New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

POLITICIAN

Johann Friedrich Struensee

1737 - 1772

Photo of Johann Friedrich Struensee

Icon of person Johann Friedrich Struensee

Lensgreve Johann Friedrich Struensee (5 August 1737 – 28 April 1772) was a German-Danish physician, philosopher and statesman. He became royal physician to the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark and a minister in the Danish government. He rose in power to a position of de facto regent of the country, and he tried to carry out widespread reforms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Friedrich Struensee has received more than 834,362 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Johann Friedrich Struensee is the 1,290th most popular politician (down from 812th in 2019), the 358th most popular biography from Germany (down from 227th in 2019) and the 101st most popular German Politician.

Johann Friedrich Struensee was a German doctor who became the royal physician and advisor to King Christian VII of Denmark. He is most famous for his role in the coup d'état of 1772, which resulted in his being appointed as the de facto regent of Denmark and Norway.

Memorability Metrics

  • 830k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Johann Friedrich Struensees by language


Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Johann Friedrich Struensee ranks 1,290 out of 15,577Before him are Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Amalric of Jerusalem, Michel Temer, Marwan II, Frederick II of Denmark, and Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia. After him are Gyula Andrássy, Sunjong of Korea, Amenemhat III, Reuven Rivlin, Briseis, and Maria Anna of Savoy.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, Johann Friedrich Struensee ranks 2Before him is Luigi Galvani. After him are Edward Gibbon, Thomas Paine, Michael Haydn, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Josef Mysliveček, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, and Louise of France. Among people deceased in 1772, Johann Friedrich Struensee ranks 2Before him is Emanuel Swedenborg. After him are Ahmad Shah Durrani, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Louis-Claude Daquin, Ernst Johann von Biron, Gerard van Swieten, Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Gottfried Achenwall, Princess Mary of Great Britain, and Jean-Joseph de Mondonville.

Others Born in 1737

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1772

Go to all Rankings

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Struensee ranks 358 out of 6,142Before him are Henry the Lion (1129), Georgy Lvov (1861), Martin Waldseemüller (1470), Franz Halder (1884), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), and Walther Bothe (1891). After him are Werner Herzog (1942), Gregor Strasser (1892), Rudolf Carnap (1891), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Paul Hausser (1880), and Bruno of Cologne (1030).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Struensee ranks 101Before him are Frederick I of Sweden (1676), Christian III of Denmark (1503), Fritz Sauckel (1894), Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), Henry the Lion (1129), and Georgy Lvov (1861). After him are Gregor Strasser (1892), Theodor Heuss (1884), Chlodio (393), Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904), Leo von Caprivi (1831), and Louise Mountbatten (1889).