1862 - 1932
Hermann Gunkel (23 May 1862 – 11 March 1932), a German Old Testament scholar, founded form criticism. He also became a leading representative of the history of religions school. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Gunkel has received more than 104,824 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Gunkel is the 1,087th most popular philosopher (down from 1,007th in 2019), the 4,150th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,686th in 2019) and the 129th most popular German Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Hermann Gunkel ranks 1,087 out of 1,081. Before him are Ion Dragoumis, Hendrik Adamson, J. L. Mackie, Eduardo Lourenço, Thomas Sebeok, and Uku Masing. After him are Josiah Royce, Luciano Floridi, Dariush Shayegan, David Ray Griffin, Lucien Sève, and Max Bense.
1878 - 1920
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 1,081
1891 - 1946
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 1,082
1917 - 1981
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 1,083
1923 - 2020
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 1,084
1920 - 2001
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 1,085
1909 - 1985
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 1,086
1862 - 1932
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 1,087
1855 - 1916
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 1,088
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 1,089
1935 - 2018
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 1,090
1939 - 2022
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 1,091
1926 - 2020
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 1,092
1910 - 1990
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 1,093
Among people born in 1862, Hermann Gunkel ranks 118. Before him are Arthur De Greef, Émile Coste, Meliton Balanchivadze, Henry Slocum, Florence Bascom, and Boris Borisovich Golitsyn. After him are M. R. James, Hulda Garborg, Jules Renkin, Anastasios Metaxas, Adolf Bartels, and Wilhelm Weinberg. Among people deceased in 1932, Hermann Gunkel ranks 105. Before him are Giuseppe Vitali, John Walter Gregory, László Lukács, Kliment Boyadzhiev, Albert Londres, and Marcel Boulenger. After him are Ioannis Chrysafis, Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Emil Paur, Donduk Kuular, Carl Johnson, and René Bazin.
1862 - 1940
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 112
1862 - 1927
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 113
1862 - 1937
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 114
1862 - 1949
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 115
1862 - 1945
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 116
1862 - 1916
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 117
1862 - 1932
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 118
1862 - 1936
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 119
1862 - 1934
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 120
1862 - 1934
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 121
1862 - 1937
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 122
1862 - 1945
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 123
1862 - 1937
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 124
1875 - 1932
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 99
1864 - 1932
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 100
1850 - 1932
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 101
1861 - 1932
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 102
1884 - 1932
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 103
1873 - 1932
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 104
1862 - 1932
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 105
1873 - 1932
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 106
1864 - 1932
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 107
1855 - 1932
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 108
1888 - 1932
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 109
1898 - 1932
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 110
1853 - 1932
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 111
Among people born in Germany, Hermann Gunkel ranks 4,150 out of 6,142. Before him are Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt (1854), Albrecht Berblinger (1770), Albert Brülls (1937), Heiko Maas (1966), Melchior Vulpius (1570), and Ellen von Unwerth (1954). After him are Fritz von Unruh (1885), Peter Schreyer (1953), Nicole (1964), Manfred Eicher (1943), Hermann Paul Müller (1909), and Franz Sigel (1824).
1854 - 1925
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 4,144
1770 - 1829
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 4,145
1937 - 2004
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 4,146
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 4,147
1570 - 1615
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 4,148
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 4,149
1862 - 1932
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 4,150
1885 - 1970
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 4,151
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 4,152
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 4,153
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 4,154
1909 - 1975
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 4,155
1824 - 1902
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 4,156
Among philosophers born in Germany, Hermann Gunkel ranks 129. Before him are Rüdiger Safranski (1945), Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (1869), Gottlob Ernst Schulze (1761), Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796), Paul Deussen (1845), and Martin Chemnitz (1522). After him are Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde (1930), F. C. S. Schiller (1864), Volker Zotz (1956), Walter Kaufmann (1921), and Richard David Precht (1964).
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 123
1869 - 1966
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 124
1761 - 1833
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 125
1796 - 1879
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 126
1845 - 1919
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 127
1522 - Present
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 128
1862 - 1932
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 129
1930 - 2019
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 130
1864 - 1937
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 131
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 132
1921 - 1980
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 133
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 134