WRITER

Günter Wallraff

1942 - Today

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Günter Wallraff (born 1 October 1942) is a German writer and undercover journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Günter Wallraff has received more than 135,186 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Günter Wallraff is the 2,619th most popular writer (down from 2,270th in 2019), the 2,776th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,363rd in 2019) and the 172nd most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Neue Reportagen, Untersuchungen und Lehrbeispiele
Nachspiele
Unser Faschismus nebenan
Lowest of the Low
Alien labor
13 unerwünschte Reportagen
Tête de Turc

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Günter Wallraff ranks 2,619 out of 7,302Before him are Mihail Sadoveanu, Varro Atacinus, Terry Goodkind, Vladimir Sorokin, Nordahl Grieg, and Dritëro Agolli. After him are John Wyndham, Bragi Boddason, Samad Vurgun, Richard Wurmbrand, Neil Simon, and Waldemar Bonsels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Günter Wallraff ranks 227Before him are Christine Keeler, Eliso Virsaladze, Chris Sarandon, Marco Rota, Brian Kernighan, and Marta Kubišová. After him are Jorge Ben, Vladimír Dzurilla, Juan Gisbert Sr., Björn Nordqvist, Rinus Israël, and Montserrat Figueras.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Günter Wallraff ranks 2,776 out of 7,253Before him are Tom Tykwer (1965), Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1462), Elisa Radziwiłł (1803), Conradin Kreutzer (1780), Christoph Amberger (1505), and Christian Schmidt (1957). After him are Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1877), Adelaide of Meissen (1160), Gerd Albrecht (1935), Ludwig Richter (1803), Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), and Waldemar Bonsels (1880).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Günter Wallraff ranks 172Before him are Wilhelm Worringer (1881), Friedrich Spee (1591), Johann Froben (1460), Karl Gutzkow (1811), Gertrud von Le Fort (1876), and Georg Herwegh (1817). After him are Waldemar Bonsels (1880), Matthias Claudius (1740), Gustav Schwab (1792), Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808), Cornelia Funke (1958), and Ludwig Rellstab (1799).