1842 - 1912
Karl Friedrich May ( MY, German: [kaʁl ˈmaɪ] ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his novels of travels and adventures, set in the American Old West, the Orient, the Middle East, Latin America, China and Germany. He also wrote poetry, a play, and composed music. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl May has received more than 838,947 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Karl May is the 316th most popular writer (down from 278th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Germany (down from 220th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Writer.
Karl May was a German author who wrote about the adventures of a fictional character named Old Shatterhand.
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Among writers, Karl May ranks 316 out of 5,755. Before him are Prosper Mérimée, Mario Puzo, Raymond Chandler, Paul Celan, Callimachus, and Gregory of Tours. After him are François Mauriac, Jack Kerouac, Ezra Pound, Carlos Castaneda, Georges Bataille, and Arthur Schnitzler.
1803 - 1870
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 310
1920 - 1999
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 311
1888 - 1959
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 312
1920 - 1970
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 313
310 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 314
538 - 593
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 315
1842 - 1912
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 316
1885 - 1970
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 317
1922 - 1969
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 318
1885 - 1972
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 319
1925 - 1998
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 320
1897 - 1962
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 321
1862 - 1931
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 322
Among people born in 1842, Karl May ranks 8. Before him are William James, Peter Kropotkin, Alfred Marshall, Stéphane Mallarmé, Jules Massenet, and John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. After him are Dominic Savio, Josef Breuer, Camille Flammarion, Paul Lafargue, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, and James Dewar. Among people deceased in 1912, Karl May ranks 9. Before him are August Strindberg, Jules Massenet, Edward Smith, Bram Stoker, Frédéric Passy, and Frederick VIII of Denmark. After him are Thomas Andrews, Robert Falcon Scott, Joseph Lister, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, William McMaster Murdoch, and William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
1842 - 1910
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 2
1842 - 1921
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 3
1842 - 1924
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 4
1842 - 1898
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 5
1842 - 1912
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 6
1842 - 1919
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 7
1842 - 1912
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 8
1842 - 1857
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 9
1842 - 1925
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 10
1842 - 1925
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 11
1842 - 1911
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 12
1842 - 1919
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 13
1842 - 1923
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 14
1849 - 1912
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 3
1842 - 1912
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 4
1850 - 1912
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 5
1847 - 1912
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 6
1822 - 1912
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 7
1843 - 1912
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 8
1842 - 1912
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 9
1873 - 1912
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 10
1868 - 1912
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 11
1827 - 1912
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 12
1836 - 1912
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 13
1873 - 1912
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 14
1852 - 1912
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 15
Among people born in Germany, Karl May ranks 284 out of 6,142. Before him are Joseph Beuys (1921), Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567), Constanze Mozart (1762), Michael Haneke (1942), August Kekulé (1829), and Georgius Agricola (1494). After him are Karl Weierstrass (1815), Sepp Dietrich (1892), Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596), Christian I of Denmark (1426), Einhard (770), and Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804).
1921 - 1986
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 278
1567 - 1625
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 279
1762 - 1842
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 280
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 281
1829 - 1896
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 282
1494 - 1555
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 283
1842 - 1912
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 284
1815 - 1897
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 285
1892 - 1966
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 286
1596 - 1632
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 287
1426 - 1481
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 288
770 - 840
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 289
1804 - 1891
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 290
Among writers born in Germany, Karl May ranks 20. Before him are Jacob Grimm (1785), Eckhart Tolle (1948), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Ernst Jünger (1895), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), and Paul Heyse (1830). After him are Einhard (770), Michael Ende (1929), Friedrich Schlegel (1772), Wilhelm Grimm (1786), Traudl Junge (1920), and Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170).
1785 - 1863
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 14
1948 - Present
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 15
1729 - 1781
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 16
1895 - 1998
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 17
1777 - 1811
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 18
1830 - 1914
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 19
1842 - 1912
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 20
770 - 840
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 21
1929 - 1995
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 22
1772 - 1829
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 23
1786 - 1859
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 24
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 25
1170 - 1220
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 26