1875 - 1945
Adam Alfred Rudolf Glauer (9 November 1875 – 8 May 1945), also known as Rudolf Freiherr von Sebottendorff (or Sebottendorf) was a German occultist, writer, intelligence agent and political activist. He was the founder of the Thule Society, a post-World War I German occultist organization where he played a key role, and that influenced many members of the Nazi Party. He was a Freemason, a Sufi of the Bektashi order - after his conversion to Islam - and a practitioner of meditation, astrology, numerology, and alchemy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf von Sebottendorf has received more than 210,545 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Rudolf von Sebottendorf is the 1,116th most popular writer (up from 1,142nd in 2019), the 1,118th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,085th in 2019) and the 70th most popular German Writer.
Rudolf von Sebottendorf was a German occultist and member of the Thule Society. He is most famous for his involvement in the failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923.
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Among writers, Rudolf von Sebottendorf ranks 1,116 out of 5,755. Before him are Dionysius Thrax, B. H. Liddell Hart, Ephraim Kishon, Michael Connelly, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, and Lin Yutang. After him are Meng Haoran, Joan Fuster, Gaius Asinius Pollio, Assia Djebar, Hrotsvitha, and Lobsang Rampa.
170 BC - 89 BC
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 1,110
1895 - 1970
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 1,111
1924 - 2005
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 1,112
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,113
1551 - 1602
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,114
1895 - 1976
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,115
1875 - 1945
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,116
690 - 740
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,117
1922 - 1992
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,118
76 BC - 4
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 1,119
1936 - 2015
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 1,120
935 - 1002
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 1,121
1910 - 1981
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 1,122
Among people born in 1875, Rudolf von Sebottendorf ranks 36. Before him are Edgar Wallace, Mihály Károlyi, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Cléo de Mérode, Mistinguett, and Sisowath Monivong. After him are Walter Chrysler, Albert Marquet, Ludwig Prandtl, Franco Alfano, Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, and Hiram Bingham III. Among people deceased in 1945, Rudolf von Sebottendorf ranks 91. Before him are Fritz Klein, Plutarco Elías Calles, Walter Bradford Cannon, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Roza Shanina, and Kurt Gerstein. After him are Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Philipp Bouhler, Anton Dostler, Walter Krüger, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, and Hans Kammler.
1875 - 1932
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 30
1875 - 1955
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 31
1875 - 1933
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 32
1875 - 1966
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 33
1875 - 1956
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 34
1875 - 1941
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 35
1875 - 1945
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 36
1875 - 1940
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 37
1875 - 1947
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 38
1875 - 1953
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 39
1875 - 1954
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 40
1875 - 1944
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 41
1875 - 1956
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 42
1888 - 1945
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 85
1877 - 1945
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 86
1871 - 1945
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 87
1894 - 1945
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 88
1924 - 1945
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 89
1905 - 1945
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 90
1875 - 1945
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 91
1895 - 1945
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 92
1899 - 1945
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 93
1891 - 1945
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 94
1890 - 1945
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 95
1899 - 1945
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 96
1901 - 1945
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 97
Among people born in Germany, Rudolf von Sebottendorf ranks 1,118 out of 6,142. Before him are Margot Honecker (1927), Max Klinger (1857), Klaus Störtebeker (1360), Rudolf Diels (1900), Charles I of Württemberg (1823), and Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229). After him are Petrus Apianus (1495), Günther Korten (1898), Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851), Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (1753), Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765), and Leo von Klenze (1784).
1927 - 2016
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 1,112
1857 - 1920
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 1,113
1360 - 1401
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 1,114
1900 - 1957
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 1,115
1823 - 1891
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 1,116
1229 - 1294
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,117
1875 - 1945
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,118
1495 - 1552
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,119
1898 - 1944
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 1,120
1851 - 1897
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 1,121
1753 - 1830
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 1,122
1765 - 1796
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 1,123
1784 - 1864
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 1,124
Among writers born in Germany, Rudolf von Sebottendorf ranks 70. Before him are Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Ernst Barlach (1870), Alfred Brehm (1829), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Joost van den Vondel (1587), and Radegund (518). After him are Hrotsvitha (935), Charles De Coster (1827), Theodor Storm (1817), Gottfried Benn (1886), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), and Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426).
1586 - 1654
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 64
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 65
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 66
1929 - 2022
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 67
1587 - 1679
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 68
518 - 587
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 69
1875 - 1945
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 70
935 - 1002
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 71
1827 - 1879
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 72
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 73
1886 - 1956
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 74
1792 - 1854
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 75
1426 - 1487
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 76