1205 - 1270
Tannhäuser (German: [ˈtanhɔʏzɐ]; Middle High German: Tanhûser), often stylized "The Tannhäuser", was a German Minnesinger and traveling poet. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tannhäuser has received more than 352,827 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Tannhäuser is the 940th most popular writer (down from 881st in 2019), the 908th most popular biography from Germany (down from 805th in 2019) and the 59th most popular German Writer.
Tannhäuser is most famous for being a German legend about a knight who leaves his life of chivalry for the love of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty.
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Among writers, Tannhäuser ranks 940 out of 5,755. Before him are Jan Potocki, Felix Salten, Charles Nodier, Ahmed Deedat, Vinicius de Moraes, and Marshall Rosenberg. After him are Taha Hussein, John Fowles, Emanuel Schikaneder, Etty Hillesum, Aristarchus of Samothrace, and Klaus Ebner.
1761 - 1815
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 934
1869 - 1945
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 935
1780 - 1844
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 936
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 937
1913 - 1980
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 938
1934 - 2015
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 939
1205 - 1270
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 940
1889 - 1973
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 941
1926 - 2005
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 942
1751 - 1812
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 943
1914 - 1943
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 944
217 BC - 144 BC
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 945
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 946
Among people born in 1205, Tannhäuser ranks 4. Before him are Pope Adrian V, Razia Sultana, and Wenceslaus I of Bohemia. After him are Emperor Lizong, As-Salih Ayyub, Elisabeth of Swabia, Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Demetrius of Montferrat, and Guy I de la Roche. Among people deceased in 1270, Tannhäuser ranks 5. Before him are Louis IX of France, Béla IV of Hungary, Margaret of Hungary, and Nachmanides. After him are Maria Laskarina, Theobald II of Navarre, Shvarn, Isabelle of France, John Tristan, Count of Valois, Hethum I, King of Armenia, and Si Inthrathit.
1205 - 1276
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 1
1205 - 1240
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 2
1205 - 1253
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 3
1205 - 1270
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 4
1205 - 1264
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 5
1205 - 1249
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 6
1205 - 1235
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 7
1205 - 1271
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 8
1205 - 1227
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 9
1205 - 1263
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 10
1214 - 1270
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 1
1206 - 1270
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 2
1242 - 1270
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 3
1194 - 1270
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 4
1205 - 1270
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 5
1206 - 1270
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 6
1239 - 1270
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 7
1230 - 1270
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 8
1225 - 1270
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 9
1250 - 1270
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 10
1215 - 1270
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 11
1188 - 1270
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Tannhäuser ranks 908 out of 6,142. Before him are Reinhard Scheer (1863), John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525), Kurt Koffka (1886), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493), and Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173). After him are Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), William II of Württemberg (1848), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), and Emmy Göring (1893).
1863 - 1928
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 902
1525 - 1598
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 903
1886 - 1941
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 904
975 - 1018
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 905
1493 - 1550
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 906
1173 - 1231
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 907
1205 - 1270
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 908
1724 - 1780
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 909
1754 - 1832
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 910
1430 - 1495
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 911
1848 - 1921
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 912
1802 - 1870
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 913
1893 - 1973
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 914
Among writers born in Germany, Tannhäuser ranks 59. Before him are Hans Sachs (1494), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), Stefan George (1868), Marie d'Agoult (1805), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), and Thietmar of Merseburg (975). After him are Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), Bernhard Schlink (1944), Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), and Ernst Barlach (1870).
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
1622 - 1676
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 62
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 63
1586 - 1654
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 64
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 65