1914 - 1979
Arno Schmidt (German: [ˈaʁno ʃmɪt] ; 18 January 1914 – 3 June 1979) was a German author and translator. He is little known outside of German-speaking areas, in part because his works present a formidable challenge to translators. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arno Schmidt has received more than 142,122 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Arno Schmidt is the 3,048th most popular writer (down from 2,640th in 2019), the 3,071st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,613th in 2019) and the 189th most popular German Writer.
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Among writers, Arno Schmidt ranks 3,048 out of 5,755. Before him are Dodie Smith, Glen Cook, Catherine Breillat, Robert Bly, Eysteinn Erlendsson, and Charles-Louis Havas. After him are Michel Ocelot, Suman Pokhrel, Denis Davydov, Maksym Rylsky, Richard Hammond, and Leone Ginzburg.
1896 - 1990
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 3,042
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 3,043
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 3,044
1926 - 2021
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 3,045
1120 - 1188
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 3,046
1783 - 1858
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 3,047
1914 - 1979
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 3,048
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 3,049
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 3,050
1784 - 1839
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 3,051
1895 - 1964
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 3,052
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 3,053
1909 - 1944
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 3,054
Among people born in 1914, Arno Schmidt ranks 159. Before him are Henri Langlois, Jorge Bolet, Gyula Cseszneky, Albert Soboul, Andrzej Panufnik, and Haroun Tazieff. After him are Sándor Képíró, Alojs Andritzki, Eddie Chapman, Paul Rand, Zivia Lubetkin, and Kazimierz Świątek. Among people deceased in 1979, Arno Schmidt ranks 121. Before him are Dirk Stikker, Vsevolod Bobrov, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Antun Augustinčić, Agop Dilâçar, and Rebecca Clarke. After him are Kurt Jooss, Georges Florovsky, Antonio Caggiano, Leonid Bykov, Ethel Smith, and Alfred Deller.
1914 - 1977
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 153
1914 - 1990
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 154
1914 - 1970
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 155
1914 - 1982
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 156
1914 - 1991
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 157
1914 - 1998
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 158
1914 - 1979
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 159
1914 - 2011
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 160
1914 - 1943
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 161
1914 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 162
1914 - 1996
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 163
1914 - 1978
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 164
1914 - 2011
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 165
1897 - 1979
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 115
1922 - 1979
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 116
1890 - 1979
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 117
1900 - 1979
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 118
1895 - 1979
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 119
1886 - 1979
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 120
1914 - 1979
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 121
1901 - 1979
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 122
1893 - 1979
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 123
1889 - 1979
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 124
1928 - 1979
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 125
1907 - 1979
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 126
1912 - 1979
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 127
Among people born in Germany, Arno Schmidt ranks 3,071 out of 6,142. Before him are Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1761), Friedrich Christiansen (1879), Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine (1539), Heinrich von Brentano (1904), Konrad Duden (1829), and Robert Kovač (1974). After him are Manfred Winkelhock (1951), Philipp Spitta (1841), Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1891), Thomas de Maizière (1954), Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1675), and Hermann Burmeister (1807).
1761 - 1803
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 3,065
1879 - 1972
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 3,066
1539 - 1582
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 3,067
1904 - 1964
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 3,068
1829 - 1911
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 3,069
1974 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 3,070
1914 - 1979
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 3,071
1951 - 1985
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 3,072
1841 - 1894
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 3,073
1891 - 1965
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 3,074
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 3,075
1675 - 1713
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 3,076
1807 - 1892
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 3,077
Among writers born in Germany, Arno Schmidt ranks 189. Before him are Jurij Brězan (1916), Sebastian Franck (1499), Elia Levita (1469), Friedrich Wolf (1888), Herbert Achternbusch (1938), and Rolf Hochhuth (1931). After him are Ricarda Huch (1864), Heinrich Vogeler (1872), Herman Grimm (1828), Walter Hasenclever (1890), Curt von Bardeleben (1861), and Richard Dehmel (1863).
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 183
1499 - 1543
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 184
1469 - 1549
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 185
1888 - 1953
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 186
1938 - 2022
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 187
1931 - 2020
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 188
1914 - 1979
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 189
1864 - 1947
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 190
1872 - 1942
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 191
1828 - 1901
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 192
1890 - 1940
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 193
1861 - 1924
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 194
1863 - 1920
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 195