New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

POLITICIAN

Carl Schurz

1829 - 1906

Photo of Carl Schurz

Icon of person Carl Schurz

Carl Schurz (German: [ʃʊɐ̯ts]; March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. He migrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848–1849 and became a prominent member of the new Republican Party. After serving as a Union general in the American Civil War, he helped found the short-lived Liberal Republican Party and became a prominent advocate of civil service reform. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Schurz has received more than 644,409 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Carl Schurz is the 11,160th most popular politician (down from 10,600th in 2019), the 3,294th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,147th in 2019) and the 966th most popular German Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Carl Schurzs by language


Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Carl Schurz ranks 11,160 out of 15,577Before him are Roger Williams, Boso the Elder, Goodluck Jonathan, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, David IX of Georgia, and Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him are Rainer Barzel, Anthony Panizzi, Vicente López y Planes, Carlo II Tocco, Jelle Zijlstra, and Puzur-Ashur I.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Carl Schurz ranks 39Before him are Laura Bridgman, Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Robert Nobel, Konrad Duden, and Graziadio Isaia Ascoli. After him are Antonio Guzmán Blanco, Mikayel Nalbandian, Laurence Oliphant, Lester Allan Pelton, Edmond Albius, and August Malmström. Among people deceased in 1906, Carl Schurz ranks 42Before him are Étienne Carjat, Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ernst Josephson, Béhanzin, Carlos Pellegrini, and Kosta Khetagurov. After him are Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Jean Cabanis, Johann Dzierzon, Stevan Sremac, Spencer Gore, and Georges Rayet.

Others Born in 1829

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1906

Go to all Rankings

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Schurz ranks 3,294 out of 6,142Before him are Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1852), Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644), Albrecht Brandi (1914), Friedrich von Esmarch (1823), Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (1896), and Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674). After him are Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1723), Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1762), Edzard I, Count of East Frisia (1462), Andrey Osterman (1686), Carl Dahlhaus (1928), and Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern (1537).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany