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Arnold Gehlen

1904 - 1976

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Arnold Gehlen (29 January 1904 in Leipzig, German Empire – 30 January 1976 in Hamburg, West Germany) was an influential conservative German philosopher, sociologist, and anthropologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arnold Gehlen has received more than 159,940 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Arnold Gehlen is the 5,301st most popular politician (down from 5,051st in 2019), the 1,457th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,404th in 2019) and the 418th most popular German Politician.

Arnold Gehlen is most famous for his theories on human nature and the human condition. He argues that humans are fundamentally social animals who need to be in a group to survive.

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  • 59.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arnold Gehlen ranks 5,301 out of 19,576. Before him are Shaul Mofaz, Hugo Banzer, Emperor Chūkyō, Henryk IV Probus, Prince Charles of Prussia, and Peter, Duke of Coimbra. After him are Sahadeva, Emperor Rokujō, Hanno the Great, Khentkaus I, Dian Wei, and Manuel Pinto da Costa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Arnold Gehlen ranks 65. Before him are Peter Lorre, Henri Cartan, Rudolf Arnheim, Leopold Trepper, Elyesa Bazna, and Ralph Bellamy. After him are Ernst-Günther Schenck, Georges Canguilhem, Viktor Brack, Sergey Biryuzov, Count Basie, and Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i. Among people deceased in 1976, Arnold Gehlen ranks 61. Before him are Silvana Armenulić, Mitsuo Fuchida, Michael Polanyi, Lin Yutang, Lee J. Cobb, and Mikhail Gurevich. After him are Walter Warlimont, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Abdul Razak Hussein, Alexandros Panagoulis, Adolph Zukor, and Walter H. Schottky.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Arnold Gehlen ranks 1,457 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Blumenberg (1920), John B. Goodenough (1922), Robert Prosinečki (1969), John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1575), Hans Scharoun (1893), and Prince Charles of Prussia (1801). After him are Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676), Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), Aenne Burda (1909), Günther Blumentritt (1892), Siegfried Lenz (1926), and Ernst-Günther Schenck (1904).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Arnold Gehlen ranks 418. Before him are Franz Ritter von Epp (1868), John George IV, Elector of Saxony (1668), Natalia Alexeievna (1755), Franz Walter Stahlecker (1900), Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1654), and Prince Charles of Prussia (1801). After him are Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676), Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857), Werner Best (1903), Peter Minuit (1589), and Walter Warlimont (1894).

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