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Jan Assmann

1938 - 2024

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Johann Christoph "Jan" Assmann (7 July 1938 – 19 February 2024) was a German Egyptologist, cultural historian, and religion scholar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Assmann has received more than 228,527 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jan Assmann is the 137th most popular historian (up from 159th in 2019), the 1,989th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,317th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Historian.

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  • 230k

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  • 62.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Jan Assmann ranks 137 out of 561. Before him are Emmanuel Todd, François Furet, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Michael Attaleiates, and Hieronymus Wolf. After him are Evagrius Scholasticus, John Kinnamos, Doukas, Philostorgius, Augustin Thierry, and Mirkhvand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Jan Assmann ranks 137. Before him are Anne Perry, Vasyl Stus, Shotaro Ishinomori, Karel Svoboda, Patrick Bauchau, and Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. After him are Nayef Hawatmeh, Paul Andreu, Jesús María Pereda, Wu Yi, Bernadette Lafont, and Philippe Nahon. Among people deceased in 2024, Jan Assmann ranks 117. Before him are Sérgio Mendes, Cissy Houston, Aleksandr Medved, Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Gustavo Gutiérrez, and Shannen Doherty. After him are Philippe de Gaulle, Veljko Bulajić, Renato Martino, Ratan Tata, Bernd Hölzenbein, and Leif Segerstam.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jan Assmann ranks 1,989 out of 7,253. Before him are Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (1602), Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (1305), Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), Ludolf von Alvensleben (1901), Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1916), and Christian II, Elector of Saxony (1583). After him are Edmund Veesenmayer (1904), Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1332), Max Koegel (1895), Govert Flinck (1615), Albert Bormann (1902), and John II, Duke of Bavaria (1341).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Jan Assmann ranks 18. Before him are Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), Reinhart Koselleck (1923), Golo Mann (1909), August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), Heinrich von Treitschke (1834), and Hieronymus Wolf (1516). After him are Helmold (1120), Hermann Abert (1871), Karl Krumbacher (1856), Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim (1701), Gustav Hugo (1764), and Karl Lamprecht (1856).

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