1848 - 1910
Kurd Lasswitz (German: Kurd Laßwitz; 20 April 1848 – 17 October 1910) was a German author, scientist, and philosopher. He has been called "the father of German science fiction". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurd Lasswitz has received more than 42,767 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Kurd Lasswitz is the 3,663rd most popular writer (down from 3,274th in 2019), the 751st most popular biography from Poland (down from 672nd in 2019) and the 90th most popular Polish Writer.
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Among writers, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 3,663 out of 5,755. Before him are Abraham Goldfaden, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, Amir Hamzah, Vitsentzos Kornaros, and Helena Roerich. After him are Tevfik Fikret, Gloria Fuertes, Fumiko Enchi, Mouloud Mammeri, Georgette Heyer, and Yevgeny Petrov.
1840 - 1908
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 3,657
1797 - 1846
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 3,658
1808 - 1871
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 3,659
1911 - 1946
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 3,660
1553 - 1616
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 3,661
1879 - 1955
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 3,662
1848 - 1910
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 3,663
1867 - 1915
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 3,664
1917 - 1998
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 3,665
1905 - 1986
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 3,666
1917 - 1989
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 3,667
1902 - 1974
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 3,668
1902 - 1942
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 3,669
Among people born in 1848, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 73. Before him are Maria Bernarda Bütler, Benjamin Baillaud, Heinrich Hübschmann, Ferdinand Mannlicher, Hubertine Auclert, and Kamal-ol-molk. After him are Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, Enrico Forlanini, Alexander Kazbegi, Belle Starr, Hubert Parry, and Eugène Simon. Among people deceased in 1910, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 63. Before him are Julius Petersen, Edouard Van Beneden, William Graham Sumner, Vera Komissarzhevskaya, Laza Kostić, and Giovanni Passannante. After him are Knut Ångström, Gustave Moynier, Emmanuel Frémiet, Fredrik von Otter, George Turner, and Andrea Costa.
1848 - 1924
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 67
1848 - 1934
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 68
1848 - 1908
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 69
1848 - 1904
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 70
1848 - 1914
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 71
1848 - 1940
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 72
1848 - 1910
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 73
1848 - 1921
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 74
1848 - 1930
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 75
1848 - 1893
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 76
1848 - 1889
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 77
1848 - 1918
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 78
1848 - 1924
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 79
1839 - 1910
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 57
1846 - 1910
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 58
1840 - 1910
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 59
1864 - 1910
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 60
1841 - 1910
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 61
1849 - 1910
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 62
1848 - 1910
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 63
1857 - 1910
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 64
1826 - 1910
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 65
1824 - 1910
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 66
1833 - 1910
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 67
1841 - 1910
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 68
1851 - 1910
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 69
Among people born in Poland, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 751 out of 1,454. Before him are Zofia Nałkowska (1884), Kazimierz Bein (1872), Erika Steinbach (1943), Paul Kletzki (1900), Matthias Habich (1940), and Wojciech Szczęsny (1990). After him are Bernhard Goetzke (1884), Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925), Hans Baluschek (1870), Tadeusz Konwicki (1926), Johann Christian Günther (1695), and Władysław Grabski (1874).
1884 - 1954
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 745
1872 - 1959
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 746
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 747
1900 - 1973
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 748
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 749
1990 - Present
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 750
1848 - 1910
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 751
1884 - 1964
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 752
1925 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 753
1870 - 1935
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 754
1926 - 2015
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 755
1695 - 1723
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 756
1874 - 1938
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 757
Among writers born in Poland, Kurd Lasswitz ranks 90. Before him are Alfred Kerr (1867), Marcin Bielski (1495), Bronisława Wajs (1908), Salomėja Nėris (1904), Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715), and Zofia Nałkowska (1884). After him are Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925), Tadeusz Konwicki (1926), Johann Christian Günther (1695), Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768), Jurek Becker (1937), and Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889).
1867 - 1948
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 84
1495 - 1575
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 85
1908 - 1987
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 86
1904 - 1945
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 87
1715 - 1759
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 88
1884 - 1954
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 89
1848 - 1910
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 90
1925 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 91
1926 - 2015
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 92
1695 - 1723
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 93
1768 - 1838
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 94
1937 - 1997
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 95
1889 - 1968
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 96