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Hans Urs von Balthasar

Swiss Catholic theologian

1905 - 1988

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Hans Urs von Balthasar

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Urs von Balthasar is the 1,335th most popular writer (down from 1,261st in 2024), the 140th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 124th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Swiss Writer.

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Hans Urs von Balthasar is the most memorable of the 18 notable people born in Lucerne, Switzerland, ahead of Peter Bichsel, Johann Baptist Cysat, and Hans Erni.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Hans Urs von Balthasar ranks 1,335 out of 7,707. Before him are Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Widukind of Corvey, Walter M. Miller Jr., Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, Dag Solstad, and Else Lasker-Schüler. After him are Barbara Cartland, Arnold van Gennep, Bharata Muni, Diana Gabaldon, Nora Roberts, and Joseph Mohr.

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Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
1838 - 1894
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 1,329
Widukind of Corvey
925 - 980
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 1,330
Walter M. Miller Jr.
1923 - 1996
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 1,331
Friedrich Maximilian Klinger
1752 - 1831
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 1,332
Dag Solstad
1941 - 2025
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 1,333
Else Lasker-Schüler
1869 - 1945
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 1,334
Hans Urs von Balthasar
1905 - 1988
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 1,335
Barbara Cartland
1901 - 2000
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 1,336
Arnold van Gennep
1873 - 1957
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 1,337
Bharata Muni
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 1,338
Diana Gabaldon
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 1,339
Nora Roberts
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 1,340
Joseph Mohr
1792 - 1848
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 1,341

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Hans Urs von Balthasar ranks 67. Before him are Prince John of the United Kingdom, Franz König, Dolores del Río, Erika Mann, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, and Otto Preminger. After him are Sebastian Shaw, Barnett Newman, André Jolivet, Nikolai Tikhonov, Gareth Jones, and Jigme Wangchuck. Among people deceased in 1988, Hans Urs von Balthasar ranks 45. Before him are Gert Fröbe, Heo Jeong, Willem Drees, Hermann Graf, Branko Zebec, and Yevgeny Mravinsky. After him are Giuseppe Saragat, Chico Mendes, Ana Aslan, Karl August Wittfogel, Dino Grandi, and Paul Grice.

Others Born in 1905

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Prince John of the United Kingdom
NOBLEMAN
1905 - 1919
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 61
Franz König
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1905 - 2004
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 62
Dolores del Río
ACTOR
1905 - 1983
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 63
Erika Mann
ACTOR
1905 - 1969
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 64
Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1981
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 65
Otto Preminger
FILM DIRECTOR
1905 - 1986
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 66
Hans Urs von Balthasar
WRITER
1905 - 1988
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 67
Sebastian Shaw
ACTOR
1905 - 1994
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 68
Barnett Newman
ARTIST
1905 - 1970
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 69
André Jolivet
COMPOSER
1905 - 1974
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 70
Nikolai Tikhonov
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1997
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 71
Gareth Jones
JOURNALIST
1905 - 1935
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 72
Jigme Wangchuck
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1952
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 73