1926 - 2014
Siegfried Lenz (German: [ˈziːkfʁiːt ˈlɛnts] ; 17 March 1926 – 7 October 2014) was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Siegfried Lenz has received more than 172,256 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Siegfried Lenz is the 1,420th most popular writer (down from 1,245th in 2019), the 1,474th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,217th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular German Writer.
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Among writers, Siegfried Lenz ranks 1,420 out of 5,755. Before him are Louise Labé, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Béla Balázs, Mukhtar Auezov, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Robert Browning. After him are Joseph Needham, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Ira Levin, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, Blaise de Vigenère, and Léo Taxil.
1524 - 1566
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,414
1715 - 1747
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,415
1884 - 1949
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 1,416
1897 - 1961
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 1,417
1888 - 1970
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,418
1812 - 1889
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,419
1926 - 2014
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,420
1900 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,421
1798 - 1874
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,422
1929 - 2007
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,423
912 - 966
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,424
1523 - 1596
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,425
1854 - 1907
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,426
Among people born in 1926, Siegfried Lenz ranks 99. Before him are György Kurtág, Maria Teresa de Filippis, Yoshio Okada, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Francisco Rabal, and Jean-Marie Lustiger. After him are John Schlesinger, Hans Werner Henze, Roger Corman, Patricia Neal, Sydney Chaplin, and Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse. Among people deceased in 2014, Siegfried Lenz ranks 66. Before him are Stuart Hall, Veljko Kadijević, Věra Chytilová, Hilderaldo Bellini, Chespirito, and Luise Rainer. After him are Fred Phelps, Gabriel Axel, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Run Run Shaw, Karl Albrecht, and Larry Scott.
1926 - Present
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 93
1926 - 2016
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 94
1926 - 2002
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 95
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 96
1926 - 2001
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 97
1926 - 2007
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 98
1926 - 2014
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 99
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 100
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 101
1926 - Present
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 102
1926 - 2010
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 103
1926 - 2009
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 104
1926 - 2013
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 105
1932 - 2014
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 60
1925 - 2014
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 61
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 62
1930 - 2014
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 63
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 64
1910 - 2014
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 65
1926 - 2014
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 66
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 67
1918 - 2014
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 68
1932 - 2014
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 69
1907 - 2014
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 70
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 71
1938 - 2014
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 72
Among people born in Germany, Siegfried Lenz ranks 1,474 out of 6,142. Before him are Horst Schumann (1906), Günther Blumentritt (1892), Luise Rainer (1910), Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), Carl Stumpf (1848), and Heidi Klum (1973). After him are Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676), August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), Gerberga of Saxony (913), Matthias Erzberger (1875), Rupert of Salzburg (650), and Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord (1878).
1906 - 1983
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,468
1892 - 1967
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,469
1910 - 2014
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 1,470
1921 - 2015
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 1,471
1848 - 1936
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 1,472
1973 - Present
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 1,473
1926 - 2014
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,474
1676 - 1747
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,475
1798 - 1874
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,476
913 - 984
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,477
1875 - 1921
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,478
650 - 710
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,479
1878 - 1943
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 1,480
Among writers born in Germany, Siegfried Lenz ranks 93. Before him are Hartmann von Aue (1160), Jakob Wassermann (1873), Widukind of Corvey (925), Wilhelm Müller (1794), Hartmann Schedel (1440), and Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777). After him are August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825), Paul Rée (1849), Arnold van Gennep (1873), Heiner Müller (1929), and Christian Morgenstern (1871).
1160 - 1210
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 87
1873 - 1934
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 88
925 - 980
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 89
1794 - 1827
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 90
1440 - 1514
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 91
1777 - 1843
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 92
1926 - 2014
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 93
1798 - 1874
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 94
1825 - 1895
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 95
1849 - 1901
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 96
1873 - 1957
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 97
1929 - 1995
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 98
1871 - 1914
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 99