SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Klaus Störtebeker

1360 - 1401

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"Nikolaus" Storzenbecher or "Klaus" Störtebeker (1360 – supposed 20 October 1401) was reputed to be leader of a group of privateers known as the Victual Brothers (German: Vitalienbrüder). The Victual Brothers (Latin: victualia) were originally hired during a war between Denmark and Sweden to fight the Danish and supply the besieged Swedish capital Stockholm with provisions. After the end of the war, the Victual Brothers continued to capture merchant vessels for their own account and named themselves "Likedeelers" (literally: equal sharers). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klaus Störtebeker has received more than 387,272 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Klaus Störtebeker is the 152nd most popular social activist (down from 137th in 2019), the 1,257th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,114th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Klaus Störtebekers by language

Over the past year Klaus Störtebeker has had the most page views in the with 217,108 views, followed by English (50,639), and Russian (6,856). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (84.08%), West Frisian (68.75%), and Egyptian Arabic (59.17%)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Klaus Störtebeker ranks 152 out of 840. Before him are Meng Huo, Beppe Grillo, Andrés Bonifacio, Mangal Pandey, Paul Schäfer, and Guru Ram Das. After him are Dmitry Muratov, Jacques Roux, Gerda Christian, Sergey Nechayev, Ales Bialiatski, and Yiannis Ritsos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1360, Klaus Störtebeker ranks 8. Before him are Yongle Emperor, Andrei Rublev, Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, Philippa of Lancaster, Ulrich von Jungingen, and Cennino Cennini. After him are Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, Nuno Álvares Pereira, Joseph II of Constantinople, Dorotea Bucca, and Caterina Visconti. Among people deceased in 1401, Klaus Störtebeker ranks 1. After him are Maria, Queen of Sicily, Vladislaus II of Opole, Dinis Dias, Anabella Drummond, and George Kodinos.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Klaus Störtebeker ranks 1,257 out of 7,253. Before him are Nena (1960), Thomas Kretschmann (1962), Walter Simons (1861), Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849), Theodor Busse (1897), and August von Wassermann (1866). After him are Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg (1684), Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413), Heinrich Barth (1821), Henri Victor Regnault (1810), Matthias Sammer (1967), and Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1896).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Klaus Störtebeker ranks 15. Before him are Anneliese Michel (1952), Hans Scholl (1918), Sophia of Prussia (1870), Alfred Naujocks (1911), Marianne Bachmeier (1950), and Paul Schäfer (1921). After him are Gerda Christian (1913), Rudi Dutschke (1940), Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818), Carl Oberg (1897), Gretl Braun (1915), and Christoph Probst (1919).

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