MOUNTAINEER

Hermann Buhl

1924 - 1957

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Hermann Buhl (21 September 1924 – 27 June 1957) was an Austrian mountaineer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Buhl has received more than 305,714 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Hermann Buhl is the 10th most popular mountaineer (down from 9th in 2019), the 293rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 278th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Mountaineer.

Hermann Buhl is most famous for being the first person to climb Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain in the world.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Hermann Buhl ranks 10 out of 56. Before him are Heinrich Harrer, George Mallory, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Junko Tabei, Jerzy Kukuczka, and Edward Whymper. After him are Jacques Balmat, Walter Bonatti, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Achille Compagnoni, Wanda Rutkiewicz, and Maurice Herzog.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Hermann Buhl ranks 64. Before him are Dorothy Malone, Guy Williams, Bulat Okudzhava, John Backus, Ahmadou Ahidjo, and Ephraim Kishon. After him are Madame Nhu, Georges Prêtre, Roberts Blossom, Tomiichi Murayama, Antoni Ramallets, and Rosamunde Pilcher. Among people deceased in 1957, Hermann Buhl ranks 49. Before him are Eliot Ness, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, Leo Perutz, Carl Clauberg, Aga Khan III, and Sacha Guitry. After him are Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria, Johnny Torrio, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Henry Norris Russell, James Brendan Connolly, and Rudolf Diels.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Hermann Buhl ranks 293 out of 1,424. Before him are Kunigunde of Austria (1465), Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1534), Felix Baumgartner (1969), Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432), Georg von Peuerbach (1423), and Katharina Schratt (1853). After him are Bertha Pappenheim (1859), Joseph Lanner (1801), Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614), Clemence of Austria (1262), Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759), and Friedrich von Wieser (1851).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Austria

Among mountaineers born in Austria, Hermann Buhl ranks 2. Before him are Heinrich Harrer (1912). After him are Kurt Diemberger (1932), Peter Habeler (1942), Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (1970), and David Lama (1990).

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