1868 - 1956
Carl Brockelmann (17 September 1868 – 6 May 1956) German Semiticist, was the foremost orientalist of his generation. He was a professor at the universities in Breslau, Berlin and, from 1903, Königsberg. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Brockelmann has received more than 46,213 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Brockelmann is the 78th most popular linguist (down from 73rd in 2019), the 2,678th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,515th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Linguist.
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Among linguists, Carl Brockelmann ranks 78 out of 161. Before him are Max Nettlau, John Chadwick, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Jan Mukařovský, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, and Louis de Beaufront. After him are Joshua Fishman, Johannes Aavik, Holger Pedersen, Johannes Schmidt, Adolf Erman, and Đuro Daničić.
1865 - 1944
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 72
1920 - 1998
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 73
1869 - 1968
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 74
1891 - 1975
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 75
1861 - 1936
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 76
1855 - 1935
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 77
1868 - 1956
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 78
1926 - 2015
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 79
1880 - 1973
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 80
1867 - 1953
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 81
1843 - 1901
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 82
1854 - 1937
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 83
1825 - 1882
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 84
Among people born in 1868, Carl Brockelmann ranks 94. Before him are Giovanni Giacometti, Keisuke Okada, Marie Dressler, Edgar Lee Masters, Alfred Fowler, and Arturo Alessandri. After him are George Ellery Hale, Oskar Merikanto, Cai Yuanpei, Mihailo Petrović, Lauri Ingman, and Hovhannes Kajaznuni. Among people deceased in 1956, Carl Brockelmann ranks 92. Before him are Victor Young, Walter Gieseking, Charles Joughin, Meghnad Saha, Heinrich Barkhausen, and André Marty. After him are Louis Rosier, Marcel Griaule, Max Beerbohm, Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, and Stan Ockers.
1868 - 1933
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 88
1868 - 1952
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 89
1868 - 1934
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 90
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 91
1868 - 1940
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 92
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 93
1868 - 1956
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 94
1868 - 1938
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 95
1868 - 1924
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 96
1868 - 1940
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 97
1868 - 1943
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 98
1868 - 1934
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 99
1868 - 1938
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 100
1900 - 1956
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 86
1895 - 1956
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 87
1878 - 1956
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 88
1893 - 1956
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 89
1881 - 1956
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 90
1886 - 1956
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 91
1868 - 1956
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 92
1905 - 1956
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 93
1898 - 1956
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 94
1872 - 1956
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 95
1888 - 1956
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 96
1894 - 1956
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 97
1920 - 1956
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 98
Among people born in Germany, Carl Brockelmann ranks 2,678 out of 6,142. Before him are Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (1443), Adam Kraft (1450), Gerardus Vossius (1577), Rudolf Klein-Rogge (1885), and Martin Walser (1927). After him are Sigmar Gabriel (1959), John II, Count Palatine of Simmern (1492), Rainer Bonhof (1952), Özlem Türeci (1967), Ricardo Wolf (1887), and George Mosse (1918).
1819 - 1892
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2,672
1443 - 1484
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2,673
1450 - 1509
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2,674
1577 - 1649
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 2,675
1885 - 1955
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 2,676
1927 - 2023
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 2,677
1868 - 1956
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 2,678
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 2,679
1492 - 1557
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 2,680
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 2,681
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 2,682
1887 - 1981
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 2,683
1918 - 1999
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 2,684
Among linguists born in Germany, Carl Brockelmann ranks 17. Before him are Hermann Paul (1846), Karl Lachmann (1793), August Leskien (1840), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), Hugo Schuchardt (1842), and Karl Brugmann (1849). After him are Johannes Schmidt (1843), Adolf Erman (1854), Konrad Duden (1829), Alexander Gode (1906), August Immanuel Bekker (1785), and Heinrich Hübschmann (1848).
1846 - 1921
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 11
1793 - 1851
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 12
1840 - 1916
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 13
1794 - 1876
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 14
1842 - 1927
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 15
1849 - 1919
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 16
1868 - 1956
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 17
1843 - 1901
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 18
1854 - 1937
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 19
1829 - 1911
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 20
1906 - 1970
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 21
1785 - 1871
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 22
1848 - 1908
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 23