1944 - Today
Bernhard Schlink (German: [ˈbɛʁn.haʁt ʃlɪŋk] ; born 6 July 1944) is a German lawyer, academic, and novelist. He is best known for his novel The Reader, which was first published in 1995 and became an international bestseller. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernhard Schlink has received more than 319,912 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Bernhard Schlink is the 1,023rd most popular writer (down from 1,013th in 2019), the 1,008th most popular biography from Germany (down from 943rd in 2019) and the 63rd most popular German Writer.
Bernhard Schlink is most famous for his novel, The Reader, which was made into a film in 2008. The novel tells the story of a 15-year-old boy who falls in love with an older woman.
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Among writers, Bernhard Schlink ranks 1,023 out of 5,755. Before him are Veronica Franco, James Hadley Chase, Iris Murdoch, Bar Hebraeus, Julien Green, and Derek Walcott. After him are Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Ernst Toller, Ľudovít Štúr, Egill Skallagrímsson, Shoko Asahara, and Bāṇabhaṭṭa.
1546 - 1591
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,017
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,018
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 1,019
1226 - 1286
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 1,020
1900 - 1998
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,021
1930 - 2017
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,022
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,023
1586 - 1654
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,024
1893 - 1939
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,025
1815 - 1856
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 1,026
904 - 990
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 1,027
1955 - 2018
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 1,028
601 - 700
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 1,029
Among people born in 1944, Bernhard Schlink ranks 75. Before him are Bernard Cornwell, Nelson Freire, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Günter Netzer, and Klaus Nomi. After him are Serge Haroche, Jeroen Krabbé, Thein Sein, Gérard Mourou, Donna Haraway, and Askar Akayev.
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 69
1944 - 2021
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 70
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 71
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 72
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 73
1944 - 1983
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 74
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 75
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 76
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 77
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 78
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 79
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 80
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 81
Among people born in Germany, Bernhard Schlink ranks 1,008 out of 6,142. Before him are Günter Netzer (1944), Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759), Wolfgang Overath (1943), Eugen Dühring (1833), Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826), and Klaus Nomi (1944). After him are Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Sophia of Prussia (1870), August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760), Natalia Alexeievna (1755), Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1697), and Waldemar Hoven (1903).
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 1,002
1759 - 1818
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 1,003
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,004
1833 - 1921
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,005
1826 - 1907
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,006
1944 - 1983
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,007
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,008
1586 - 1654
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,009
1870 - 1932
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 1,010
1760 - 1831
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 1,011
1755 - 1776
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 1,012
1697 - 1764
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 1,013
1903 - 1948
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 1,014
Among writers born in Germany, Bernhard Schlink ranks 63. Before him are Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), Tannhäuser (1205), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), and Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622). After him are Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Ernst Barlach (1870), Alfred Brehm (1829), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Joost van den Vondel (1587), and Radegund (518).
1733 - 1813
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 57
975 - 1018
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 58
1205 - 1270
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 59
1751 - 1812
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 60
1887 - 1975
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 61
1622 - 1676
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 62
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 63
1586 - 1654
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 64
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 65
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 66
1929 - 2022
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 67
1587 - 1679
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 68
518 - 587
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 69