1909 - 1994
Golo Mann (born Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann; 27 March 1909 – 7 April 1994) was a popular German historian and essayist. Having completed a doctorate in philosophy under Karl Jaspers at Heidelberg, in 1933 he fled Hitler's Germany. He followed his father, the writer Thomas Mann and other members of his family in emigrating to France, Switzerland and the United States. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Golo Mann has received more than 268,040 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Golo Mann is the 118th most popular historian (up from 122nd in 2019), the 1,816th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,877th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Historian.
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Among historians, Golo Mann ranks 118 out of 339. Before him are Doukas, Michael Rostovtzeff, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, C. Northcote Parkinson, Peter Burke, and Richard Sennett. After him are François Furet, Árni Magnússon, Anthony Blunt, Evagrius Scholasticus, Thomas Babington Macaulay, and Pierre Nora.
1400 - 1500
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 112
1870 - 1952
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 113
1002 - 1071
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 114
1909 - 1993
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 115
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 116
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 117
1909 - 1994
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 118
1927 - 1997
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 119
1663 - 1730
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 120
1907 - 1983
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 121
536 - 594
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 122
1800 - 1859
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 123
1931 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 124
Among people born in 1909, Golo Mann ranks 77. Before him are Grażyna Bacewicz, Robert Brasillach, C. Northcote Parkinson, Tokizo Ichihashi, Werner Naumann, and Mikhail Mil. After him are Franz Six, Malcolm Lowry, Guy de Rothschild, Lester Young, Bernd Rosemeyer, and Roberto Burle Marx. Among people deceased in 1994, Golo Mann ranks 85. Before him are Walter Lantz, Tengiz Abuladze, Ken Noritake, Kevin Carter, Federica Montseny, and Jérôme Lejeune. After him are Alain Cuny, Woody Strode, Donald Judd, Derek Jarman, Harry Nilsson, and Dick Sargent.
1909 - 1969
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 71
1909 - 1945
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 72
1909 - 1993
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 73
1909 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 74
1909 - 1982
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 75
1909 - 1970
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 76
1909 - 1994
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 77
1909 - 1975
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 78
1909 - 1957
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 79
1909 - 2007
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 80
1909 - 1959
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 81
1909 - 1938
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 82
1909 - 1994
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 83
1899 - 1994
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 79
1924 - 1994
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 80
1922 - 1994
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 81
1960 - 1994
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 82
1905 - 1994
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 83
1926 - 1994
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 84
1909 - 1994
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 85
1908 - 1994
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 86
1914 - 1994
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 87
1928 - 1994
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 88
1942 - 1994
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 89
1941 - 1994
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 90
1930 - 1994
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 91
Among people born in Germany, Golo Mann ranks 1,816 out of 6,142. Before him are Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678), Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1878), Peter Cornelius (1824), Otto Braun (1900), Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871), and Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria (1386). After him are Franz Six (1909), Franz Danzi (1763), Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730), William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1425), Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (1922), and Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (1865).
1678 - 1747
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 1,810
1878 - 1942
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 1,811
1824 - 1874
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 1,812
1900 - 1974
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 1,813
1871 - 1943
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 1,814
1386 - 1450
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 1,815
1909 - 1994
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 1,816
1909 - 1975
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 1,817
1763 - 1826
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 1,818
1730 - 1794
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 1,819
1425 - 1482
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 1,820
1922 - 1946
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 1,821
1865 - 1912
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 1,822
Among historians born in Germany, Golo Mann ranks 15. Before him are Julius Wellhausen (1844), Hieronymus Wolf (1516), Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), Hermann Alexander Diels (1848), Reinhart Koselleck (1923), and Christoph Cellarius (1638). After him are August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), Helmold (1120), Heinrich von Treitschke (1834), Jan Assmann (1938), Karl Lamprecht (1856), and Arno Peters (1916).
1844 - 1918
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 9
1516 - 1580
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 10
1876 - 1925
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 11
1848 - 1922
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 12
1923 - 2006
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 13
1638 - 1707
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 14
1909 - 1994
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 15
1735 - 1809
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 16
1120 - 1177
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 17
1834 - 1896
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 18
1938 - 2024
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 19
1856 - 1915
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 20
1916 - 2002
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 21