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Ludwig Börne

1786 - 1837

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Karl Ludwig Börne (born Loeb Baruch; 6 May 1786 – 12 February 1837) was a German-Jewish political writer and satirist, who is considered part of the Young Germany movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig Börne has received more than 93,297 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ludwig Börne is the 1,631st most popular writer (up from 1,806th in 2019), the 1,734th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,890th in 2019) and the 110th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ludwig Börne ranks 1,631 out of 7,302Before him are Sebastian Haffner, Gore Vidal, Anonymus, Oribasius, Posidippus, and Jurji Zaydan. After him are Fernando del Paso, Ivan Klíma, Péter Nádas, Ira Levin, Avraham Stern, and Martin Gardner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Ludwig Börne ranks 19Before him are Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Friedrich Kuhlau, Guadalupe Victoria, Chief Seattle, Duke Pius August in Bavaria, and Kunisada. After him are François-Édouard Picot, William George Horner, Julius Jacob von Haynau, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Gaspar del Bufalo, and Winfield Scott. Among people deceased in 1837, Ludwig Börne ranks 19Before him are Philippe Buonarroti, Duke Pius August in Bavaria, Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Adam Afzelius, Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, and 10th Dalai Lama. After him are William George Horner, Jean-François Le Sueur, Mariano José de Larra, Gaspar del Bufalo, Akbar II, and Marguerite Gérard.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Börne ranks 1,734 out of 7,253Before him are Jochen Mass (1946), Gustav von Schmoller (1838), Cerdic of Wessex (467), Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905), Richenza of Northeim (1087), and Heinrich Marschner (1795). After him are Margaret Sambiria (1230), Andreas Osiander (1498), Marco Reus (1989), Leopold Gmelin (1788), Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow (1755), and Adolf Hurwitz (1859).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Ludwig Börne ranks 110Before him are Salvian (405), Eduard Mörike (1804), Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), Gustav Landauer (1870), Uri Avnery (1923), and Sebastian Haffner (1907). After him are Christian Morgenstern (1871), Martin Walser (1927), Basil Valentine (1394), Hans F. K. Günther (1891), Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), and Friedrich Rückert (1788).