1868 - 1933
Stefan Anton George (German: [ˈʃtɛfan ˈʔantoːn ɡeˈ(ʔ)ɔʁɡə]; 12 July 1868 – 4 December 1933) was a German symbolist poet and a translator of Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Hesiod, and Charles Baudelaire. He is also known for his role as leader of the highly influential literary circle called the George-Kreis and for founding the literary magazine Blätter für die Kunst ("Journal for the Arts"). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stefan George has received more than 276,548 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Stefan George is the 898th most popular writer (down from 802nd in 2019), the 875th most popular biography from Germany (down from 720th in 2019) and the 55th most popular German Writer.
Stefan George was a German poet and essayist who was one of the most important figures in German literature. He was also the founder of the Berlin Circle, a literary group that promoted a new style of poetry called "George-style."
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Among writers, Stefan George ranks 898 out of 5,755. Before him are Rustichello da Pisa, Bertran de Born, Publilius Syrus, John Updike, B. Traven, and Jean de La Bruyère. After him are Charles Maurras, John Grisham, Daniel Goleman, Samuel Richardson, Noah Gordon, and Aziz Nesin.
1290 - 1400
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 892
1140 - 1215
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 893
100 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 894
1932 - 2009
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 895
1882 - 1969
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 896
1645 - 1696
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 897
1868 - 1933
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 898
1868 - 1952
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 899
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 900
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 901
1689 - 1761
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 902
1926 - 2021
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 903
1915 - 1995
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 904
Among people born in 1868, Stefan George ranks 37. Before him are Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Josephine Bakhita, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, and La Belle Otero. After him are Charles Maurras, Émile Bernard, Alexandra David-Néel, Felix Hausdorff, Eleanor H. Porter, and James Brendan Connolly. Among people deceased in 1933, Stefan George ranks 16. Before him are Annie Besant, Sándor Ferenczi, Wilhelm Cuno, Nikolai Yudenich, Princess Thyra of Denmark, and Oskar Potiorek. After him are Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, Paul Ehrenfest, Erhard Heiden, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Albert Calmette, and Knud Rasmussen.
1868 - 1928
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 31
1868 - 1940
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 32
1868 - 1937
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 33
1868 - 1947
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 34
1868 - 1937
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 35
1868 - 1965
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 36
1868 - 1933
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 37
1868 - 1952
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 38
1868 - 1941
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 39
1868 - 1969
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 40
1868 - 1942
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 41
1868 - 1920
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 42
1868 - 1957
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 43
1847 - 1933
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 10
1873 - 1933
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 11
1876 - 1933
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 12
1862 - 1933
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 13
1853 - 1933
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 14
1853 - 1933
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 15
1868 - 1933
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 16
1866 - 1933
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 17
1880 - 1933
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 18
1901 - 1933
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 19
1875 - 1933
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 20
1863 - 1933
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 21
1879 - 1933
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 22
Among people born in Germany, Stefan George ranks 875 out of 6,142. Before him are Moses Hess (1812), Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857), Erich Kempka (1910), Princess Marianne of the Netherlands (1810), Hennig Brand (1630), and Albert of Brandenburg (1490). After him are Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120), Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521), Zwentibold (870), Peter Parler (1330), and Ivan Rebroff (1931).
1812 - 1875
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 869
1857 - 1943
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 870
1910 - 1975
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 871
1810 - 1883
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 872
1630 - 1710
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 873
1490 - 1545
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 874
1868 - 1933
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 875
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 876
1120 - 1183
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 877
1521 - 1553
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 878
870 - 900
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 879
1330 - 1399
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 880
1931 - 2008
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 881
Among writers born in Germany, Stefan George ranks 55. Before him are Clemens Brentano (1778), Anna Seghers (1900), Achim von Arnim (1781), Kurt Eisner (1867), Hans Sachs (1494), and Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868). After him are Marie d'Agoult (1805), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), Tannhäuser (1205), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), and Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887).
1778 - 1842
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 49
1900 - 1983
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 50
1781 - 1831
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 51
1867 - 1919
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 52
1494 - 1576
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 53
1868 - 1937
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 54
1868 - 1933
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 55
1805 - 1876
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 56
1733 - 1813
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 57
975 - 1018
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 58
1205 - 1270
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 59
1751 - 1812
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 60
1887 - 1975
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 61