1607 - 1676
Paul Gerhardt (12 March 1607 – 27 May 1676) was a German theologian, Lutheran minister and hymnodist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Gerhardt has received more than 150,457 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Gerhardt is the 1,899th most popular writer (down from 1,607th in 2019), the 1,992nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,615th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular German Writer.
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Among writers, Paul Gerhardt ranks 1,899 out of 5,755. Before him are Eustathius of Thessalonica, Philippe Quinault, Kathy Reichs, Albert Cohen, Nora Ephron, and Roger Peyrefitte. After him are Ross Macdonald, Fan Zhongyan, Shirley Jackson, Al-Hariri of Basra, Jonas Lie, and Maria Konopnicka.
1101 - 1198
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,893
1635 - 1688
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,894
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 1,895
1895 - 1981
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,896
1941 - 2012
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,897
1907 - 2000
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 1,898
1607 - 1676
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 1,899
1915 - 1983
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 1,900
989 - 1052
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,901
1916 - 1965
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,902
1054 - 1122
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,903
1833 - 1908
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,904
1842 - 1910
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,905
Among people born in 1607, Paul Gerhardt ranks 10. Before him are Jan Lievens, Anna Maria van Schurman, Zhu Yousong, Infante Carlos of Spain, Antoine Gombaud, and Wenceslaus Hollar. After him are Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, Antonio Barberini, Song Si-yeol, Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Johann von Rist. Among people deceased in 1676, Paul Gerhardt ranks 13. Before him are Madame de Brinvilliers, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, and Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg. After him are Abraham Bosse, Francis I Rákóczi, Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria, Gisbertus Voetius, Jean Desmarets, and Nicolò Sagredo.
1607 - 1674
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 4
1607 - 1678
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 5
1607 - 1646
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 6
1607 - 1632
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 7
1607 - 1684
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 8
1607 - 1677
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 9
1607 - 1676
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 10
1607 - 1665
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 11
1607 - 1611
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 12
1607 - 1671
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 13
1607 - 1689
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 14
1607 - 1634
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 15
1607 - 1667
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 16
1630 - 1676
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 7
1622 - 1676
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 8
1653 - 1676
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 9
1636 - 1676
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 10
1613 - 1676
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 11
1617 - 1676
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 12
1607 - 1676
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 13
1604 - 1676
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 14
1645 - 1676
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 15
1616 - 1676
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 16
1589 - 1676
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 17
1595 - 1676
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 18
1606 - 1676
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 19
Among people born in Germany, Paul Gerhardt ranks 1,992 out of 6,142. Before him are Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764), Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782), Andreas Cellarius (1596), John II, Duke of Bavaria (1341), Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853), and Karl Ernst (1904). After him are Lotte Reiniger (1899), William, Prince of Hohenzollern (1864), Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688), Gershon Kingsley (1922), Eduard Meyer (1855), and Julius Plücker (1801).
1764 - 1850
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,986
1782 - 1863
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,987
1596 - 1665
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,988
1341 - 1397
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,989
1853 - 1940
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 1,990
1904 - 1934
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 1,991
1607 - 1676
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 1,992
1899 - 1981
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 1,993
1864 - 1927
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,994
1688 - 1765
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,995
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,996
1855 - 1930
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,997
1801 - 1868
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,998
Among writers born in Germany, Paul Gerhardt ranks 122. Before him are Sebastian Haffner (1907), Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), Ludwig Börne (1786), Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797), and Uri Avnery (1923). After him are Fred Uhlman (1901), C. W. Ceram (1915), Gustav Schwab (1792), Katia Mann (1883), Joachim Neander (1650), and Friedrich Rückert (1788).
1907 - 1999
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 116
1633 - 1714
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 117
1786 - 1837
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 118
1773 - 1798
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 119
1797 - 1848
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 120
1923 - 2018
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 121
1607 - 1676
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 122
1901 - 1985
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 123
1915 - 1972
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 124
1792 - 1850
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 125
1883 - 1980
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 126
1650 - 1680
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 127
1788 - 1866
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 128