HISTORIAN
Jacob Burckhardt
1818 - 1897
Jacob Burckhardt
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (25 May 1818 – 8 August 1897) was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields. His best known work is The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Burckhardt has received more than 493,903 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Jacob Burckhardt is the 32nd most popular historian (down from 25th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 26th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Historian.
Jacob Burckhardt is most famous for his work, The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy.
Memorability Metrics
490k
Page Views (PV)
68.55
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
44
Languages Editions (L)
10.76
Effective Languages (L*)
2.40
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Among HISTORIANS
Among historians, Jacob Burckhardt ranks 32 out of 561. Before him are Johan Huizinga, Saxo Grammaticus, Marc Bloch, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Hippolyte Taine, and Bede. After him are Edward Gibbon, Ibn Ishaq, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Eric Hobsbawm, Jacques Le Goff, and Adam of Bremen.
Most Popular Historians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsJohan Huizinga
1872 - 1945
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 26
Saxo Grammaticus
1150 - 1220
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 27
Marc Bloch
1886 - 1944
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 28
Friedrich Carl von Savigny
1779 - 1861
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 29
Hippolyte Taine
1828 - 1893
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 30
Bede
672 - 735
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 31
Jacob Burckhardt
1818 - 1897
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 32
Edward Gibbon
1737 - 1794
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 33
Ibn Ishaq
704 - 767
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 34
Quintus Curtius Rufus
41 - 53
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 35
Eric Hobsbawm
1917 - 2012
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 36
Jacques Le Goff
1924 - 2014
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 37
Adam of Bremen
1100 - 1080
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 38
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1818, Jacob Burckhardt ranks 9. Before him are Emily Brontë, Alexander II of Russia, Ignaz Semmelweis, Ivan Turgenev, Christian IX of Denmark, and Charles Gounod. After him are Lewis H. Morgan, Marius Petipa, Rudolf von Jhering, Adolf Anderssen, Sophie of Württemberg, and Charles III, Prince of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1897, Jacob Burckhardt ranks 5. Before him are Johannes Brahms, Thérèse of Lisieux, Alphonse Daudet, and Karl Weierstrass. After him are Edward Drinker Cope, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Savitribai Phule, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Albert Marth, James Joseph Sylvester, and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge.
Others Born in 1818
Go to all RankingsEmily Brontë
WRITER
1818 - 1848
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 3
Alexander II of Russia
POLITICIAN
1818 - 1881
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 4
Ignaz Semmelweis
PHYSICIAN
1818 - 1865
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 5
Ivan Turgenev
WRITER
1818 - 1883
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 6
Christian IX of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1818 - 1906
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 7
Charles Gounod
COMPOSER
1818 - 1893
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 8
Jacob Burckhardt
HISTORIAN
1818 - 1897
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 9
Lewis H. Morgan
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1818 - 1881
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 10
Marius Petipa
DANCER
1818 - 1910
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 11
Rudolf von Jhering
LAWYER
1818 - 1892
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 12
Adolf Anderssen
CHESS PLAYER
1818 - 1879
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 13
Sophie of Württemberg
COMPANION
1818 - 1877
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 14
Charles III, Prince of Monaco
POLITICIAN
1818 - 1889
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 15
Others Deceased in 1897
Go to all RankingsJohannes Brahms
COMPOSER
1833 - 1897
HPI: 81.99
Rank: 1
Thérèse of Lisieux
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1873 - 1897
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 2
Alphonse Daudet
WRITER
1840 - 1897
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 3
Karl Weierstrass
MATHEMATICIAN
1815 - 1897
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 4
Jacob Burckhardt
HISTORIAN
1818 - 1897
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 5
Edward Drinker Cope
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1840 - 1897
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 6
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1837 - 1897
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 7
Savitribai Phule
WRITER
1831 - 1897
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 8
Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1847 - 1897
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 9
Albert Marth
ASTRONOMER
1828 - 1897
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 10
James Joseph Sylvester
MATHEMATICIAN
1814 - 1897
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 11
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
NOBLEMAN
1833 - 1897
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 12
In Switzerland
Among people born in Switzerland, Jacob Burckhardt ranks 28 out of 1,015. Before him are Carl Spitteler (1845), Élie Ducommun (1833), Bruno Ganz (1941), Arnold Böcklin (1827), Conrad Gessner (1516), and Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921). After him are Erich von Däniken (1935), Jacques Necker (1732), Joan Gamper (1877), Heinrich Rohrer (1933), Carlo Maderno (1556), and Hermann Rorschach (1884).
Others born in Switzerland
Go to all RankingsCarl Spitteler
WRITER
1845 - 1924
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 22
Élie Ducommun
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1833 - 1906
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 23
Bruno Ganz
ACTOR
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 24
Arnold Böcklin
PAINTER
1827 - 1901
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 25
Conrad Gessner
BIOLOGIST
1516 - 1565
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 26
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
WRITER
1921 - 1990
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 27
Jacob Burckhardt
HISTORIAN
1818 - 1897
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 28
Erich von Däniken
WRITER
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 29
Jacques Necker
POLITICIAN
1732 - 1804
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 30
Joan Gamper
BUSINESSPERSON
1877 - 1930
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 31
Heinrich Rohrer
PHYSICIST
1933 - 2013
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 32
Carlo Maderno
ARCHITECT
1556 - 1629
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 33
Hermann Rorschach
PSYCHOLOGIST
1884 - 1922
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 34
Among HISTORIANS In Switzerland
Among historians born in Switzerland, Jacob Burckhardt ranks 1. After him are Heinrich Wölfflin (1864), Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815), and Florian Cajori (1859).
Jacob Burckhardt
1818 - 1897
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 1
Heinrich Wölfflin
1864 - 1945
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2
Johann Jakob Bachofen
1815 - 1887
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 3
Florian Cajori
1859 - 1930
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 4