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August von Kotzebue

1761 - 1819

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August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (German: [ˈaʊɡʊst fɔn ˈkɔtsəbuː], Russian: Евстафий Леонтьевич Коцебу, romanized: Yevstafiy Leontyevich Kotsebu; 3 May [O.S. 22 April] 1761 – 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1819) was a German dramatist and writer who also worked as a consul in Russia and Germany. In 1817, one of Kotzebue's books was burned during the Wartburg festival. He was murdered in 1819 by Karl Ludwig Sand, a militant member of the Burschenschaften. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August von Kotzebue has received more than 153,085 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). August von Kotzebue is the 1,276th most popular writer (down from 1,223rd in 2019), the 1,313th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,191st in 2019) and the 79th most popular German Writer.

August von Kotzebue was a German dramatist who was most famous for his plays that were based on the lives of common people.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, August von Kotzebue ranks 1,276 out of 5,755Before him are Albert Barillé, Maurus Servius Honoratus, Ivan Vazov, R. L. Stine, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, and W. G. Sebald. After him are Maj Sjöwall, Alexander Afanasyev, Georg Kaiser, Matthias Flacius, Émile Gaboriau, and Jan Długosz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, August von Kotzebue ranks 9Before him are Marie Tussaud, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, William Carey, Jan Potocki, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, and Jean-Charles Pichegru. After him are Philippe Buonarroti, Antoine Barnave, Sineperver Sultan, José, Prince of Brazil, Smithson Tennant, and Marie Harel. Among people deceased in 1819, August von Kotzebue ranks 10Before him are Maria Luisa of Parma, Kamehameha I, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, and Daniel Rutherford. After him are Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Sophie Blanchard, Erik Acharius, and Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August von Kotzebue ranks 1,313 out of 6,142Before him are Ludwig Quidde (1858), Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785), Karl Löwith (1897), Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria (1849), W. G. Sebald (1944), and Rudolf Caracciola (1901). After him are Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1756), Karl-Otto Apel (1922), Marian Gold (1954), Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682), Brigitte Helm (1906), and Franciscus Sylvius (1614).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, August von Kotzebue ranks 79Before him are Theodor Storm (1817), Gottfried Benn (1886), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426), Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), and W. G. Sebald (1944). After him are Georg Kaiser (1878), Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752), Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813), Kurt Tucholsky (1890), Joachim Fest (1926), and Stéphane Hessel (1917).