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Johann Heinrich Voss

1751 - 1826

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Johann Heinrich Voss (German: Johann Heinrich Voß, pronounced [fɔs]; 20 February 1751 – 29 March 1826) was a German classicist and poet, known mostly for his translation of Homer's Odyssey (1781) and Iliad (1793) into German. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Heinrich Voss has received more than 45,721 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Heinrich Voss is the 3,583rd most popular writer (down from 3,090th in 2019), the 3,473rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,974th in 2019) and the 211th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johann Heinrich Voss ranks 3,583 out of 5,755Before him are Ahmad Javad, Galaktion Tabidze, Cesar Millan, Jafar Jabbarly, Erik Gustaf Geijer, and Françoise Giroud. After him are Iain Banks, Wipo of Burgundy, Claude Bourgelat, Friederike Mayröcker, Maurice de Guérin, and Salomėja Nėris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1751, Johann Heinrich Voss ranks 24Before him are Julie Billiart, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen, Anders Dahl, and Uesugi Harunori. After him are Corona Schröter, Johan Henric Kellgren, John Abbot, William Roxburgh, Henry Dearborn, and George Montagu. Among people deceased in 1826, Johann Heinrich Voss ranks 41Before him are Lucia Migliaccio, Georg Franz Hoffmann, Conrad Malte-Brun, Kondraty Ryleyev, Alexander Gordon Laing, and Stanisław Staszic. After him are Jacob Hübner, John Farey Sr., Ferdinand Bauer, Nicolas Fuss, Iolo Morganwg, and Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Heinrich Voss ranks 3,473 out of 6,142Before him are Jean Cabanis (1816), Horst Blankenburg (1947), Karl Hofer (1878), Siegfried Buback (1920), Werner Liebrich (1927), and Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (1935). After him are Karl Lauterbach (1963), Lothar Wolleh (1930), Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger (1765), Holger Meins (1941), Heinz Flohe (1948), and Albert Kahn (1869).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Johann Heinrich Voss ranks 211Before him are Johann Georg von Hahn (1811), Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763), Theodor Plievier (1892), Leopold Zunz (1794), Gunter d'Alquen (1910), and Sarah Kirsch (1935). After him are Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807), Ruth Westheimer (1928), Justus Jonas (1493), Otto Ludwig (1813), Günter Eich (1907), and Picander (1700).