1622 - 1676
Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621/22 – 17 August 1676) was a German author. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen has received more than 147,482 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen is the 969th most popular writer (down from 904th in 2019), the 944th most popular biography from Germany (down from 833rd in 2019) and the 62nd most popular German Writer.
Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen is most famous for his novel Simplicius Simplicissimus, which is a satire of the Thirty Years War.
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Among writers, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 969 out of 5,755. Before him are Jean-Claude Carrière, Edogawa Ranpo, Gnaeus Naevius, Stephen Crane, James Brendan Connolly, and Donna Leon. After him are Vittoria Colonna, Paulinus of Nola, Henry Fielding, Danilo Kiš, Daniel Keyes, and Zeami Motokiyo.
1931 - 2021
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 963
1894 - 1965
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 964
275 BC - 201 BC
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 965
1871 - 1900
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 966
1868 - 1957
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 967
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 968
1622 - 1676
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 969
1490 - 1547
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 970
354 - 431
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 971
1707 - 1754
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 972
1935 - 1989
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 973
1927 - 2014
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 974
1363 - 1443
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 975
Among people born in 1622, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 5. Before him are Molière, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Carel Fabritius, and Vincenzo Viviani. After him are Vittoria della Rovere, Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Bernhardus Varenius, Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Karel Dujardin, Juan de Valdés Leal, and Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. Among people deceased in 1676, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 8. Before him are Alexis of Russia, Sabbatai Zevi, Michiel de Ruyter, Francesco Cavalli, Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, and Madame de Brinvilliers. After him are Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, Paul Gerhardt, and Abraham Bosse.
1622 - 1673
HPI: 83.95
Rank: 1
1622 - 1660
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 2
1622 - 1654
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 3
1622 - 1703
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 4
1622 - 1676
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 5
1622 - 1694
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 6
1622 - 1686
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 7
1622 - 1650
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 8
1622 - 1683
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 9
1622 - 1678
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 10
1622 - 1690
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 11
1622 - 1708
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 12
1629 - 1676
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 2
1626 - 1676
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 3
1607 - 1676
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 4
1602 - 1676
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 5
1635 - 1676
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 6
1630 - 1676
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 7
1622 - 1676
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 8
1653 - 1676
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 9
1636 - 1676
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 10
1613 - 1676
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 11
1617 - 1676
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 12
1607 - 1676
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 13
1604 - 1676
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 14
Among people born in Germany, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 944 out of 6,142. Before him are Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835), Josef Terboven (1898), William V, Duke of Bavaria (1548), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), and Kurt Zeitzler (1895). After him are Hans Scholl (1918), Karl Rahner (1904), Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), Emil Maurice (1897), Klaus Hasselmann (1931), and Johannes Althusius (1563).
1835 - 1905
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 938
1898 - 1945
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 939
1548 - 1626
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 940
1601 - 1675
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 941
1862 - 1929
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 942
1895 - 1963
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 943
1622 - 1676
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 944
1918 - 1943
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 945
1904 - 1984
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 946
920 - 955
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 947
1897 - 1972
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 948
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 949
1563 - 1638
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 950
Among writers born in Germany, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 62. Before him are Marie d'Agoult (1805), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), Tannhäuser (1205), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), and Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887). After him are Bernhard Schlink (1944), Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Ernst Barlach (1870), Alfred Brehm (1829), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), and Joost van den Vondel (1587).
1805 - 1876
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 56
1733 - 1813
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 57
975 - 1018
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 58
1205 - 1270
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 59
1751 - 1812
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 60
1887 - 1975
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 61
1622 - 1676
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 62
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 63
1586 - 1654
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 64
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 65
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 66
1929 - 2022
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 67
1587 - 1679
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 68