1921 - 1990
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (German: [ˈfriːdrɪç ˈdʏrənˌmat] ; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Dürrenmatt has received more than 524,046 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Friedrich Dürrenmatt is the 385th most popular writer (up from 410th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Writer.
Friedrich Dürrenmatt is most famous for his novels, which often deal with the themes of justice and revenge.
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Among writers, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 385 out of 5,755. Before him are Sándor Márai, Tulsidas, Dan Brown, Jo Nesbø, W. Somerset Maugham, and Herta Müller. After him are André Maurois, Henning Mankell, Ammianus Marcellinus, Edmondo De Amicis, Hector Malot, and Shmuel Yosef Agnon.
1900 - 1989
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 379
1532 - 1623
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 380
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 381
1960 - Present
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 382
1874 - 1965
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 383
1953 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 384
1921 - 1990
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 385
1885 - 1967
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 386
1948 - 2015
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 387
330 - 395
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 388
1846 - 1908
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 389
1830 - 1907
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 390
1888 - 1970
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 391
Among people born in 1921, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 21. Before him are Joseph Beuys, Giulietta Masina, Sophie Scholl, Simone Signoret, Gunnar Nordahl, and Paulo Freire. After him are Peter Ustinov, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Aaron T. Beck, Deborah Kerr, Satyajit Ray, and John Glenn. Among people deceased in 1990, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 13. Before him are Louis Althusser, Leonard Bernstein, Alberto Moravia, Norbert Elias, Paulette Goddard, and Sarah Vaughan. After him are John Bowlby, Pavel Cherenkov, Yun Posun, Sergei Parajanov, Lê Đức Thọ, and Keith Haring.
1921 - 1986
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 15
1921 - 1994
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 16
1921 - 1943
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 17
1921 - 1985
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 18
1921 - 1995
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 19
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 20
1921 - 1990
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 21
1921 - 2004
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 22
1921 - 2011
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 23
1921 - 2021
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 24
1921 - 2007
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 25
1921 - 1992
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 26
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 27
1918 - 1990
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 7
1918 - 1990
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 8
1907 - 1990
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 9
1897 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 10
1910 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 11
1924 - 1990
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 12
1921 - 1990
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 13
1907 - 1990
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 14
1904 - 1990
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 15
1897 - 1990
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 16
1924 - 1990
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 17
1911 - 1990
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 18
1958 - 1990
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 19
Among people born in Switzerland, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 31 out of 876. Before him are Arnold Böcklin (1827), Jacob Burckhardt (1818), Conrad Gessner (1516), Charles Édouard Guillaume (1861), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926), and Erich von Däniken (1935). After him are Jacques Necker (1732), Jacob Bernoulli (1654), Adelaide of Italy (931), Karl Barth (1886), Johannes Itten (1888), and Eugen Bleuler (1857).
1827 - 1901
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 25
1818 - 1897
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 26
1516 - 1565
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 27
1861 - 1938
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 28
1926 - 2004
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 29
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 30
1921 - 1990
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 31
1732 - 1804
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 32
1654 - 1705
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 33
931 - 999
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 34
1886 - 1968
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 35
1888 - 1967
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 36
1857 - 1939
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 37
Among writers born in Switzerland, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 4. Before him are Johanna Spyri (1827), Carl Spitteler (1845), and Erich von Däniken (1935). After him are Karl Barth (1886), Robert Walser (1878), Max Frisch (1911), Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Alejo Carpentier (1904), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905), and Gottfried Keller (1819).
1827 - 1901
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 1
1845 - 1924
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 2
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 3
1921 - 1990
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 4
1886 - 1968
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 5
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 6
1911 - 1991
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 7
1784 - 1817
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 8
1904 - 1980
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 9
1741 - 1801
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 10
1905 - 1988
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 11
1819 - 1890
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 12