1926 - 2006
Joachim Clemens Fest (8 December 1926 – 11 September 2006) was a German historian, journalist, critic and editor who was best known for his writings and public commentary on Nazi Germany, including a biography of Adolf Hitler and books about Albert Speer and German resistance to Nazism. He was a leading figure in the debate among German historians about the Nazi era. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joachim Fest has received more than 198,779 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Joachim Fest is the 1,319th most popular writer (down from 1,255th in 2019), the 1,360th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,227th in 2019) and the 85th most popular German Writer.
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Among writers, Joachim Fest ranks 1,319 out of 5,755. Before him are Kurt Tucholsky, Monique Wittig, Alexander Grin, Viktor Suvorov, Henry Steel Olcott, and Cratinus. After him are Daniil Kharms, Ibn al-Nadim, Magda Szabó, Stéphane Hessel, Kjell Askildsen, and Robert Sheckley.
1890 - 1935
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 1,313
1935 - 2003
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 1,314
1880 - 1932
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 1,315
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 1,316
1832 - 1907
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,317
500 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 1,318
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,319
1905 - 1942
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,320
1000 - 995
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,321
1917 - 2007
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,322
1917 - 2013
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,323
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,324
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,325
Among people born in 1926, Joachim Fest ranks 91. Before him are Abdul Rahim Hatif, David H. Hubel, Youssef Chahine, Verner Panton, Karl Richter, and Robert Fogel. After him are Ta Mok, György Kurtág, Maria Teresa de Filippis, Yoshio Okada, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Francisco Rabal. Among people deceased in 2006, Joachim Fest ranks 60. Before him are Glenn Ford, Richard Kuklinski, Betty Friedan, Richard Fleischer, James Van Allen, and Karel Appel. After him are Ta Mok, Lillian Asplund, John Money, William Styron, Floyd Patterson, and Murray Bookchin.
1926 - 2013
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 85
1926 - 2013
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 86
1926 - 2008
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 87
1926 - 1998
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 88
1926 - 1981
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 89
1926 - 2013
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 90
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 91
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 92
1926 - Present
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 93
1926 - 2016
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 94
1926 - 2002
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 95
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 96
1926 - 2001
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 97
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 54
1935 - 2006
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 55
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 56
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 57
1914 - 2006
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 58
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 59
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 60
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 61
1906 - 2006
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 62
1921 - 2006
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 63
1925 - 2006
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 64
1935 - 2006
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 65
1921 - 2006
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 66
Among people born in Germany, Joachim Fest ranks 1,360 out of 6,142. Before him are Carl Loewe (1796), Wolf Vostell (1932), Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806), Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700), Bruno the Great (925), and Adolph Wagner (1835). After him are Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (1240), Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), Melitta Bentz (1873), Stéphane Hessel (1917), Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887), and Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823).
1796 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,354
1932 - 1998
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,355
1806 - 1877
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,356
1700 - 1770
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 1,357
925 - 965
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 1,358
1835 - 1917
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 1,359
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,360
1240 - 1314
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,361
1888 - 1976
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,362
1873 - 1950
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,363
1917 - 2013
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,364
1887 - 1947
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,365
1823 - 1914
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 1,366
Among writers born in Germany, Joachim Fest ranks 85. Before him are W. G. Sebald (1944), August von Kotzebue (1761), Georg Kaiser (1878), Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752), Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813), and Kurt Tucholsky (1890). After him are Stéphane Hessel (1917), Siegfried Kracauer (1889), Hartmann von Aue (1160), Jakob Wassermann (1873), Widukind of Corvey (925), and Wilhelm Müller (1794).
1944 - 2001
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 79
1761 - 1819
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 80
1878 - 1945
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 81
1752 - 1831
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 82
1813 - 1863
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 83
1890 - 1935
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 84
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 85
1917 - 2013
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 86
1889 - 1966
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 87
1160 - 1210
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 88
1873 - 1934
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 89
925 - 980
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 90
1794 - 1827
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 91