1888 - 1985
Carl Schmitt (; 11 July 1888 – 7 April 1985) was a German jurist, political theorist, geopolitician and prominent member of the Nazi Party. Born in Plettenberg in 1888, Schmitt studied law in Berlin, Munich, and Strasbourg. In 1916, he married his first wife, Pavla Dorotić, but divorced her after realizing that she had pretended to be a countess. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Schmitt has received more than 1,844,190 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Carl Schmitt is the 163rd most popular philosopher (down from 153rd in 2019), the 259th most popular biography from Germany (down from 216th in 2019) and the 29th most popular German Philosopher.
Carl Schmitt was a German jurist and political theorist who is most famous for his theories on the concept of the "political".
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Among philosophers, Carl Schmitt ranks 163 out of 1,081. Before him are Adam Weishaupt, Ferdinand Tönnies, Max Stirner, Mikhail Bakhtin, Padmasambhava, and Cesare Beccaria. After him are Friedrich Schleiermacher, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Marshall McLuhan, Paul Ricœur, Chrysippus, and Porphyry.
1748 - 1830
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 157
1855 - 1936
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 158
1806 - 1856
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 159
1895 - 1975
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 160
717 - 762
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 161
1738 - 1794
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 162
1888 - 1985
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 163
1768 - 1834
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 164
1908 - 1961
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 165
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 166
1913 - 2005
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 167
281 BC - 208 BC
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 168
233 - 305
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 169
Among people born in 1888, Carl Schmitt ranks 10. Before him are Dale Carnegie, John Logie Baird, José Raúl Capablanca, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Giorgio de Chirico, and Otto Stern. After him are Nikolai Bukharin, Nestor Makhno, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Raymond Chandler, Jean Monnet, and Friedrich Fromm. Among people deceased in 1985, Carl Schmitt ranks 8. Before him are Enver Hoxha, Konstantin Chernenko, Yul Brynner, Heinrich Böll, Orson Welles, and Fernand Braudel. After him are Italo Calvino, László Bíró, Simone Signoret, Rock Hudson, Charles Francis Richter, and Dian Fossey.
1888 - 1955
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 4
1888 - 1946
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 5
1888 - 1942
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 6
1888 - 1975
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 7
1888 - 1978
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 8
1888 - 1969
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 9
1888 - 1985
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 10
1888 - 1938
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 11
1888 - 1934
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 12
1888 - 1934
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 13
1888 - 1959
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 14
1888 - 1979
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 15
1888 - 1945
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 16
1908 - 1985
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 2
1911 - 1985
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 3
1920 - 1985
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 4
1917 - 1985
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 5
1915 - 1985
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 6
1902 - 1985
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 7
1888 - 1985
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 8
1923 - 1985
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 9
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 10
1921 - 1985
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 11
1925 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 12
1900 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 13
1932 - 1985
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 14
Among people born in Germany, Carl Schmitt ranks 259 out of 6,142. Before him are Max Stirner (1806), Julius Streicher (1885), Helmut Schmidt (1918), Justus von Liebig (1803), Maria Sibylla Merian (1647), and Adolf von Baeyer (1835). After him are Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), Klaus Barbie (1913), Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), Pope Damasus II (1000), and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868).
1806 - 1856
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 253
1885 - 1946
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 254
1918 - 2015
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 255
1803 - 1873
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 256
1647 - 1717
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 257
1835 - 1917
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 258
1888 - 1985
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 259
1620 - 1688
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 260
1777 - 1811
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 261
1913 - 1991
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 262
1808 - 1892
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 263
1000 - 1048
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 264
1868 - 1914
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 265
Among philosophers born in Germany, Carl Schmitt ranks 29. Before him are Edith Stein (1891), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Herbert Marcuse (1898), Adam Weishaupt (1748), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), and Max Stirner (1806). After him are Max Scheler (1874), Max Horkheimer (1895), Athanasius Kircher (1602), Rudolf Carnap (1891), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), and Franz Brentano (1838).
1891 - 1942
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 23
1714 - 1762
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 24
1898 - 1979
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 25
1748 - 1830
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 26
1855 - 1936
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 27
1806 - 1856
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 28
1888 - 1985
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 29
1874 - 1928
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 30
1895 - 1973
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 31
1602 - 1680
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 32
1891 - 1970
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 33
1729 - 1786
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 34
1838 - 1917
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 35