1888 - 1956
August "Gustl" Friedrich Kubizek (3 August 1888 – 23 October 1956) was an Austrian musical conductor and writer best known for being a close friend of Adolf Hitler, when both were in their late teens. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Kubizek has received more than 693,851 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). August Kubizek is the 1,079th most popular writer (down from 936th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Austria (down from 219th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Austrian Writer.
August Kubizek is most famous for being Adolf Hitler's best friend during their teenage years.
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Among writers, August Kubizek ranks 1,079 out of 5,755. Before him are Edith Wharton, Egeria, Cai Yan, Sergey Mikhalkov, Heinrich Kramer, and Nikolay Nekrasov. After him are Roberto Bolaño, Nora Roberts, Rosamunde Pilcher, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and Patrick White.
1862 - 1937
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 1,073
310 - Present
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 1,074
177 - 250
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 1,075
1913 - 2009
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 1,076
1430 - 1505
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 1,077
1821 - 1878
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 1,078
1888 - 1956
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 1,079
1953 - 2003
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 1,080
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 1,081
1924 - 2019
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 1,082
1929 - 2022
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 1,083
1867 - 1928
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 1,084
1912 - 1990
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 1,085
Among people born in 1888, August Kubizek ranks 52. Before him are Fritz Klein, Max Steiner, W. O. Bentley, John Foster Dulles, Vladimir K. Zworykin, and Abul Kalam Azad. After him are Inayatullah Khan, Thea von Harbou, Heinrich Neuhaus, Georgios Papandreou, Nikolay Shvernik, and Antonio Sant'Elia. Among people deceased in 1956, August Kubizek ranks 35. Before him are Daniel Swarovski, Alexander Dovzhenko, Elisabeth of Romania, William Boeing, Marie Laurencin, and Mistinguett. After him are Lyonel Feininger, Yakub Kolas, Juan Negrín, Gustave Charpentier, Giovanni Papini, and Jan Łukasiewicz.
1888 - 1945
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 46
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 47
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 48
1888 - 1959
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 49
1888 - 1982
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 50
1888 - 1958
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 51
1888 - 1956
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 52
1888 - 1946
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 53
1888 - 1954
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 54
1888 - 1964
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 55
1888 - 1968
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 56
1888 - 1970
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 57
1888 - 1916
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 58
1862 - 1956
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 29
1894 - 1956
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 30
1894 - 1956
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 31
1881 - 1956
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 32
1883 - 1956
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 33
1875 - 1956
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 34
1888 - 1956
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 35
1871 - 1956
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 36
1882 - 1956
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 37
1892 - 1956
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 38
1860 - 1956
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 39
1881 - 1956
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 40
1878 - 1956
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 41
Among people born in Austria, August Kubizek ranks 275 out of 1,237. Before him are Cecilia Renata of Austria (1611), Felix Baumgartner (1969), Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), Udo Jürgens (1934), Kunigunde of Austria (1465), and Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (1418). After him are Otto, Duke of Austria (1301), Brigitte Bierlein (1949), Hermann Buhl (1924), Gustav Wagner (1911), Friedrich von Wieser (1851), and Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614).
1611 - 1644
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 269
1969 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 270
1924 - 2004
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 271
1934 - 2014
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 272
1465 - 1520
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 273
1418 - 1463
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 274
1888 - 1956
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 275
1301 - 1339
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 276
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 277
1924 - 1957
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 278
1911 - 1980
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 279
1851 - 1926
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 280
1614 - 1662
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 281
Among writers born in Austria, August Kubizek ranks 24. Before him are Miep Gies (1909), Ingeborg Bachmann (1926), Božena Němcová (1820), Otto of Freising (1114), Klaus Ebner (1964), and Franz Grillparzer (1791). After him are Eva Schloss (1929), Joseph Mohr (1792), Peter Altenberg (1859), Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), and Raul Hilberg (1926).
1909 - 2010
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 18
1926 - 1973
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 19
1820 - 1862
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 20
1114 - 1158
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 21
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 22
1791 - 1872
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 23
1888 - 1956
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 24
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 25
1792 - 1848
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 26
1859 - 1919
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 27
1936 - 2018
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 28
1824 - 1882
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 29
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 30