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August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben

1798 - 1874

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August Heinrich Hoffmann (, calling himself von Fallersleben, after his hometown; 2 April 1798 – 19 January 1874) was a German poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben has received more than 160,765 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben is the 1,422nd most popular writer (down from 1,386th in 2019), the 1,476th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,389th in 2019) and the 94th most popular German Writer.

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  • 4.30

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben ranks 1,422 out of 5,755Before him are Béla Balázs, Mukhtar Auezov, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Robert Browning, Siegfried Lenz, and Joseph Needham. After him are Ira Levin, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, Blaise de Vigenère, Léo Taxil, James Murray, and Karl Heinrich Ulrichs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben ranks 13Before him are Charles Albert of Sardinia, Giacomo Leopardi, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Archduchess Clementina of Austria, and František Palacký. After him are Alexander Gorchakov, Thomas Hodgkin, Josiah Warren, Franz Ernst Neumann, Andries Pretorius, and Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Among people deceased in 1874, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben ranks 12Before him are David Strauss, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Johann Philipp Reis, Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira, Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, and Cochise. After him are Marià Fortuny, Josiah Warren, Moritz von Jacobi, Constantin von Tischendorf, Charles Gleyre, and Peter Cornelius.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben ranks 1,476 out of 6,142Before him are Luise Rainer (1910), Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), Carl Stumpf (1848), Heidi Klum (1973), Siegfried Lenz (1926), and Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676). After him are Gerberga of Saxony (913), Matthias Erzberger (1875), Rupert of Salzburg (650), Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord (1878), Adolf Strauss (1879), and Michael Schenker (1955).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben ranks 94Before him are Jakob Wassermann (1873), Widukind of Corvey (925), Wilhelm Müller (1794), Hartmann Schedel (1440), Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777), and Siegfried Lenz (1926). After him are Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825), Paul Rée (1849), Arnold van Gennep (1873), Heiner Müller (1929), Christian Morgenstern (1871), and Salvian (405).