1929 - 1995
Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (12 November 1929 – 28 August 1995) was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is best known for his epic fantasy The Neverending Story; other famous works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver. His works have been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 35 million copies, and adapted as motion pictures, stage plays, operas and audio books. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Ende has received more than 490,121 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Michael Ende is the 282nd most popular writer (up from 291st in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 229th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Writer.
Michael Ende is most famous for his book, The Neverending Story.
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Among writers, Michael Ende ranks 282 out of 5,794. Before him are Paul Valéry, Jordanes, Karl May, Alice Munro, Primo Levi, and Anna Wintour. After him are Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Chrétien de Troyes, Al-Masudi, Marguerite Duras, Marguerite de Navarre, and Eckhart Tolle.
1871 - 1945
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 276
600 - 600
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 277
1842 - 1912
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 278
1931 - Present
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 279
1919 - 1987
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 280
1949 - Present
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 281
1929 - 1995
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 282
1836 - 1895
HPI: 77.32
Rank: 283
1135 - 1185
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 284
896 - 956
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 285
1914 - 1996
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 286
1492 - 1549
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 287
1948 - Present
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 288
Among people born in 1929, Michael Ende ranks 16. Before him are Max von Sydow, Lev Yashin, Grace Kelly, Imre Kertész, Jean Baudrillard, and Jacques Brel. After him are Frank Gehry, Hassan II of Morocco, Christopher Plummer, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Peter Higgs, and Oriana Fallaci. Among people deceased in 1995, Michael Ende ranks 6. Before him are Yitzhak Rabin, Gilles Deleuze, Juan Manuel Fangio, Emil Cioran, and Harold Wilson. After him are Emmanuel Levinas, Konrad Zuse, Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Dyatlov, Gunnar Nordahl, and Dean Martin.
1929 - 2020
HPI: 80.64
Rank: 10
1929 - 1990
HPI: 80.43
Rank: 11
1929 - 1982
HPI: 80.36
Rank: 12
1929 - 2016
HPI: 78.81
Rank: 13
1929 - 2007
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 14
1929 - 1978
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 15
1929 - 1995
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 16
1929 - Present
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 17
1929 - 1999
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 18
1929 - Present
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 19
1929 - Present
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 20
1929 - Present
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 21
1929 - 2006
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 22
1922 - 1995
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 1
1925 - 1995
HPI: 79.66
Rank: 2
1911 - 1995
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 3
1911 - 1995
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 4
1916 - 1995
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 5
1929 - 1995
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 6
1906 - 1995
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 7
1910 - 1995
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 8
1911 - 1995
HPI: 76.05
Rank: 9
1931 - 1995
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 10
1921 - 1995
HPI: 75.29
Rank: 11
1917 - 1995
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Michael Ende ranks 223 out of 5,289. Before him are Franz Marc (1880), Walter Ulbricht (1893), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Karl May (1842), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), and Max Horkheimer (1895). After him are Wilhelm Frick (1877), Eckhart Tolle (1948), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737), Albert Kesselring (1885), and Irma Grese (1923).
1880 - 1916
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 217
1893 - 1973
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 218
1370 - 1435
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 219
1842 - 1912
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 220
1882 - 1934
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 221
1895 - 1973
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 222
1929 - 1995
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 223
1877 - 1946
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 224
1948 - Present
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 225
1887 - 1975
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 226
1737 - 1772
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 227
1885 - 1960
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 228
1923 - 1945
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 229
Among writers born in Germany, Michael Ende ranks 16. Before him are Heinrich Böll (1917), Novalis (1772), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Jacob Grimm (1785), Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), and Karl May (1842). After him are Eckhart Tolle (1948), Ernst Jünger (1895), Wilhelm Grimm (1786), Alexandra Feodorovna (1872), Paul Heyse (1830), and Einhard (770).
1917 - 1985
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 10
1772 - 1801
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 11
1729 - 1781
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 12
1785 - 1863
HPI: 78.32
Rank: 13
1770 - 1843
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 14
1842 - 1912
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 15
1929 - 1995
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 16
1948 - Present
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 17
1895 - 1998
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 18
1786 - 1859
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 19
1872 - 1918
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 20
1830 - 1914
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 21
770 - 840
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 22