1878 - 1938
Egon Friedell (born Egon Friedmann; 21 January 1878, in Vienna – 16 March 1938, in Vienna) was a prominent Austrian cultural historian, playwright, actor and Kabarett performer, journalist and theatre critic. Friedell has been described as a polymath. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Egon Friedell has received more than 89,847 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Egon Friedell is the 249th most popular historian (up from 876th in 2019), the 615th most popular biography from Austria (down from 585th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Historian.
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Among historians, Egon Friedell ranks 249 out of 339. Before him are Wilhelm von Bode, Stéphane Courtois, John Foxe, Tony Judt, Johannes Aventinus, and Guo Pu. After him are Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, Max Jakob Friedländer, Charles Barbier de Meynard, Lucius Coelius Antipater, Ziya Bunyadov, and William H. Prescott.
1845 - 1929
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 243
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 244
1516 - 1587
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 245
1948 - 2010
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 246
1477 - 1534
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 247
276 - 324
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 248
1878 - 1938
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 249
1909 - 1985
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 250
1867 - 1958
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 251
1826 - 1908
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 252
180 BC - 120 BC
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 253
1921 - 1997
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 254
1796 - 1859
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 255
Among people born in 1878, Egon Friedell ranks 120. Before him are Takeo Arishima, Agner Krarup Erlang, Ernst Alexanderson, Karl Buresch, Paul Renner, and Selim Palmgren. After him are Anna Coleman Ladd, Charles Dvorak, Emmy Destinn, Chen Jiongming, Ioannis Rallis, and Massimo Bontempelli. Among people deceased in 1938, Egon Friedell ranks 119. Before him are Jānis Rudzutaks, Boris Pilnyak, Gösta Ekman, Joseph Strauss, Abdurauf Fitrat, and Leopoldo Lugones. After him are Georges Urbain, Florence Lawrence, Samuel Alexander, Rudolf Stammler, Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, and Max Wien.
1878 - 1923
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 114
1878 - 1929
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 115
1878 - 1975
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 116
1878 - 1936
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 117
1878 - 1956
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 118
1878 - 1951
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 119
1878 - 1938
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 120
1878 - 1939
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 121
1878 - 1969
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 122
1878 - 1930
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 123
1878 - 1933
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 124
1878 - 1946
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 125
1878 - 1960
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 126
1887 - 1938
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 113
1894 - 1938
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 114
1890 - 1938
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 115
1870 - 1938
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 116
1885 - 1938
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 117
1874 - 1938
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 118
1878 - 1938
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 119
1872 - 1938
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 120
1886 - 1938
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 121
1859 - 1938
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 122
1856 - 1938
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 123
1911 - 1938
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 124
1866 - 1938
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 125
Among people born in Austria, Egon Friedell ranks 615 out of 1,237. Before him are Carl Moll (1861), Erich Leinsdorf (1912), Richard Tauber (1891), Ferdinand Raimund (1790), Rudolf von Alt (1812), and Franz Schalk (1863). After him are Anton von Schmerling (1805), Otto Muehl (1925), Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1881), Archduchess Rosa of Austria (1906), Heinz von Foerster (1911), and Christopher Alexander (1936).
1861 - 1945
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 609
1912 - 1993
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 610
1891 - 1948
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 611
1790 - 1836
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 612
1812 - 1905
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 613
1863 - 1931
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 614
1878 - 1938
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 615
1805 - 1893
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 616
1925 - 2013
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 617
1881 - 1967
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 618
1906 - 1983
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 619
1911 - 2002
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 620
1936 - 2022
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 621
Among historians born in Austria, Egon Friedell ranks 4. Before him are Ernst Gombrich (1909), Alois Riegl (1858), and Shlomo Sand (1946). After him are Gerda Lerner (1920), İlber Ortaylı (1947), Riane Eisler (1931), and Andreas Maislinger (1955).
1909 - 2001
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 1
1858 - 1905
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 3
1878 - 1938
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 4
1920 - 2013
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 5
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 6
1931 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 7
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 8