1869 - 1966
Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (2 June 1869 – 9 January 1966) was a German academic, educationist, pacifist and philosopher, known for his public opposition to Nazism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster has received more than 27,582 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster is the 1,005th most popular philosopher (down from 967th in 2019), the 3,744th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,439th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular German Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster ranks 1,005 out of 1,081. Before him are Achille Mbembe, Patricia Churchland, Wilhelm Gesenius, Hector Boece, Tariq Ramadan, and Rüdiger Safranski. After him are Ivan Aksakov, Yun Hyu, Alois Riehl, Sosipatra, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, and Hicetas.
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 999
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 1,000
1786 - 1842
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 1,001
1465 - 1536
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 1,002
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 1,003
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 1,004
1869 - 1966
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 1,005
1823 - 1886
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 1,006
1617 - 1680
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 1,007
1844 - 1924
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 1,008
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 1,009
1761 - 1833
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 1,010
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 1,011
Among people born in 1869, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster ranks 108. Before him are Aleš Hrdlička, Hendrikus Colijn, Bhagwan Das, Mary Agnes Chase, Henry Wood, and Harald Sohlberg. After him are Yervant Odian, Marcel Cachin, Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Gerrit Smith Miller, Kálmán Kandó, and Daniel Salamanca Urey. Among people deceased in 1966, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster ranks 129. Before him are Emil Julius Gumbel, John Taylor, Dirk Brouwer, Robert Charpentier, Mississippi John Hurt, and Eva Justin. After him are Brian O'Nolan, Anna Langfus, Cordwainer Smith, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Alfred Berger, and Reino Ragnar Lehto.
1869 - 1943
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 102
1869 - 1944
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 103
1869 - 1958
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 104
1869 - 1963
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 105
1869 - 1944
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 106
1869 - 1935
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 107
1869 - 1966
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 108
1869 - 1926
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 109
1869 - 1958
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 110
1869 - 1945
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 111
1869 - 1956
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 112
1869 - 1931
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 113
1869 - 1935
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 114
1891 - 1966
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 123
1933 - 1966
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 124
1902 - 1966
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 125
1916 - 1966
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 126
1892 - 1966
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 127
1909 - 1966
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 128
1869 - 1966
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 129
1911 - 1966
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 130
1920 - 1966
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 131
1913 - 1966
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 132
1880 - 1966
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 133
1894 - 1966
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 134
1898 - 1966
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 135
Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster ranks 3,744 out of 6,142. Before him are Eva Justin (1909), Eva Hesse (1936), Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1663), Georg von Habsburg (1964), Vladimir Lossky (1903), and Ferdinand Reich (1799). After him are Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1697), Inge Borkh (1921), Ludwig Bieberbach (1886), Irm Hermann (1942), Gustav Lange (1830), and Uwe Timm (1940).
1909 - 1966
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 3,738
1936 - 1970
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 3,739
1663 - 1724
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 3,740
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 3,741
1903 - 1958
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 3,742
1799 - 1882
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 3,743
1869 - 1966
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 3,744
1697 - 1755
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 3,745
1921 - 2018
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 3,746
1886 - 1982
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 3,747
1942 - 2020
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 3,748
1830 - 1889
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 3,749
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 3,750
Among philosophers born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster ranks 123. Before him are Heymann Steinthal (1823), Josef Pieper (1904), Friedrich Paulsen (1846), Robert Spaemann (1927), Wilhelm Gesenius (1786), and Rüdiger Safranski (1945). After him are Gottlob Ernst Schulze (1761), Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796), Paul Deussen (1845), Martin Chemnitz (1522), Hermann Gunkel (1862), and Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde (1930).
1823 - 1899
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 117
1904 - 1997
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 118
1846 - 1908
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 119
1927 - 2018
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 120
1786 - 1842
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 121
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 122
1869 - 1966
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 123
1761 - 1833
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 124
1796 - 1879
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 125
1845 - 1919
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 126
1522 - Present
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 127
1862 - 1932
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 128
1930 - 2019
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 129