WRITER
Karl-Maria Kertbeny
1824 - 1882
Karl-Maria Kertbeny
Károly Mária Kertbeny (born Karl Maria Benkert; 28 February 1824 – 23 January 1882) was a Hungarian journalist, translator, memoirist and human rights campaigner. Kertbeny coined the words heterosexual and homosexual as the German nouns Heterosexual and Homosexual. He translated works by Hungarian poets and writers Sándor Petőfi, János Arany and Mór Jókai into German. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl-Maria Kertbeny has received more than 101,803 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl-Maria Kertbeny is the 1,756th most popular writer (down from 1,526th in 2019), the 422nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 377th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Austrian Writer.
Memorability Metrics
100k
Page Views (PV)
57.20
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
24
Languages Editions (L)
7.60
Effective Languages (L*)
2.14
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among WRITERS
Among writers, Karl-Maria Kertbeny ranks 1,756 out of 7,302. Before him are Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Dorothy Parker, Li Yu, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Alexandre Benois, and Princess Michael of Kent. After him are Notker the Stammerer, Richard Ford, Anne Perry, Suzanne Collins, Tavo Burat, and Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsJakob Michael Reinhold Lenz
1751 - 1792
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,750
Dorothy Parker
1893 - 1967
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,751
Li Yu
1610 - 1680
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,752
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
1876 - 1938
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,753
Alexandre Benois
1870 - 1960
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,754
Princess Michael of Kent
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,755
Karl-Maria Kertbeny
1824 - 1882
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 1,756
Notker the Stammerer
840 - 912
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 1,757
Richard Ford
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 1,758
Anne Perry
1938 - 2023
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 1,759
Suzanne Collins
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 1,760
Tavo Burat
1932 - 2009
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 1,761
Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm
1723 - 1807
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 1,762
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1824, Karl-Maria Kertbeny ranks 29. Before him are Ludwig Büchner, Tokugawa Iesada, Kuno Fischer, Francesc Pi i Margall, Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, and Michael Madhusudan Dutt. After him are Leland Stanford, Peter Cornelius, Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden, Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este, George MacDonald, and Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart. Among people deceased in 1882, Karl-Maria Kertbeny ranks 27. Before him are Henri Giffard, Mikhail Skobelev, Henry Draper, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play. After him are Joachim Raff, Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Alfred Escher, Anthony Trollope, Estanislao Figueras, and Jørgen Moe.
Others Born in 1824
Go to all RankingsLudwig Büchner
PHILOSOPHER
1824 - 1899
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 23
Tokugawa Iesada
POLITICIAN
1824 - 1858
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 24
Kuno Fischer
PHILOSOPHER
1824 - 1907
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 25
Francesc Pi i Margall
POLITICIAN
1824 - 1901
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 26
Johann Wilhelm Hittorf
PHYSICIST
1824 - 1914
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 27
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
WRITER
1824 - 1873
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 28
Karl-Maria Kertbeny
WRITER
1824 - 1882
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 29
Leland Stanford
POLITICIAN
1824 - 1893
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 30
Peter Cornelius
COMPOSER
1824 - 1874
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 31
Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden
NOBLEMAN
1824 - 1858
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 32
Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este
NOBLEMAN
1824 - 1906
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 33
George MacDonald
WRITER
1824 - 1905
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 34
Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart
POLITICIAN
1824 - 1899
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 35
Others Deceased in 1882
Go to all RankingsHenri Giffard
INVENTOR
1825 - 1882
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 21
Mikhail Skobelev
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1843 - 1882
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 22
Henry Draper
ASTRONOMER
1837 - 1882
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 23
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
WRITER
1807 - 1882
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 24
Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
NOBLEMAN
1849 - 1882
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 25
Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play
ECONOMIST
1806 - 1882
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 26
Karl-Maria Kertbeny
WRITER
1824 - 1882
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 27
Joachim Raff
COMPOSER
1822 - 1882
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 28
Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1882
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 29
Alfred Escher
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1882
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 30
Anthony Trollope
WRITER
1815 - 1882
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 31
Estanislao Figueras
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1882
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 32
Jørgen Moe
WRITER
1813 - 1882
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 33
In Austria
Among people born in Austria, Karl-Maria Kertbeny ranks 422 out of 1,424. Before him are Hermann Nitsch (1938), Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818), Jean Améry (1912), Irmfried Eberl (1910), Hans Ledwinka (1878), and Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein (1724). After him are Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1882), Oscar Straus (1870), Johannes Schober (1874), Viktor Kaplan (1876), Willi Boskovsky (1909), and Ivan Šubašić (1892).
Others born in Austria
Go to all RankingsHermann Nitsch
ARTIST
1938 - 2022
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 416
Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
POLITICIAN
1818 - 1881
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 417
Jean Améry
PHILOSOPHER
1912 - 1978
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 418
Irmfried Eberl
PHYSICIAN
1910 - 1948
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 419
Hans Ledwinka
ENGINEER
1878 - 1967
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 420
Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1724 - 1748
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 421
Karl-Maria Kertbeny
WRITER
1824 - 1882
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 422
Princess Alexandra of Hanover
NOBLEMAN
1882 - 1963
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 423
Oscar Straus
COMPOSER
1870 - 1954
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 424
Johannes Schober
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 425
Viktor Kaplan
ENGINEER
1876 - 1934
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 426
Willi Boskovsky
MUSICIAN
1909 - 1991
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 427
Ivan Šubašić
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1955
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 428
Among WRITERS In Austria
Among writers born in Austria, Karl-Maria Kertbeny ranks 30. Before him are Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), Joseph Mohr (1792), Vicki Baum (1888), Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774), Peter Altenberg (1859), and Hermann Bahr (1863). After him are Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874), Eva Schloss (1929), Gitta Sereny (1921), Raul Hilberg (1926), Pauline von Metternich (1836), and Johann Nestroy (1801).
Ida Laura Pfeiffer
1797 - 1858
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 24
Joseph Mohr
1792 - 1848
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 25
Vicki Baum
1888 - 1960
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 26
Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall
1774 - 1856
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 27
Peter Altenberg
1859 - 1919
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 28
Hermann Bahr
1863 - 1934
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 29
Karl-Maria Kertbeny
1824 - 1882
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 30
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić
1874 - 1938
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 31
Eva Schloss
1929 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 32
Gitta Sereny
1921 - 2012
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 33
Raul Hilberg
1926 - 2007
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 34
Pauline von Metternich
1836 - 1921
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 35
Johann Nestroy
1801 - 1862
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 36