New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

WRITER

Stéphane Hessel

1917 - 2013

Photo of Stéphane Hessel

Icon of person Stéphane Hessel

Stéphane Frédéric Hessel (born Stefan Friedrich Kaspar Hessel; 20 October 1917 – 26 February 2013) was a French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, Resistance member and BCRA agent. Born German, he became a naturalised French citizen in 1939. He became an observer of the editing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stéphane Hessel has received more than 122,855 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Stéphane Hessel is the 1,317th most popular writer (up from 1,433rd in 2019), the 1,364th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,436th in 2019) and the 85th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Page views of Stéphane Hessels by language


Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stéphane Hessel ranks 1,317 out of 5,755. Before him are Henry Steel Olcott, Cratinus, Joachim Fest, Daniil Kharms, Ibn al-Nadim, and Magda Szabó. After him are Kjell Askildsen, Robert Sheckley, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Cees Nooteboom, Don DeLillo, and Konstantin Simonov.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Stéphane Hessel ranks 72. Before him are Carson McCullers, Chung Il-kwon, Herbert Lom, Ettore Sottsass, Juan Rulfo, and Magda Szabó. After him are John B. Calhoun, Robert Bloch, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Yevgeny Khaldei, Will Eisner, and Hirokazu Ninomiya. Among people deceased in 2013, Stéphane Hessel ranks 62. Before him are James Avery, Henri Dutilleux, James Gandolfini, Abdul Rahim Hatif, David H. Hubel, and Robert Fogel. After him are Kenneth G. Wilson, Kenneth Waltz, Glafcos Clerides, Bert Trautmann, Roger Ebert, and Sławomir Mrożek.

Others Born in 1917

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2013

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Stéphane Hessel ranks 1,364 out of 6,142. Before him are Bruno the Great (925), Adolph Wagner (1835), Joachim Fest (1926), Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (1240), Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), and Melitta Bentz (1873). After him are Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823), William I, Elector of Hesse (1743), Friedrich Hund (1896), Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (1803), and Conrad II of Italy (1074).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Stéphane Hessel ranks 85. Before him are August von Kotzebue (1761), Georg Kaiser (1878), Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752), Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813), Kurt Tucholsky (1890), and Joachim Fest (1926). After him are Siegfried Kracauer (1889), Hartmann von Aue (1160), Jakob Wassermann (1873), Widukind of Corvey (925), Wilhelm Müller (1794), and Hartmann Schedel (1440).

German born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL