HISTORIAN
Max Weinreich
1894 - 1969
Max Weinreich
Max Weinreich (Yiddish: מאַקס ווײַנרײַך Maks Vaynraych; Russian: Мейер Лазаревич Вайнрайх, Meyer Lazarevich Vaynraykh; 22 April 1894 – 29 January 1969) was a Russian-American-Jewish linguist, specializing in sociolinguistics and Yiddish, and the father of the linguist Uriel Weinreich, who, a sociolinguistic innovator, edited the Modern Yiddish-English English-Yiddish Dictionary. He is known for increasing language awareness of Yiddish as a standardized language; he popularised the phrase "A language is a dialect with an army and navy". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Weinreich has received more than 105,540 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Max Weinreich is the 153rd most popular historian (down from 146th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 51st in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Historian.
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110k
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
26
Languages Editions (L)
7.60
Effective Languages (L*)
2.27
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Among HISTORIANS
Among historians, Max Weinreich ranks 153 out of 339. Before him are Ibn Hibban, Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Marin Barleti, Gottfried Achenwall, Ibn Wahshiyya, and Martino Martini. After him are Arnold Toynbee, Agatharchides, Steven Runciman, Afet İnan, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, and Jan Assmann.
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Max Weinreich
1894 - 1969
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 153
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HPI: 54.64
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HPI: 54.57
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HPI: 54.55
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1563 - 1611
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 158
Jan Assmann
1938 - 2024
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 159
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1894, Max Weinreich ranks 96. Before him are Józef Beck, Otto Wöhler, T. V. Soong, Mei Lanfang, Thorleif Haug, and Ottavio Bottecchia. After him are Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Alexander Lippisch, Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia, Friedrich Pollock, Marietta Blau, and Frans G. Bengtsson. Among people deceased in 1969, Max Weinreich ranks 79. Before him are Thelma Ritter, Jeffrey Hunter, Adolfo López Mateos, Coleman Hawkins, Carlos Marighella, and Peter van Eyck. After him are Josef Blösche, Rómulo Gallegos, John Kennedy Toole, Constantin Ion Parhon, Eduardo Mondlane, and Ivar Ballangrud.
Others Born in 1894
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Józef Beck
1894 - 1944
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 90
Otto Wöhler
1894 - 1987
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 91
T. V. Soong
1894 - 1971
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 92
Mei Lanfang
1894 - 1961
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 93
Thorleif Haug
1894 - 1934
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 94
Ottavio Bottecchia
1894 - 1927
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 95
Max Weinreich
1894 - 1969
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 96
Ecaterina Teodoroiu
1894 - 1917
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 97
Alexander Lippisch
1894 - 1976
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 98
Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia
1894 - 1918
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 99
Friedrich Pollock
1894 - 1970
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 100
Marietta Blau
1894 - 1970
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 101
Frans G. Bengtsson
1894 - 1954
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 102
Others Deceased in 1969
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Thelma Ritter
1902 - 1969
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 73
Jeffrey Hunter
1926 - 1969
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 74
Adolfo López Mateos
1909 - 1969
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 75
Coleman Hawkins
1904 - 1969
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 76
Carlos Marighella
1911 - 1969
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 77
Peter van Eyck
1911 - 1969
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 78
Max Weinreich
1894 - 1969
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 79
Josef Blösche
1912 - 1969
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 80
Rómulo Gallegos
1884 - 1969
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 81
John Kennedy Toole
1937 - 1969
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 82
Constantin Ion Parhon
1874 - 1969
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 83
Eduardo Mondlane
1920 - 1969
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 84
Ivar Ballangrud
1904 - 1969
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 85
In Latvia
Among people born in Latvia, Max Weinreich ranks 45 out of 284. Before him are Solomon Mikhoels (1890), Laimdota Straujuma (1951), Valdis Zatlers (1955), Oswald Külpe (1862), Friedrich Zander (1887), and Ferdinand Kettler (1655). After him are Vilis Lācis (1904), Yevgeny Miller (1867), Jānis K. Bērziņš (1889), Maria Amalia of Courland (1653), Paul Walden (1863), and Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876).
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Solomon Mikhoels
1890 - 1948
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 39
Laimdota Straujuma
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 40
Valdis Zatlers
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 41
Oswald Külpe
1862 - 1915
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 42
Friedrich Zander
1887 - 1933
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 43
Ferdinand Kettler
1655 - 1737
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 44
Max Weinreich
1894 - 1969
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 45
Vilis Lācis
1904 - 1966
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 46
Yevgeny Miller
1867 - 1939
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 47
Jānis K. Bērziņš
1889 - 1938
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 48
Maria Amalia of Courland
1653 - 1711
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 49
Paul Walden
1863 - 1957
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 50
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
1876 - 1945
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 51
Among HISTORIANS In Latvia
Among historians born in Latvia, Max Weinreich ranks 1.
