1944 - Today
Bernhard Schlink (German: [ˈbɛʁn.haʁt ʃlɪŋk] (listen); 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 245,322 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Bernhard Schlink is the 1,013th most popular writer (down from 939th in 2019), the 943rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 828th in 2019) and the 65th 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 1,013 out of 5,794. Before him are Daniel Goleman, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Vasily Zhukovsky, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Madeleine de Scudéry, and Ibn al-Jawzi. After him are P. D. James, Rosamunde Pilcher, Kassia, Egeria, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 1,007
1603 - 1664
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 1,008
1783 - 1852
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 1,009
1736 - 1794
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 1,010
1607 - 1701
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 1,011
1116 - 1200
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 1,012
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 1,013
1920 - 2014
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 1,014
1924 - 2019
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 1,015
810 - 865
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 1,016
310 - Present
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 1,017
1838 - 1889
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 1,018
1539 - 1616
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 1,019
Among people born in 1944, Bernhard Schlink ranks 63. Before him are Kunishige Kamamoto, Udo Kier, Bernard Cornwell, Larry Ellison, Günter Netzer, and R. Lee Ermey. After him are Peter Weir, Robert Powell, Jeroen Krabbé, Klaus Nomi, Bernard Hill, and Kim Yong-il.
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 57
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 58
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 59
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 60
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 61
1944 - 2018
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 62
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 63
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 64
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 65
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 66
1944 - 1983
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 67
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 68
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 69
Among people born in Germany, Bernhard Schlink ranks 943 out of 5,289. Before him are Johannes Althusius (1563), Thomas Bach (1953), Florian Geyer (1490), Sebastian Münster (1488), William Stern (1871), and Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887). After him are Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), Walter Baade (1893), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927), Adam Elsheimer (1578), Petrus Apianus (1495), and Hans Scholl (1918).
1563 - 1638
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 937
1953 - Present
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 938
1490 - 1525
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 939
1488 - 1552
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 940
1871 - 1938
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 941
1887 - 1963
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 942
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 943
920 - 955
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 944
1893 - 1960
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 945
1927 - 2016
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 946
1578 - 1610
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 947
1495 - 1552
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 948
1918 - 1943
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 949
Among writers born in Germany, Bernhard Schlink ranks 65. Before him are Marie d'Agoult (1805), Kurt Eisner (1867), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), Alfred Brehm (1829), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), and Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736). After him are Ernst Barlach (1870), Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Hrotsvitha (935), and Thietmar of Merseburg (975).
1805 - 1876
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 59
1867 - 1919
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 60
1733 - 1813
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 61
1829 - 1884
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 62
1868 - 1937
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 63
1736 - 1794
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 64
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 65
1870 - 1938
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 66
1887 - 1975
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 67
1586 - 1654
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 68
1929 - Present
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 69
935 - 1002
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 70
975 - 1018
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 71