1860 - 1904
Theodor Herzl (; German: [ˈhɛɐtsl̩]; Hebrew: תֵּאוֹדוֹר הֶרְצְל, romanized: Te'odor Hertzel; Hungarian: Herzl Tivadar; Hebrew name given at his brit milah: Binyamin Ze'ev; 2 May 1860 – 3 July 1904) was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine in an effort to form a Jewish state. Although he died before Israel's establishment, he is known in Hebrew as חוֹזֵה הַמְדִינָה, Chozeh HaMedinah, lit. 'Visionary of the State'. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodor Herzl has received more than 2,072,568 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Theodor Herzl is the 96th most popular writer (up from 104th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Writer.
Theodor Herzl is most famous for being the founder of modern Zionism. He was also a journalist, playwright, and author.
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Among writers, Theodor Herzl ranks 96 out of 5,794. Before him are Astrid Lindgren, Toni Morrison, Charles Bukowski, Heinrich Heine, Cato the Elder, and José Saramago. After him are Mary Shelley, Stephen King, Maurice Maeterlinck, Erich Maria Remarque, Selma Lagerlöf, and André Gide.
1907 - 2002
HPI: 83.11
Rank: 90
1931 - 2019
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 91
1920 - 1994
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 92
1797 - 1856
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 93
243 BC - 149 BC
HPI: 82.86
Rank: 94
1922 - 2010
HPI: 82.83
Rank: 95
1860 - 1904
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 96
1797 - 1851
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 97
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 98
1862 - 1949
HPI: 82.63
Rank: 99
1898 - 1970
HPI: 82.62
Rank: 100
1858 - 1940
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 101
1869 - 1951
HPI: 82.57
Rank: 102
Among people born in 1860, Theodor Herzl ranks 3. Before him are Anton Chekhov and Gustav Mahler. After him are Klara Hitler, Eduard Buchner, Alphonse Mucha, Isaac Albéniz, Kanō Jigorō, Raymond Poincaré, J. M. Barrie, William Jennings Bryan, and Herman Hollerith. Among people deceased in 1904, Theodor Herzl ranks 3. Before him are Anton Chekhov and Antonín Dvořák. After him are Murad V, Isabella II of Spain, Henry Morton Stanley, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Eadweard Muybridge, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Friedrich Ratzel, Abai Qunanbaiuly, and Gabriel Tarde.
1860 - 1904
HPI: 88.01
Rank: 1
1860 - 1911
HPI: 86.86
Rank: 2
1860 - 1904
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 3
1860 - 1907
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 4
1860 - 1917
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 5
1860 - 1939
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 6
1860 - 1909
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 7
1860 - 1938
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 8
1860 - 1934
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 9
1860 - 1937
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 10
1860 - 1925
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 11
1860 - 1929
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 12
1860 - 1904
HPI: 88.01
Rank: 1
1841 - 1904
HPI: 85.62
Rank: 2
1860 - 1904
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 3
1840 - 1904
HPI: 79.40
Rank: 4
1830 - 1904
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 5
1841 - 1904
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 6
1824 - 1904
HPI: 76.41
Rank: 7
1830 - 1904
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 8
1834 - 1904
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 9
1844 - 1904
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 10
1845 - 1904
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 11
1843 - 1904
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 12
Among people born in Hungary, Theodor Herzl ranks 6 out of 696. Before him are Attila (406), Ignaz Semmelweis (1818), Elizabeth Báthory (1560), Ferenc Puskás (1927), and Martin of Tours (316). After him are John von Neumann (1903), George Soros (1930), Louis II of Hungary (1506), Harry Houdini (1874), Miklós Horthy (1868), and Gaiseric (389).
406 - 453
HPI: 90.29
Rank: 1
1818 - 1865
HPI: 84.71
Rank: 2
1560 - 1614
HPI: 84.27
Rank: 3
1927 - 2006
HPI: 83.13
Rank: 4
316 - 397
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 5
1860 - 1904
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 6
1903 - 1957
HPI: 82.05
Rank: 7
1930 - Present
HPI: 81.84
Rank: 8
1506 - 1526
HPI: 80.76
Rank: 9
1874 - 1926
HPI: 80.68
Rank: 10
1868 - 1957
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 11
389 - 477
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 12
Among writers born in Hungary, Theodor Herzl ranks 1. After him are Imre Kertész (1929), Ágota Kristóf (1935), Arthur Koestler (1905), Sándor Petőfi (1823), Ferenc Molnár (1878), Felix Salten (1869), Max Nordau (1849), Tivadar Soros (1894), Ephraim Kishon (1924), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), and Magda Szabó (1917).
1860 - 1904
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 1
1929 - 2016
HPI: 78.81
Rank: 2
1935 - 2011
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 3
1905 - 1983
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 4
1823 - 1849
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 5
1878 - 1952
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 6
1869 - 1945
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 7
1849 - 1923
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 8
1894 - 1968
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 9
1924 - 2005
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 10
1802 - 1850
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 11
1917 - 2007
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 12