1897 - 1982
Gershom Scholem (Hebrew: גֵרְשׁׂם שָׁלוֹם) (December 5, 1897 – February 21, 1982), was a German-born Israeli philosopher and historian. He is widely regarded as the founder of the modern, academic study of Kabbalah. He was the first professor of Jewish Mysticism at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gershom Scholem has received more than 237,343 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Gershom Scholem is the 376th most popular philosopher (up from 416th in 2019), the 876th most popular biography from Germany (up from 948th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular German Philosopher.
Gershom Scholem is most famous for his work in the field of Jewish mysticism.
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Among philosophers, Gershom Scholem ranks 376 out of 1,089. Before him are Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Pompeia Plotina, Jean Gerson, René Girard, and Paul Tillich. After him are Ramanuja, Mulla Sadra, Yuri Lotman, Alexandre Kojève, Saadia Gaon, and Nachmanides.
1821 - 1881
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 370
1149 - 1209
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 371
65 - 121
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 372
1363 - 1429
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 373
1923 - 2015
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 374
1886 - 1965
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 375
1897 - 1982
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 376
1017 - 1137
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 377
1571 - 1636
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 378
1922 - 1993
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 379
1902 - 1968
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 380
882 - 942
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 381
1194 - 1270
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 382
Among people born in 1897, Gershom Scholem ranks 38. Before him are Tadeusz Reichstein, Odd Hassel, Ivan Bagramyan, Margaret Mahler, Kirill Meretskov, and Vasily Sokolovsky. After him are Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, John Cockcroft, Vlado Chernozemski, Herbert Gille, John Franklin Enders, and Joseph Berchtold. Among people deceased in 1982, Gershom Scholem ranks 47. Before him are Walter Hallstein, Anna German, Varlam Shalamov, Władysław Gomułka, Thelonious Monk, and Hugo Theorell. After him are Meša Selimović, Hermann Balck, Vladimir K. Zworykin, Takashi Shimura, Colin Chapman, and Marty Feldman.
1897 - 1996
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 32
1897 - 1981
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 33
1897 - 1982
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 34
1897 - 1985
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 35
1897 - 1968
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 36
1897 - 1968
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 37
1897 - 1982
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 38
1897 - 1965
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 39
1897 - 1967
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 40
1897 - 1934
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 41
1897 - 1966
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 42
1897 - 1985
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 43
1897 - 1962
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 44
1901 - 1982
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 41
1936 - 1982
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 42
1907 - 1982
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 43
1905 - 1982
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 44
1917 - 1982
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 45
1903 - 1982
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 46
1897 - 1982
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 47
1910 - 1982
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 48
1893 - 1982
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 49
1888 - 1982
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 50
1905 - 1982
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 51
1928 - 1982
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 52
1934 - 1982
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 53
Among people born in Germany, Gershom Scholem ranks 876 out of 5,289. Before him are Robert Michels (1876), Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (1573), Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792), Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666), Marie d'Agoult (1805), and Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700). After him are Fritz Strassmann (1902), Kurt Eisner (1867), William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493), Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1441), Günter Netzer (1944), and Thomas Anders (1963).
1876 - 1936
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 870
1573 - 1625
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 871
1792 - 1854
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 872
1666 - 1726
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 873
1805 - 1876
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 874
1700 - 1760
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 875
1897 - 1982
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 876
1902 - 1980
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 877
1867 - 1919
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 878
1493 - 1550
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 879
1441 - 1486
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 880
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 881
1963 - Present
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 882
Among philosophers born in Germany, Gershom Scholem ranks 52. Before him are Hermann Cohen (1842), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Moses Hess (1812), Wilhelm Windelband (1848), Karl Rahner (1904), and Rudolf Otto (1869). After him are Franz Rosenzweig (1886), Christian Thomasius (1655), Johannes Althusius (1563), Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775), Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), and Paul Natorp (1854).
1842 - 1918
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 46
1842 - 1906
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 47
1812 - 1875
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 48
1848 - 1915
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 49
1904 - 1984
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 50
1869 - 1937
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 51
1897 - 1982
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 52
1886 - 1929
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 53
1655 - 1728
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 54
1563 - 1638
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 55
1775 - 1833
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 56
1905 - 1997
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 57
1854 - 1924
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 58