1700 - 1764
Christian Friedrich Henrici (January 14, 1700 – May 10, 1764), writing under the pen name Picander, was a German poet and librettist for many of the cantatas which Johann Sebastian Bach composed in Leipzig. Henrici was born in Stolpen. He studied law at Wittenberg and Leipzig. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Picander has received more than 74,898 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Picander is the 3,701st most popular writer (down from 2,782nd in 2019), the 3,548th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,726th in 2019) and the 217th most popular German Writer.
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Among writers, Picander ranks 3,701 out of 5,755. Before him are Maurice Sachs, Laurens van der Post, Jorge Isaacs, Dennis Lehane, Frederic W. H. Myers, and Krishan Chander. After him are Marco Girolamo Vida, Andrejs Pumpurs, Kader Abdolah, Nagarjun, Paul Goma, and Tariq Ali.
1906 - 1945
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 3,695
1906 - 1996
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 3,696
1837 - 1895
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 3,697
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 3,698
1843 - 1901
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 3,699
1914 - 1977
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 3,700
1700 - 1764
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 3,701
1485 - 1566
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 3,702
1841 - 1902
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 3,703
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,704
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,705
1935 - 2020
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,706
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,707
Among people born in 1700, Picander ranks 30. Before him are Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Semyon Chelyuskin, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, Sabah I bin Jaber, Stanisław Konarski, and Nathaniel Bliss. After him are Khariton Laptev, Abdul Aziz Hotak, James Thomson, and Anthony de la Roché. Among people deceased in 1764, Picander ranks 16. Before him are Erik Pontoppidan, Francesco Algarotti, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Semyon Chelyuskin, and Nathaniel Bliss. After him is Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
1700 - 1780
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 24
1700 - 1764
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 25
1700 - 1782
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 26
1700 - 1776
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 27
1700 - 1773
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 28
1700 - 1764
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 29
1700 - 1764
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 30
1700 - 1763
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 31
1700 - 1717
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 32
1700 - 1748
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 33
1700 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 34
1698 - 1764
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 10
1712 - 1764
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 11
1720 - 1764
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 12
1676 - 1764
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 13
1700 - 1764
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 14
1700 - 1764
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 15
1700 - 1764
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 16
1705 - 1764
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 17
Among people born in Germany, Picander ranks 3,548 out of 6,142. Before him are Curt Haase (1881), Theo Adam (1926), Friedrich Paulsen (1846), Hannelore Elsner (1942), Liane Augustin (1927), and Jutta Kleinschmidt (1962). After him are Princess Augusta of Württemberg (1826), Alwin Berger (1871), Hugo von Mohl (1805), Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817), Friedrich Gernsheim (1839), and Werner Klemperer (1920).
1881 - 1943
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 3,542
1926 - 2019
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 3,543
1846 - 1908
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 3,544
1942 - 2019
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 3,545
1927 - 1978
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 3,546
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 3,547
1700 - 1764
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 3,548
1826 - 1898
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,549
1871 - 1931
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 3,550
1805 - 1872
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 3,551
1817 - 1908
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 3,552
1839 - 1916
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 3,553
1920 - 2000
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 3,554
Among writers born in Germany, Picander ranks 217. Before him are Johann Heinrich Voss (1751), Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807), Ruth Westheimer (1928), Justus Jonas (1493), Otto Ludwig (1813), and Günter Eich (1907). After him are Ken Adam (1921), Botho Strauß (1944), Edgar Hilsenrath (1926), James Krüss (1926), Karoline von Günderrode (1780), and Oskar Maria Graf (1894).
1751 - 1826
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 211
1807 - 1887
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 212
1928 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 213
1493 - 1555
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 214
1813 - 1865
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 215
1907 - 1972
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 216
1700 - 1764
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 217
1921 - 2016
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 218
1944 - Present
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 219
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 220
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 221
1780 - 1806
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 222
1894 - 1967
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 223