1895 - 1998
Ernst Jünger ([ɛʁnst ˈjʏŋɐ]; 29 March 1895 – 17 February 1998) was a highly decorated Imperial German soldier, author, and entomologist who became publicly known for his World War I memoir Storm of Steel. The son of a successful businessman and chemist, Jünger rebelled against an affluent upbringing and sought adventure in the Wandervogel, before running away to briefly serve in the French Foreign Legion, an illegal act. Because he escaped prosecution in Germany due to his father's efforts, Jünger was able to enlist in the German Army on the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Jünger has received more than 818,750 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Ernst Jünger is the 298th most popular writer (up from 304th in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from Germany (down from 240th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Writer.
Ernst Jünger is most famous for his work as a German soldier during World War I, and his writings about the experience.
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Among writers, Ernst Jünger ranks 298 out of 5,794. Before him are Anne Brontë, J. K. Rowling, Martial, Mikhail Lermontov, Lucan, and Jack Kerouac. After him are Gao Xingjian, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Alberto Moravia, Gerhart Hauptmann, Carl Spitteler, and Appian.
1820 - 1849
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 292
1965 - Present
HPI: 77.15
Rank: 293
40 - 104
HPI: 77.15
Rank: 294
1814 - 1841
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 295
39 - 65
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 296
1922 - 1969
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 297
1895 - 1998
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 298
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 299
1600 - 1681
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 300
1907 - 1990
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 301
1862 - 1946
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 302
1845 - 1924
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 303
95 - 165
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 304
Among people born in 1895, Ernst Jünger ranks 14. Before him are Jiddu Krishnamurti, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Nikolai Yezhov, Mikhail Bakhtin, Max Horkheimer, and J. Edgar Hoover. After him are Paul Hindemith, Rudolph Valentino, Amin al-Husseini, Paul Éluard, Semyon Timoshenko, and Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen. Among people deceased in 1998, Ernst Jünger ranks 7. Before him are Akira Kurosawa, Pol Pot, Frank Sinatra, Halldór Laxness, Jean Marais, and Carlos Castaneda. After him are Todor Zhivkov, Jean-François Lyotard, Yang Shangkun, Niklas Luhmann, Octavio Paz, and Alan Shepard.
1895 - 1986
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 8
1895 - 1978
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 9
1895 - 1940
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 10
1895 - 1975
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 11
1895 - 1973
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 12
1895 - 1972
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 13
1895 - 1998
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 14
1895 - 1963
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 15
1895 - 1926
HPI: 76.19
Rank: 16
1895 - 1974
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 17
1895 - 1952
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 18
1895 - 1970
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 19
1895 - 1945
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 20
1910 - 1998
HPI: 84.43
Rank: 1
1925 - 1998
HPI: 83.79
Rank: 2
1915 - 1998
HPI: 82.15
Rank: 3
1902 - 1998
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 4
1913 - 1998
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 5
1925 - 1998
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 6
1895 - 1998
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 7
1911 - 1998
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 8
1924 - 1998
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 9
1907 - 1998
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 10
1927 - 1998
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 11
1914 - 1998
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 12
1923 - 1998
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 13
Among people born in Germany, Ernst Jünger ranks 248 out of 5,289. Before him are Jupp Heynckes (1945), John of Austria (1547), Max von Laue (1879), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710), and Franz Mesmer (1734). After him are Julius Streicher (1885), Wim Wenders (1945), Athanasius Kircher (1602), Hermann Hoth (1885), Pope Clement II (1005), and Ferdinand Tönnies (1855).
1945 - Present
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 242
1547 - 1578
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 243
1879 - 1960
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 244
1887 - 1977
HPI: 76.96
Rank: 245
1710 - 1771
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 246
1734 - 1815
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 247
1895 - 1998
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 248
1885 - 1946
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 249
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 250
1602 - 1680
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 251
1885 - 1971
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 252
1005 - 1047
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 253
1855 - 1936
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 254
Among writers born in Germany, Ernst Jünger ranks 18. Before him are Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Jacob Grimm (1785), Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), Karl May (1842), Michael Ende (1929), and Eckhart Tolle (1948). After him are Wilhelm Grimm (1786), Alexandra Feodorovna (1872), Paul Heyse (1830), Einhard (770), Heinrich Mann (1871), and Friedrich Schlegel (1772).
1729 - 1781
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 12
1785 - 1863
HPI: 78.32
Rank: 13
1770 - 1843
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 14
1842 - 1912
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 15
1929 - 1995
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 16
1948 - Present
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 17
1895 - 1998
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 18
1786 - 1859
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 19
1872 - 1918
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 20
1830 - 1914
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 21
770 - 840
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 22
1871 - 1950
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 23
1772 - 1829
HPI: 75.49
Rank: 24