1717 - 1768
Johann Joachim Winckelmann (; German: [ˈvɪŋkl̩man]; 9 December 1717 – 8 June 1768) was a German art historian and archaeologist. He was a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the difference between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art. "The prophet and founding hero of modern archaeology", Winckelmann was one of the founders of scientific archaeology and first applied the categories of style on a large, systematic basis to the history of art. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Joachim Winckelmann has received more than 456,696 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Johann Joachim Winckelmann is the 20th most popular historian, the 212th most popular biography from Germany (up from 222nd in 2019) and the most popular German Historian.
Johann Joachim Winckelmann was a German art historian and archaeologist who is most famous for his writings on ancient Greek art.
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Among historians, Johann Joachim Winckelmann ranks 20 out of 341. Before him are Procopius, Saxo Grammaticus, Mircea Eliade, Cassius Dio, Manetho, and Fernand Braudel. After him are Arnold J. Toynbee, Leopold von Ranke, Johan Huizinga, Hecataeus of Miletus, Jacob Burckhardt, and Bede.
500 - 560
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 14
1150 - 1220
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 15
1907 - 1986
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 16
155 - 235
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 17
201 BC - Present
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 18
1902 - 1985
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 19
1717 - 1768
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 20
1889 - 1975
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 21
1795 - 1886
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 22
1872 - 1945
HPI: 77.14
Rank: 23
550 BC - 476 BC
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 24
1818 - 1897
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 25
672 - 735
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 26
Among people born in 1717, Johann Joachim Winckelmann ranks 5. Before him are Maria Theresa, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Pope Pius VI, and Mustafa III. After him are Johann Stamitz, Peter III of Portugal, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Louis François, Prince of Conti, Marie Anne de Mailly, Horace Walpole, and David Garrick. Among people deceased in 1768, Johann Joachim Winckelmann ranks 3. Before him are Marie Leszczyńska and Canaletto. After him are Laurence Sterne, Nicola Porpora, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, Georg Brandt, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Francesco Maria Veracini.
1717 - 1780
HPI: 87.91
Rank: 1
1717 - 1783
HPI: 81.77
Rank: 2
1717 - 1799
HPI: 81.40
Rank: 3
1717 - 1773
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 4
1717 - 1768
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 5
1717 - 1757
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 6
1717 - 1786
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 7
1717 - 1790
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 8
1717 - 1776
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 9
1717 - 1744
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 10
1717 - 1797
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 11
1717 - 1779
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 12
1703 - 1768
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 1
1697 - 1768
HPI: 77.82
Rank: 2
1717 - 1768
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 3
1713 - 1768
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 4
1686 - 1768
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 5
1688 - 1768
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 6
1747 - 1768
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 7
1694 - 1768
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 8
1693 - 1768
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 9
1694 - 1768
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 10
1691 - 1768
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 11
1690 - 1768
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Johann Joachim Winckelmann ranks 212 out of 5,289. Before him are Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882), Nico (1938), Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990), Adam Weishaupt (1748), and Anne of Cleves (1515). After him are Arnulf of Carinthia (850), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926), Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), Carl Schmitt (1888), Franz Marc (1880), and Walter Ulbricht (1893).
1882 - 1951
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 206
1938 - 1988
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 207
980 - 1002
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 208
990 - 1039
HPI: 77.67
Rank: 209
1748 - 1830
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 210
1515 - 1557
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 211
1717 - 1768
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 212
850 - 899
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 213
1926 - 2020
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 214
1770 - 1843
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 215
1888 - 1985
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 216
1880 - 1916
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 217
1893 - 1973
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 218
Among historians born in Germany, Johann Joachim Winckelmann ranks 1. After him are Leopold von Ranke (1795), Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632), Erwin Panofsky (1892), Aby Warburg (1866), Erich Auerbach (1892), Julius Wellhausen (1844), Hieronymus Wolf (1516), Hermann Alexander Diels (1848), Reinhart Koselleck (1923), and Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876).
1717 - 1768
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 1
1795 - 1886
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 2
1779 - 1861
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 3
1632 - 1694
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 4
1892 - 1968
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 5
1866 - 1929
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 6
1892 - 1957
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 7
1844 - 1918
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 8
1516 - 1580
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 9
1848 - 1922
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 10
1923 - 2006
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 11
1876 - 1925
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 12