1880 - 1936
Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler (German: [ˈɔsvalt ˈʃpɛŋlɐ]; 29 May 1880 – 8 May 1936) was a German polymath, whose areas of interest included history, philosophy, mathematics, science, and art, as well as their relation to his organic theory of history. He is best known for his two-volume work The Decline of the West (Der Untergang des Abendlandes), published in 1918 and 1922, covering human history. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oswald Spengler has received more than 1,686,700 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Oswald Spengler is the 128th most popular philosopher (down from 125th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Germany (down from 165th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Philosopher.
Oswald Spengler is most famous for his book "The Decline of the West."
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Among philosophers, Oswald Spengler ranks 128 out of 1,081. Before him are Hans-Georg Gadamer, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Tommaso Campanella, Marsilio Ficino, Mozi, and Chanakya. After him are Emanuel Swedenborg, Giambattista Vico, Bonaventure, Swami Vivekananda, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, and Baron d'Holbach.
1900 - 2002
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 122
1703 - 1792
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 123
1568 - 1639
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 124
1433 - 1499
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 125
470 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 126
375 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 127
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 128
1688 - 1772
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 129
1668 - 1744
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 130
1221 - 1274
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 131
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 132
1846 - 1926
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 133
1723 - 1789
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 134
Among people born in 1880, Oswald Spengler ranks 7. Before him are Helen Keller, Alfred Wegener, Douglas MacArthur, Guillaume Apollinaire, Fedor von Bock, and Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. After him are Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Robert Musil, George Marshall, Ludwig Beck, Franz Marc, and André Derain. Among people deceased in 1936, Oswald Spengler ranks 6. Before him are Ivan Pavlov, Maxim Gorky, Federico García Lorca, George V, and Rudyard Kipling. After him are Luigi Pirandello, Lu Xun, Ferdinand Tönnies, Lev Kamenev, Grigory Zinoviev, and Eleftherios Venizelos.
1880 - 1968
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 1
1880 - 1930
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 2
1880 - 1964
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 3
1880 - 1918
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 4
1880 - 1945
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 5
1880 - 1962
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 6
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 7
1880 - 1938
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 8
1880 - 1942
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 9
1880 - 1959
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 10
1880 - 1944
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 11
1880 - 1916
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 12
1880 - 1954
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 13
1849 - 1936
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 1
1868 - 1936
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 2
1898 - 1936
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 3
1865 - 1936
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 4
1865 - 1936
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 5
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 6
1867 - 1936
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 7
1881 - 1936
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 8
1855 - 1936
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 9
1883 - 1936
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 10
1883 - 1936
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 11
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Oswald Spengler ranks 171 out of 6,142. Before him are Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882), Erich Raeder (1876), Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821), Otto Hahn (1879), and Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805). After him are Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926), Erich Hartmann (1922), Max Ernst (1891), Magda Goebbels (1901), Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), and Johann Pachelbel (1653).
1882 - 1951
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 165
1876 - 1960
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 166
1850 - 1918
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 167
1821 - 1894
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 168
1879 - 1968
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 169
1805 - 1872
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 170
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 171
1926 - 2020
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 172
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 173
1891 - 1976
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 174
1901 - 1945
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 175
1846 - 1926
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 176
1653 - 1706
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 177
Among philosophers born in Germany, Oswald Spengler ranks 19. Before him are Walter Benjamin (1892), Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Meister Eckhart (1260), Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), and Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900). After him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), Baron d'Holbach (1723), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Edith Stein (1891), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), and Herbert Marcuse (1898).
1892 - 1940
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 13
1767 - 1835
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 14
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 15
1260 - 1328
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 16
1776 - 1841
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 17
1900 - 2002
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 18
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 19
1846 - 1926
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 20
1723 - 1789
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 21
1833 - 1911
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 22
1891 - 1942
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 23
1714 - 1762
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 24
1898 - 1979
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 25