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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 203,450 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jan Assmann is the 159th most popular historian (up from 7,722nd in 2019), the 2,319th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,222nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Historian.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.18

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Jan Assmann ranks 159 out of 339Before him are Max Weinreich, Arnold Toynbee, Agatharchides, Steven Runciman, Afet İnan, and Jan Huyghen van Linschoten. After him are Antony Beevor, Benzion Netanyahu, Linda Nochlin, Karl Lamprecht, René Grousset, and Hisham ibn al-Kalbi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Jan Assmann ranks 167Before him are Vasyl Stus, Ahmed Qurei, Klaus Voormann, William B. Davis, Arsen Dedić, and Ronny Cox. After him are Paul Andreu, Andrey Myagkov, Dennis Oppenheim, Myechyslaw Hryb, Ove Andersson, and Mohammed Gammoudi. Among people deceased in 2024, Jan Assmann ranks 24Before him are Norman Jewison, Ira von Fürstenberg, Dries van Agt, Zvi Zamir, Carl Andre, and Robert Badinter. After him are Micheline Presle, Sandra Milo, Helena Rojo, Toby Keith, Glynis Johns, and James Kottak.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jan Assmann ranks 2,319 out of 6,142Before him are Eugen Ritter von Schobert (1883), Albert of Saxony (1316), Hans Schäfer (1927), Hermann Scherchen (1891), Gertrude of Saxony (1030), and Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802). After him are Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819), Arnold Ruge (1802), Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780), Marco Reus (1989), Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706), and Ernst von Salomon (1902).

Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Jan Assmann ranks 19Before him are Reinhart Koselleck (1923), Christoph Cellarius (1638), Golo Mann (1909), August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), Helmold (1120), and Heinrich von Treitschke (1834). After him are Karl Lamprecht (1856), Arno Peters (1916), Hermann Abert (1871), Gerardus Vossius (1577), Abraham Geiger (1810), and Fritz Fischer (1908).