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Johann Nestroy

1801 - 1862

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Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy (German: [ˈnɛstrɔɪ̯]; 7 December 1801 – 25 May 1862) was a singer, actor and playwright in the popular Austrian tradition of the Biedermeier period and its immediate aftermath. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Nestroy has received more than 98,687 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Johann Nestroy is the 2,312th most popular writer (down from 2,197th in 2019), the 512th most popular biography from Austria (down from 475th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Austrian Writer.

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  • 54.03

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johann Nestroy ranks 2,312 out of 5,755. Before him are Eduard Uspensky, Neil Postman, Orderic Vitalis, Ueda Akinari, Simon Dach, and Mahsati. After him are Li Shangyin, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Johann Froben, Terentianus, Jacob Cats, and Ahmad Shamlou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Johann Nestroy ranks 40. Before him are Justo José de Urquiza, Fredrika Bremer, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Salvadore Cammarano, and Rifa'a al-Tahtawi. After him are Armand Trousseau, Émile Littré, Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, Vincenzo Gioberti, Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, and Charles Elliot. Among people deceased in 1862, Johann Nestroy ranks 23. Before him are Peter Barlow, Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Jeanne Duval, Ludwig Uhland, and Princess Maria Antonia Koháry. After him are Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz, Justinus Kerner, Albrecht Adam, Carl Ludwig Blume, Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Ignacio Zaragoza.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Johann Nestroy ranks 512 out of 1,237. Before him are Othenio Abel (1875), Marianna Martines (1744), Iuliu Maniu (1873), Walter Mischel (1930), Maria von Trapp (1905), and Karl Menger (1902). After him are Conchita Wurst (1988), Marietta Blau (1894), Peter Alexander (1926), Hermann Maier (1972), Irmfried Eberl (1910), and Ernst Fuchs (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Johann Nestroy ranks 36. Before him are Raul Hilberg (1926), Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774), Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), Vicki Baum (1888), Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874), and Hermann Bahr (1863). After him are Gitta Sereny (1921), Johannes Mario Simmel (1924), Ilse Aichinger (1921), Marlen Haushofer (1920), Heimito von Doderer (1896), and Erich Fried (1921).

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