1892 - 1985
Helmuth Plessner (4 September 1892, Wiesbaden – 12 June 1985, Göttingen) was a German philosopher and sociologist, and a primary advocate of "philosophical anthropology". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmuth Plessner has received more than 69,917 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Helmuth Plessner is the 657th most popular philosopher (down from 650th in 2019), the 1,977th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,928th in 2019) and the 89th most popular German Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Helmuth Plessner ranks 657 out of 1,081. Before him are Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Gaius Marius Victorinus, Theodor Lipps, Aristo of Chios, Thomas Hill Green, and Louis Couturat. After him are Cheng Yi, Robert Filmer, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Bharadwaja, Olympiodorus the Younger, and Svetozar Marković.
1694 - 1768
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 651
310 - 364
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 652
1851 - 1914
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 653
300 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 654
1836 - 1882
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 655
1868 - 1914
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 656
1892 - 1985
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 657
1033 - 1107
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 658
1588 - 1653
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 659
1928 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 660
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 661
495 - 570
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 662
1846 - 1875
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 663
Among people born in 1892, Helmuth Plessner ranks 97. Before him are Charles Vanel, Konstantin Paustovsky, Alice Ball, Harry Dexter White, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, and Ludwig Crüwell. After him are Dietrich von Saucken, Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, Vita Sackville-West, Radola Gajda, Josyf Slipyj, and Robert H. Jackson. Among people deceased in 1985, Helmuth Plessner ranks 63. Before him are Birabongse Bhanudej, Ricky Nelson, Karl-Adolf Hollidt, Axel Springer, Abe Lenstra, and David Purley. After him are Nicolas Frantz, Philly Joe Jones, Eugene Ormandy, Fred Uhlman, Matti Järvinen, and Denis de Rougemont.
1892 - 1989
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 91
1892 - 1968
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 92
1892 - 1916
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 93
1892 - 1948
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 94
1892 - 1981
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 95
1892 - 1958
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 96
1892 - 1985
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 97
1892 - 1980
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 98
1892 - 1964
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 99
1892 - 1962
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 100
1892 - 1948
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 101
1892 - 1984
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 102
1892 - 1954
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 103
1914 - 1985
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 57
1940 - 1985
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 58
1891 - 1985
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 59
1912 - 1985
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 60
1920 - 1985
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 61
1945 - 1985
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 62
1892 - 1985
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 63
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 64
1923 - 1985
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 65
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 66
1901 - 1985
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 67
1909 - 1985
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 68
1906 - 1985
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 69
Among people born in Germany, Helmuth Plessner ranks 1,977 out of 6,142. Before him are Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1424), Gottfried Silbermann (1683), Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803), Wilhelm Adam (1877), Veit Harlan (1899), and Wilhelm Schmidt (1868). After him are Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (1948), Princess Isabella of Bavaria (1863), Joanna Sophia of Bavaria (1373), Anna Maria of the Palatinate (1561), Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (1757), and Franz Aepinus (1724).
1424 - 1449
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 1,971
1683 - 1753
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 1,972
1803 - 1877
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 1,973
1877 - 1949
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 1,974
1899 - 1964
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 1,975
1868 - 1954
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 1,976
1892 - 1985
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 1,977
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 1,978
1863 - 1924
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 1,979
1373 - 1410
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 1,980
1561 - 1589
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,981
1757 - 1831
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,982
1724 - 1802
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,983
Among philosophers born in Germany, Helmuth Plessner ranks 89. Before him are Ernst Nolte (1923), Andreas Karlstadt (1486), Franz Xaver von Baader (1765), Friedrich Albert Lange (1828), Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694), and Theodor Lipps (1851). After him are Alfred Schmidt (1931), Rudolph Goclenius (1547), Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588), Ludwig Klages (1872), Albert of Saxony (1316), and Arnold Ruge (1802).
1923 - 2016
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 83
1486 - 1541
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 84
1765 - 1841
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 85
1828 - 1875
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 86
1694 - 1768
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 87
1851 - 1914
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 88
1892 - 1985
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 89
1931 - 2012
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 90
1547 - 1628
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 91
1588 - 1638
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 92
1872 - 1956
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 93
1316 - 1390
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 94
1802 - 1880
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 95