1792 - 1848
Josephus Franciscus Mohr, sometimes spelled Josef (11 December 1792 – 4 December 1848) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and writer, who wrote the words to the Christmas carol "Silent Night.. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Mohr has received more than 237,132 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Joseph Mohr is the 1,463rd most popular writer (up from 2,163rd in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Austria (up from 466th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Austrian Writer.
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Among writers, Joseph Mohr ranks 1,463 out of 5,755. Before him are Alexander Radishchev, Philip José Farmer, Ruy González de Clavijo, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Fritz Gerlich, and Jean Chapelain. After him are Peter Altenberg, Ba Jin, Wilhelm Weitling, Kuvempu, Chico Xavier, and Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach.
1749 - 1802
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 1,457
1918 - 2009
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 1,458
1400 - 1412
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 1,459
1920 - 1984
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 1,460
1883 - 1934
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 1,461
1595 - 1674
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 1,462
1792 - 1848
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 1,463
1859 - 1919
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 1,464
1904 - 2005
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 1,465
1808 - 1871
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 1,466
1904 - 1994
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 1,467
1910 - 2002
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 1,468
1830 - 1916
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 1,469
Among people born in 1792, Joseph Mohr ranks 21. Before him are Maria Beatrice of Savoy, William, Duke of Nassau, Johann Peter Eckermann, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Victor Cousin, and Matteo Carcassi. After him are Francisco de Paula Santander, Carlos Antonio López, John Bowring, Francisco Morazán, Gustav Schwab, and Mangas Coloradas. Among people deceased in 1848, Joseph Mohr ranks 19. Before him are Nicolas Oudinot, Vissarion Belinsky, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, Khachatur Abovian, Mohammad Shah Qajar, and Thomas Cole. After him are Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Robert Darwin, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Frederick Marryat, John Jacob Astor, and Duchess Amelia of Württemberg.
1792 - 1840
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 15
1792 - 1839
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 16
1792 - 1854
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 17
1792 - 1878
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 18
1792 - 1867
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 19
1792 - 1853
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 20
1792 - 1848
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 21
1792 - 1840
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 22
1792 - 1862
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 23
1792 - 1872
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 24
1792 - 1842
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 25
1792 - 1850
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 26
1792 - 1863
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 27
1767 - 1848
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 13
1811 - 1848
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 14
1777 - 1848
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 15
1805 - 1848
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 16
1808 - 1848
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 17
1801 - 1848
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 18
1792 - 1848
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 19
1776 - 1848
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 20
1766 - 1848
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 21
1797 - 1848
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 22
1792 - 1848
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 23
1763 - 1848
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 24
1799 - 1848
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 25
Among people born in Austria, Joseph Mohr ranks 359 out of 1,237. Before him are Emilie Louise Flöge (1874), Leopold Berchtold (1863), Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein (1869), Archduchess Adelheid of Austria (1914), Richard Neutra (1892), and Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1822). After him are Peter Altenberg (1859), Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw (1590), Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Heinz Kohut (1913), Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein (1760), and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels (1874).
1874 - 1952
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 353
1863 - 1942
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 354
1869 - 1955
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 355
1914 - 1971
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 356
1892 - 1970
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 357
1822 - 1869
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 358
1792 - 1848
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 359
1859 - 1919
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 360
1590 - 1624
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 361
1936 - 2018
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 362
1913 - 1981
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 363
1760 - 1836
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 364
1874 - 1954
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 365
Among writers born in Austria, Joseph Mohr ranks 26. Before him are Božena Němcová (1820), Otto of Freising (1114), Klaus Ebner (1964), Franz Grillparzer (1791), August Kubizek (1888), and Eva Schloss (1929). After him are Peter Altenberg (1859), Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), Raul Hilberg (1926), Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774), and Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797).
1820 - 1862
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 20
1114 - 1158
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 21
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 22
1791 - 1872
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 23
1888 - 1956
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 24
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 25
1792 - 1848
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 26
1859 - 1919
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 27
1936 - 2018
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 28
1824 - 1882
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 29
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 30
1774 - 1856
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 31
1797 - 1858
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 32