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Johann von Rist

1607 - 1667

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Johann Rist (8 March 1607 – 31 August 1667) was a German poet and dramatist best known for his hymns, which inspired musical settings and have remained in hymnals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann von Rist has received more than 39,049 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann von Rist is the 4,365th most popular writer (down from 3,393rd in 2019), the 3,983rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,198th in 2019) and the 262nd most popular German Writer.

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  • 39k

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  • 47.47

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

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  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johann von Rist ranks 4,365 out of 5,755Before him are Chris Van Allsburg, Peter Scholl-Latour, Atiq Rahimi, Vitaly Bianki, Rosa Chacel, and Mordecai Kaplan. After him are Tabitha King, William Trevor, Ariel Dorfman, Marietta Shaginyan, Boris Vasilyev, and Edwin Atherstone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1607, Johann von Rist ranks 16Before him are Paul Gerhardt, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, Antonio Barberini, Song Si-yeol, and Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst. After him is Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll. Among people deceased in 1667, Johann von Rist ranks 22Before him are Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, Melchiorre Cafà, Franz Tunder, Giovanni Battista Zupi, Jean de Thévenot, and John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. After him is Abraham Cowley.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann von Rist ranks 3,983 out of 6,142Before him are Fredric Wertham (1895), Wolf Kahler (1940), Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806), Felix Jacoby (1876), Peter Scholl-Latour (1924), and Kurt Beck (1949). After him are E. A. Dupont (1891), Klaus Badelt (1967), Ludwig Goldbrunner (1908), Gustav Hartlaub (1814), Klaus Groth (1819), and Max Lorenz (1901).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Johann von Rist ranks 262Before him are Mato Kósyk (1853), Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916), Emanuel Geibel (1815), Mirjam Pressler (1940), Fredric Wertham (1895), and Peter Scholl-Latour (1924). After him are Klaus Groth (1819), Carl Sternheim (1878), Hilde Domin (1909), Hans Werner Richter (1908), Tankred Dorst (1925), and Kito Lorenc (1938).