1484 - 1545
Hans Baldung (1484 or 1485 – September 1545), called Hans Baldung Grien, (being an early nickname, because of his predilection for the colour green), was an artist in painting and printmaking, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist, who was considered the most gifted student of Albrecht Dürer, whose art belongs to both German Renaissance and Mannerism. Throughout his lifetime, he developed a distinctive style, full of colour, expression and imagination. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Baldung has received more than 145,370 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Hans Baldung is the 202nd most popular painter (up from 209th in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from Germany (down from 14th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Painter.
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Among painters, Hans Baldung ranks 202 out of 1,428. Before him are Pisanello, Jacopo Bellini, Luca Giordano, Jeanne Hébuterne, Suzanne Valadon, and Margaret Keane. After him are František Kupka, Nicholas Roerich, Ivan Shishkin, Aristide Maillol, Pietro da Cortona, and Andrea Pozzo.
1395 - 1455
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 196
1396 - 1470
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 197
1634 - 1705
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 198
1898 - 1920
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 199
1865 - 1938
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 200
1927 - Present
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 201
1484 - 1545
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 202
1871 - 1957
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 203
1874 - 1947
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 204
1832 - 1898
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 205
1861 - 1944
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 206
1596 - 1669
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 207
1642 - 1709
HPI: 73.23
Rank: 208
Among people born in 1484, Hans Baldung ranks 3. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli and Bartolomé de las Casas. After him are Anne of Foix-Candale, Sebastian Cabot, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Matteo Bandello, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Michele Sanmicheli, and George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Among people deceased in 1545, Hans Baldung ranks 2. Before him is Hans Holbein the Younger. After him are Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, Injong of Joseon, Sher Shah Suri, Elizabeth of Austria, Albert of Brandenburg, Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Peter Faber, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, and Nikola Jurišić.
1484 - 1531
HPI: 82.96
Rank: 1
1484 - 1566
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 2
1484 - 1545
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 3
1484 - 1506
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 4
1484 - 1557
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 5
1484 - 1558
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 6
1484 - 1546
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 7
1484 - 1561
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 8
1484 - 1535
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 9
1484 - 1545
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 10
1484 - 1559
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 11
1484 - 1543
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 12
1497 - 1545
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 1
1484 - 1545
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 2
1527 - 1545
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 3
1515 - 1545
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 4
1486 - 1545
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 5
1526 - 1545
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 6
1490 - 1545
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 7
1517 - 1545
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 8
1484 - 1545
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 9
1506 - 1545
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 10
1522 - 1545
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 11
1490 - 1545
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Hans Baldung ranks 506 out of 5,289. Before him are Jochen Rindt (1942), Caroline of Baden (1776), Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), Erhard Milch (1892), Rabanus Maurus (780), and Friedrich Mohs (1773). After him are Friedrich Olbricht (1888), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687), Moritz Schlick (1882), and Bruno Bauer (1809).
1942 - 1970
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 500
1776 - 1841
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 501
1655 - 1720
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 502
1892 - 1972
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 503
780 - 856
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 504
1773 - 1839
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 505
1484 - 1545
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 506
1888 - 1944
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 507
1881 - 1954
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 508
1908 - 1972
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 509
1687 - 1757
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 510
1882 - 1936
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 511
1809 - 1882
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 512
Among painters born in Germany, Hans Baldung ranks 16. Before him are Gerhard Richter (1932), Emil Nolde (1867), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Otto Dix (1891), Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515), and George Grosz (1893). After him are August Macke (1887), Max Liebermann (1847), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Max Beckmann (1884), Lucian Freud (1922), and Hans von Aachen (1552).
1932 - Present
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 10
1867 - 1956
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 11
1480 - 1538
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 12
1891 - 1969
HPI: 76.41
Rank: 13
1515 - 1586
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 14
1893 - 1959
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 15
1484 - 1545
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 16
1887 - 1914
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 17
1847 - 1935
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 18
1805 - 1873
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 19
1884 - 1950
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 20
1922 - 2011
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 21
1552 - 1615
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 22