1938 - 2024
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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Among historians, Jan Assmann ranks 159 out of 339. Before 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.
1894 - 1969
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 153
1852 - 1883
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 154
208 BC - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 155
1903 - 2000
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 156
1908 - 1985
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 157
1563 - 1611
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 158
1938 - 2024
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 159
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 160
1910 - 2012
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 161
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 162
1856 - 1915
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 163
1885 - 1952
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 164
737 - 819
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 165
Among people born in 1938, Jan Assmann ranks 167. Before 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 24. Before 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.
1938 - 1985
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 161
1938 - 2023
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 162
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 163
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 164
1938 - 2015
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 165
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 166
1938 - 2024
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 167
1938 - 2018
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 168
1938 - 2021
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 169
1938 - 2011
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 170
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 171
1938 - 2008
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 172
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 173
1926 - 2024
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 18
1940 - 2024
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 19
1931 - 2024
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 20
1925 - 2024
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 21
1935 - 2024
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 22
1928 - 2024
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 23
1938 - 2024
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 24
1922 - 2024
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 25
1933 - 2024
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 26
1944 - 2024
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 27
1961 - 2024
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 28
1923 - 2024
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 29
1962 - 2024
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 30
Among people born in Germany, Jan Assmann ranks 2,319 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1883 - 1941
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 2,313
1316 - 1390
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 2,314
1927 - 2017
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 2,315
1891 - 1966
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 2,316
1030 - 1113
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 2,317
1802 - 1879
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 2,318
1938 - 2024
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 2,319
1819 - 1904
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 2,320
1802 - 1880
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,321
1780 - 1857
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,322
1989 - Present
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,323
1706 - 1756
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,324
1902 - 1972
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,325
Among historians born in Germany, Jan Assmann ranks 19. Before 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).
1923 - 2006
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 13
1638 - 1707
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 14
1909 - 1994
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 15
1735 - 1809
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 16
1120 - 1177
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 17
1834 - 1896
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 18
1938 - 2024
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 19
1856 - 1915
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 20
1916 - 2002
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 21
1871 - 1927
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 22
1577 - 1649
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 23
1810 - 1874
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 24
1908 - 1999
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 25