1761 - 1819
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, August von Kotzebue ranks 1,276 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1920 - 2009
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,270
363 - 301
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,271
1850 - 1921
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,272
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,273
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,274
1944 - 2001
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,275
1761 - 1819
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,276
1935 - 2020
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,277
1826 - 1871
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,278
1878 - 1945
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,279
1520 - 1575
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 1,280
1832 - 1873
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 1,281
1415 - 1480
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 1,282
Among people born in 1761, August von Kotzebue ranks 9. Before 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 10. Before 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.
1761 - 1850
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 3
1761 - 1818
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 4
1761 - 1834
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 5
1761 - 1815
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 6
1761 - 1836
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 7
1761 - 1804
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 8
1761 - 1819
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 9
1761 - 1837
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 10
1761 - 1793
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 11
1761 - 1828
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 12
1761 - 1788
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 13
1761 - 1815
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 14
1761 - 1844
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 15
1751 - 1819
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 4
1758 - 1819
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 5
1743 - 1819
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 6
1788 - 1819
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 7
1751 - 1819
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 8
1749 - 1819
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 9
1761 - 1819
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 10
1742 - 1819
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 11
1758 - 1819
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 12
1778 - 1819
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 13
1778 - 1819
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 14
1757 - 1819
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 15
1756 - 1819
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 16
Among people born in Germany, August von Kotzebue ranks 1,313 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,307
1785 - 1851
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,308
1897 - 1973
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,309
1849 - 1893
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,310
1944 - 2001
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,311
1901 - 1959
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,312
1761 - 1819
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,313
1756 - 1837
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,314
1922 - 2017
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,315
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,316
1682 - 1719
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,317
1906 - 1996
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,318
1614 - 1672
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,319
Among writers born in Germany, August von Kotzebue ranks 79. Before 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).
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 73
1886 - 1956
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 74
1792 - 1854
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 75
1426 - 1487
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 76
1736 - 1794
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 77
1944 - 2001
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 78
1761 - 1819
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 79
1878 - 1945
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 80
1752 - 1831
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 81
1813 - 1863
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 82
1890 - 1935
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 83
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 84
1917 - 2013
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 85