1924 - 2014
Karl Heinrich Leopold Deschner (23 May 1924 – 8 April 2014) was a German researcher and writer who achieved public attention in Europe for his trenchant and fiercely critical treatment of Christianity in general and the Catholic Church in particular, as expressed in several articles and books, culminating in his 10 volume Christianity's Criminal History (Kriminalgeschichte des Christentums, Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karlheinz Deschner has received more than 68,393 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Karlheinz Deschner is the 2,231st most popular writer (down from 2,099th in 2019), the 2,326th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,135th in 2019) and the 138th most popular German Writer.
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Among writers, Karlheinz Deschner ranks 2,231 out of 5,755. Before him are François Coppée, János Arany, Uhwudong, Ernst von Salomon, Leopoldo Alas, and Germaine Greer. After him are Richard Ford, Janus Pannonius, Inger Christensen, Zeb-un-Nissa, Udo Lindenberg, and Valentin Kataev.
1842 - 1908
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,225
1817 - 1882
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,226
1430 - 1480
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,227
1902 - 1972
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,228
1852 - 1901
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,229
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,230
1924 - 2014
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,231
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,232
1434 - 1472
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,233
1935 - 2009
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,234
1638 - 1702
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,235
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,236
1897 - 1986
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,237
Among people born in 1924, Karlheinz Deschner ranks 140. Before him are Sabine Weiss, Idries Shah, Alain Bombard, Fess Parker, Raymond Barre, and Kim Song-ae. After him are George Mikan, Yehuda Amichai, Motoo Kimura, Alexander Matrosov, Marcel Broodthaers, and Bayezid Osman. Among people deceased in 2014, Karlheinz Deschner ranks 125. Before him are Andrea de Cesaris, Marina Ginestà, Billy Milligan, Manuel Uribe, Kim Song-ae, and Assi Dayan. After him are Marie Dubois, Donatas Banionis, Cristina Deutekom, Magda Olivero, Tadeusz Różewicz, and Julian Rotter.
1924 - 2021
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 134
1924 - 1996
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 135
1924 - 2005
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 136
1924 - 2010
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 137
1924 - 2007
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 138
1924 - 2014
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 139
1924 - 2014
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 140
1924 - 2005
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 141
1924 - 2000
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 142
1924 - 1994
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 143
1924 - 1943
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 144
1924 - 1976
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 145
1924 - 2017
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 146
1959 - 2014
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 119
1919 - 2014
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 120
1955 - 2014
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 121
1965 - 2014
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 122
1924 - 2014
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 123
1945 - 2014
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 124
1924 - 2014
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 125
1937 - 2014
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 126
1924 - 2014
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 127
1931 - 2014
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 128
1910 - 2014
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 129
1921 - 2014
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 130
1916 - 2014
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 131
Among people born in Germany, Karlheinz Deschner ranks 2,326 out of 6,142. Before him are Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819), Arnold Ruge (1802), Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780), Marco Reus (1989), Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706), and Ernst von Salomon (1902). After him are Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (1797), Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1636), Udo Lindenberg (1946), Korbinian Brodmann (1868), Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724), and Karl Brugmann (1849).
1819 - 1904
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 2,320
1802 - 1880
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,321
1780 - 1857
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,322
1989 - Present
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,323
1706 - 1756
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,324
1902 - 1972
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,325
1924 - 2014
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,326
1797 - 1889
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,327
1636 - 1689
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,328
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,329
1868 - 1918
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,330
1724 - 1763
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 2,331
1849 - 1919
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 2,332
Among writers born in Germany, Karlheinz Deschner ranks 138. Before him are Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826), Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1579), Judith Kerr (1923), Wilhelm Worringer (1881), Heinz G. Konsalik (1921), and Ernst von Salomon (1902). After him are Udo Lindenberg (1946), Rahel Varnhagen (1771), Elisabeth of Schönau (1129), Johann Karl August Musäus (1735), Wieland Wagner (1917), and Günter Wallraff (1942).
1826 - 1875
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 132
1579 - 1666
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 133
1923 - 2019
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 134
1881 - 1965
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 135
1921 - 1999
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 136
1902 - 1972
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 137
1924 - 2014
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 138
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 139
1771 - 1833
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 140
1129 - 1164
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 141
1735 - 1787
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 142
1917 - 1966
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 143
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 144