1876 - 1964
August Sander (17 November 1876 – 20 April 1964) was a German portrait and documentary photographer. His first book Face of our Time (German: Antlitz der Zeit) was published in 1929. Sander has been described as "the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Sander has received more than 237,242 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). August Sander is the 24th most popular photographer (down from 17th in 2019), the 1,499th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,237th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Photographer.
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Among photographers, August Sander ranks 24 out of 105. Before him are Brassaï, Wilhelm von Gloeden, André Kertész, Gunter Sachs, Josef Koudelka, and Richard Avedon. After him are Elliott Erwitt, Robert Mapplethorpe, Roger Fenton, Peter Lindbergh, Irving Penn, and Lewis Hine.
1899 - 1984
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 18
1856 - 1931
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 19
1894 - 1985
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 20
1932 - 2011
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 21
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 22
1923 - 2004
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 23
1876 - 1964
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 24
1928 - 2023
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 25
1946 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 26
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 27
1944 - 2019
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 28
1917 - 2009
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 29
1874 - 1940
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 30
Among people born in 1876, August Sander ranks 48. Before him are Paula Modersohn-Becker, Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Ziya Gökalp, Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, A. L. Kroeber, and Ivan Bilibin. After him are Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, Tomáš Baťa, Anna de Noailles, Fevzi Çakmak, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, and William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Among people deceased in 1964, August Sander ranks 41. Before him are Paulino Alcántara, Peter Lorre, Heinrich Neuhaus, Alan Ladd, Mikhail Larionov, and J. B. S. Haldane. After him are Werner Kempf, Sergey Biryuzov, Hinrich Lohse, Harpo Marx, Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, and Pedro Petrone.
1876 - 1907
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 42
1876 - 1934
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 43
1876 - 1924
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 44
1876 - 1925
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 45
1876 - 1960
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 46
1876 - 1942
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 47
1876 - 1964
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 48
1876 - 1940
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 49
1876 - 1932
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 50
1876 - 1933
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 51
1876 - 1950
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 52
1876 - 1948
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 53
1876 - 1923
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 54
1896 - 1964
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 35
1904 - 1964
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 36
1888 - 1964
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 37
1913 - 1964
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 38
1881 - 1964
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 39
1892 - 1964
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 40
1876 - 1964
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 41
1886 - 1964
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 42
1904 - 1964
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 43
1896 - 1964
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 44
1888 - 1964
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 45
1901 - 1964
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 46
1905 - 1964
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 47
Among people born in Germany, August Sander ranks 1,499 out of 6,142. Before him are Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835), Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808), Peter von Cornelius (1784), Marita Koch (1957), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783), and Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (1097). After him are Leo Frobenius (1873), Heiner Müller (1929), Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), Christian Morgenstern (1871), Rudi Dutschke (1940), and Heinrich Füger (1751).
1835 - 1900
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,493
1808 - 1877
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,494
1784 - 1867
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,495
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,496
1783 - 1853
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 1,497
1097 - 1157
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 1,498
1876 - 1964
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 1,499
1873 - 1938
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 1,500
1929 - 1995
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,501
1591 - 1666
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 1,502
1871 - 1914
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,503
1940 - 1979
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,504
1751 - 1818
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,505
Among photographers born in Germany, August Sander ranks 5. Before him are Helmut Newton (1920), Heinrich Hoffmann (1885), Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856), and Gunter Sachs (1932). After him are Guillermo Kahlo (1871), Astrid Kirchherr (1938), Gisèle Freund (1908), Karl Blossfeldt (1865), Erich Salomon (1886), Andreas Gursky (1955), and Grete Stern (1904).
1920 - 2004
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 1
1885 - 1957
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 2
1856 - 1931
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 3
1932 - 2011
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 4
1876 - 1964
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 5
1871 - 1941
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 6
1938 - 2020
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 7
1908 - 2000
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 8
1865 - 1932
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 9
1886 - 1944
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 10
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 11
1904 - 1999
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 12