1715 - 1769
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (4 July 1715 – 13 December 1769) was a German poet, one of the forerunners of the golden age of German literature that was ushered in by Lessing. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Fürchtegott Gellert has received more than 75,816 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Christian Fürchtegott Gellert is the 2,473rd most popular writer (down from 2,372nd in 2019), the 2,579th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,372nd in 2019) and the 160th most popular German Writer.
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Among writers, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 2,473 out of 5,755. Before him are George of Pisidia, Carl Zuckmayer, André Aciman, Olympiodorus of Thebes, Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, and Howard Fast. After him are Luigi Illica, Sextus Pompeius Festus, Edward FitzGerald, Philip Kerr, Philippe de Mornay, and Marko Vovchok.
580 - 634
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 2,467
1896 - 1977
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 2,468
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 2,469
301 - 401
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 2,470
1856 - 1909
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 2,471
1914 - 2003
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 2,472
1715 - 1769
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 2,473
1857 - 1919
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 2,474
150 - 350
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 2,475
1809 - 1883
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 2,476
1956 - 2018
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 2,477
1549 - 1623
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 2,478
1833 - 1907
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 2,479
Among people born in 1715, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 12. Before him are Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, William Watson, Dorothea Erxleben, and Charles, Prince of Soubise. After him are Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Ewald Christian von Kleist, and Jean-Étienne Guettard. Among people deceased in 1769, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 4. Before him are Pope Clement XIII, Pontiac, and Hakuin Ekaku. After him are Vasily Trediakovsky and Giambattista Lolli.
1715 - 1739
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 6
1715 - 1777
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 7
1715 - 1789
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 8
1715 - 1787
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 9
1715 - 1762
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 10
1715 - 1787
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 11
1715 - 1769
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 12
1715 - 1799
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 13
1715 - 1789
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 14
1715 - 1794
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 15
1715 - 1794
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 16
1715 - 1759
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 17
1715 - 1786
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 18
1693 - 1769
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 1
1714 - 1769
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 2
1686 - 1769
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 3
1715 - 1769
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 4
1703 - 1769
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 5
1698 - 1769
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 6
Among people born in Germany, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 2,579 out of 6,142. Before him are Wilhelm Marschall (1886), Johann Crüger (1598), Theo Albrecht (1922), Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1842), Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856), and Judith Malina (1926). After him are Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1753), Fritz Hofmann (1871), Bertha Krupp (1886), John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1627), August Heissmeyer (1897), and Anni Albers (1899).
1886 - 1976
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 2,573
1598 - 1662
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 2,574
1922 - 2010
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 2,575
1842 - 1906
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 2,576
1856 - 1909
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 2,577
1926 - 2015
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 2,578
1715 - 1769
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 2,579
1753 - 1824
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 2,580
1871 - 1927
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 2,581
1886 - 1957
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 2,582
1627 - 1693
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 2,583
1897 - 1979
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 2,584
1899 - 1994
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 2,585
Among writers born in Germany, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert ranks 160. Before him are Gottschalk of Orbais (805), Cornelia Funke (1958), Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), and Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856). After him are Heinrich Hoffmann (1809), Ursula Kuczynski (1907), Mina Witkojc (1893), August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796), Martin Walser (1927), and George Mosse (1918).
805 - 869
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 154
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 155
1723 - 1807
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 156
1772 - 1822
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 157
1896 - 1977
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 158
1856 - 1909
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 159
1715 - 1769
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 160
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 161
1907 - 2000
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 162
1893 - 1975
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 163
1796 - 1835
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 164
1927 - 2023
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 165
1918 - 1999
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 166