1751 - 1826
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, Johann Heinrich Voss ranks 3,583 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1892 - 1937
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,577
1891 - 1959
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,578
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,579
1899 - 1934
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,580
1783 - 1847
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,581
1916 - 2003
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,582
1751 - 1826
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,583
1954 - 2013
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,584
995 - 1048
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,585
1712 - 1779
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,586
1924 - 2021
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,587
1810 - 1839
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,588
1904 - 1945
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,589
Among people born in 1751, Johann Heinrich Voss ranks 24. Before 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 41. Before 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.
1751 - 1816
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 18
1751 - 1814
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 19
1751 - 1816
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 20
1751 - 1827
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 21
1751 - 1789
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 22
1751 - 1822
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 23
1751 - 1826
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 24
1751 - 1802
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 25
1751 - 1795
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 26
1751 - 1840
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 27
1751 - 1815
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 28
1751 - 1829
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 29
1751 - 1815
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 30
1770 - 1826
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 35
1760 - 1826
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 36
1775 - 1826
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 37
1795 - 1826
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 38
1794 - 1826
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 39
1755 - 1826
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 40
1751 - 1826
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 41
1761 - 1826
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 42
1766 - 1826
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 43
1760 - 1826
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 44
1755 - 1826
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 45
1747 - 1826
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 46
1754 - 1826
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 47
Among people born in Germany, Johann Heinrich Voss ranks 3,473 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1816 - 1906
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 3,467
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,468
1878 - 1955
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,469
1920 - 1977
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,470
1927 - 1995
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,471
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,472
1751 - 1826
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,473
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,474
1930 - 1979
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,475
1765 - 1831
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 3,476
1941 - 1974
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 3,477
1948 - 2013
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 3,478
1869 - 1942
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 3,479
Among writers born in Germany, Johann Heinrich Voss ranks 211. Before 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).
1811 - 1869
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 205
1763 - 1823
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 206
1892 - 1955
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 207
1794 - 1886
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 208
1910 - 1998
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 209
1935 - 2013
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 210
1751 - 1826
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 211
1807 - 1887
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 212
1928 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 213
1493 - 1555
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 214
1813 - 1865
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 215
1907 - 1972
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 216
1700 - 1764
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 217