1120 - 1177
Helmold of Bosau (c. 1120 – after 1177) was a Saxon historian of the 12th century and a priest at Bosau near Plön. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmold has received more than 46,758 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Helmold is the 135th most popular historian (down from 120th in 2019), the 2,103rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,860th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Historian.
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Among historians, Helmold ranks 135 out of 339. Before him are Guibert of Nogent, Augustin Thierry, Max Dvořák, E. P. Thompson, August Ludwig von Schlözer, and Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange. After him are Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Heinrich von Treitschke, Ian Kershaw, Ernst Kantorowicz, Charles Diehl, and Howard Zinn.
1055 - 1124
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 129
1795 - 1856
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 130
1874 - 1921
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 131
1924 - 1993
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 132
1735 - 1809
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 133
1610 - 1688
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 134
1120 - 1177
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 135
1641 - 1693
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 136
1834 - 1896
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 137
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 138
1895 - 1963
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 139
1859 - 1944
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 140
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 141
Among people born in 1120, Helmold ranks 6. Before him are Louis VII of France, Eric IX of Sweden, Otto I, Duke of Bavaria, Bolesław IV the Curly, and Philip of Milly. After him are Eysteinn Erlendsson and Christina of Denmark, Queen of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1177, Helmold ranks 3. Before him are Henry II, Duke of Austria and William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon.
1120 - 1180
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 1
1120 - 1160
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 2
1120 - 1183
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 3
1120 - 1173
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 4
1120 - 1171
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 5
1120 - 1177
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 6
1120 - 1188
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 7
1120 - 1170
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 8
1107 - 1177
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 1
1140 - 1177
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 2
1120 - 1177
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 3
Among people born in Germany, Helmold ranks 2,103 out of 6,142. Before him are Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck (1620), Robert Prosinečki (1969), Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut (1772), Georg Ebers (1837), Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow (1755), and Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1612). After him are Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1683), Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg (1711), Christian II, Elector of Saxony (1583), Marianne Brandt (1893), John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658), and Helmut Lachenmann (1935).
1620 - 1692
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2,097
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 2,098
1772 - 1840
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 2,099
1837 - 1898
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 2,100
1755 - 1816
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 2,101
1612 - 1687
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 2,102
1120 - 1177
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 2,103
1683 - 1756
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 2,104
1711 - 1785
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 2,105
1583 - 1611
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 2,106
1893 - 1983
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 2,107
1658 - 1729
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 2,108
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 2,109
Among historians born in Germany, Helmold ranks 17. Before him are Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), Hermann Alexander Diels (1848), Reinhart Koselleck (1923), Christoph Cellarius (1638), Golo Mann (1909), and August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735). After him are Heinrich von Treitschke (1834), Jan Assmann (1938), Karl Lamprecht (1856), Arno Peters (1916), Hermann Abert (1871), and Gerardus Vossius (1577).
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
1871 - 1927
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 22
1577 - 1649
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 23