - 1654
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 68