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Richard Wurmbrand

1909 - 2001

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Richard Wurmbrand, also known as Nicolai Ionescu (24 March 1909 – 17 February 2001) was a Romanian Evangelical Lutheran priest, and professor of Jewish descent. In 1948, having become a Christian ten years before, he publicly said Communism and Christianity were incompatible. Wurmbrand preached at bomb shelters and rescued Jews during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Wurmbrand has received more than 646,626 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Wurmbrand is the 2,623rd most popular writer (down from 2,266th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Romania (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Romanian Writer.

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  • 650k

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  • 54.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Wurmbrand ranks 2,623 out of 7,302. Before him are Nordahl Grieg, Dritëro Agolli, Günter Wallraff, John Wyndham, Bragi Boddason, and Samad Vurgun. After him are Neil Simon, Waldemar Bonsels, Orson Scott Card, Abraham ibn Daud, Frederick Marryat, and Józef Czapski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Richard Wurmbrand ranks 137. Before him are W. Montgomery Watt, Géza Toldi, Barry Goldwater, Max Baer, Johannes Willebrands, and Leyla Mammadbeyova. After him are Henri Alekan, Hermann Lang, David Riesman, Gerhard Gentzen, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, and Olga Rubtsova. Among people deceased in 2001, Richard Wurmbrand ranks 104. Before him are Ken Tyrrell, Alexei Tupolev, Isao Inokuma, Sergej Kraigher, Barend Biesheuvel, and Georgy Vitsin. After him are Davorin Popović, Henri Alekan, Josef Klaus, Michel Marcel Navratil, G. E. M. Anscombe, and Hans Münch.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Richard Wurmbrand ranks 180 out of 844. Before him are Brunó Ferenc Straub (1914), Constantin Dăscălescu (1923), Saul Steinberg (1914), Ulpia Severina (300), Simon Hollósy (1857), and Mihail Sadoveanu (1880). After him are Ion C. Brătianu (1821), Ferenc Dávid (1510), Lucian Blaga (1895), Marcel Ciolacu (1967), Alexander Vencel (1944), and Constantin Ion Parhon (1874).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Richard Wurmbrand ranks 24. Before him are Marthe Bibesco (1886), János Arany (1817), Mircea Cărtărescu (1956), Vasile Alecsandri (1821), Mihail Sebastian (1907), and Mihail Sadoveanu (1880). After him are Benjamin Fondane (1898), Ferenc Kazinczy (1759), Ana Blandiana (1942), Tudor Arghezi (1880), Olha Kobylianska (1863), and Liviu Rebreanu (1885).

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