1907 - 1999
Raimund Pretzel (27 December 1907 – 2 January 1999), better known by his pseudonym Sebastian Haffner, was a German journalist and historian. As an émigré in Britain during World War II, Haffner argued that accommodation was impossible not only with Adolf Hitler but also with the German Reich with which Hitler had gambled. Peace could be secured only by rolling back "seventy-five years of German history" and restoring Germany to a network of smaller states.As a journalist in West Germany, Haffner's conscious effort "to dramatize, to push differences to the top," precipitated breaks with editors both liberal and conservative. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastian Haffner has received more than 212,955 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Sebastian Haffner is the 1,805th most popular writer (down from 1,735th in 2019), the 1,882nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,760th in 2019) and the 116th most popular German Writer.
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Among writers, Sebastian Haffner ranks 1,805 out of 5,755. Before him are Lilya Brik, Alexandre Benois, Didymus Chalcenterus, Abbot Oliba, Brian Aldiss, and Catherine of Bologna. After him are Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Cornell Woolrich, Thomas Merton, Guido Adler, Ludwig Börne, and Valery Bryusov.
1891 - 1978
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 1,799
1870 - 1960
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 1,800
63 BC - 10
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 1,801
971 - 1046
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 1,802
1925 - 2017
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 1,803
1413 - 1463
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1,804
1907 - 1999
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1,805
1633 - 1714
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,806
1903 - 1968
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,807
1915 - 1968
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,808
1855 - 1941
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 1,809
1786 - 1837
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 1,810
1873 - 1924
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 1,811
Among people born in 1907, Sebastian Haffner ranks 99. Before him are Pavel Sudoplatov, Johann Trollmann, Hans Martin Sutermeister, Anthony Blunt, Jean Hyppolite, and Harivansh Rai Bachchan. After him are Heinz Brandt, Shiro Teshima, Pedro Arrupe, Arseny Tarkovsky, Ilona Elek, and Avraham Stern. Among people deceased in 1999, Sebastian Haffner ranks 71. Before him are Charlotte Perriand, Moondog, Victor Mature, Lajos Tichy, Paul Bowles, and Gertrud Scholtz-Klink. After him are Ilmari Juutilainen, Igor Netto, Brion James, Phaedon Gizikis, Shankar Dayal Sharma, and Leon Štukelj.
1907 - 1996
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 93
1907 - 1943
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 94
1907 - 1977
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 95
1907 - 1983
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 96
1907 - 1968
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 97
1907 - 2003
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 98
1907 - 1999
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 99
1907 - 1944
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 100
1907 - 1982
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 101
1907 - 1991
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 102
1907 - 1989
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 103
1907 - 1988
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 104
1907 - 1942
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 105
1903 - 1999
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 65
1916 - 1999
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 66
1913 - 1999
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 67
1935 - 1999
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 68
1910 - 1999
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 69
1902 - 1999
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 70
1907 - 1999
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 71
1914 - 1999
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 72
1930 - 1999
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 73
1945 - 1999
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 74
1917 - 1999
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 75
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 76
1898 - 1999
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 77
Among people born in Germany, Sebastian Haffner ranks 1,882 out of 6,142. Before him are Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810), George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1831), Frederick of Utrecht (780), Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (1305), Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden (1824), and Henry III, Duke of Bavaria (940). After him are Johann Homann (1664), Jürgen Kohler (1965), Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1625), William I, Duke of Bavaria (1330), and Toni Kroos (1990).
1810 - 1856
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 1,876
1831 - 1893
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 1,877
780 - 838
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 1,878
1305 - 1339
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 1,879
1824 - 1858
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 1,880
940 - 989
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 1,881
1907 - 1999
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1,882
1664 - 1724
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1,883
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1,884
1633 - 1714
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,885
1625 - 1679
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,886
1330 - 1389
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,887
1990 - Present
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,888
Among writers born in Germany, Sebastian Haffner ranks 116. Before him are Wolfgang Borchert (1921), Jordan of Saxony (1190), Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871), Theodor Nöldeke (1836), Elvira Madigan (1867), and Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901). After him are Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), Ludwig Börne (1786), Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797), Uri Avnery (1923), and Paul Gerhardt (1607).
1921 - 1947
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 110
1190 - 1237
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 111
1871 - 1943
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 112
1836 - 1930
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 113
1867 - 1889
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 114
1901 - 1989
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 115
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