1817 - 1888
Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (German pronunciation: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈʃtɔʁm] ; 14 September 1817 – 4 July 1888), commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German-Frisian writer and poet. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodor Storm has received more than 169,127 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Theodor Storm is the 1,170th most popular writer (up from 1,177th in 2019), the 1,174th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,129th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular German Writer.
Theodor Storm is most famous for his short story "The Old House" and his novel "The Rider on the White Horse."
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Among writers, Theodor Storm ranks 1,170 out of 5,755. Before him are Robert Jordan, Marilyn vos Savant, Dylan Thomas, P. L. Travers, Jernej Kopitar, and Alain-Fournier. After him are Léon Bloy, Elsa Triolet, Sophia Tolstaya, Léon Werth, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon.
1948 - 2007
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 1,164
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 1,165
1914 - 1953
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 1,166
1899 - 1996
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1,167
1780 - 1844
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1,168
1886 - 1914
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,169
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,170
1846 - 1917
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 1,171
1896 - 1970
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,172
1844 - 1919
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,173
1878 - 1955
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 1,174
1914 - 1999
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 1,175
1675 - 1755
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 1,176
Among people born in 1817, Theodor Storm ranks 14. Before him are Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Syed Ahmad Khan, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Niels Gade, and Pierre Larousse. After him are Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Austen Henry Layard, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, and Táhirih. Among people deceased in 1888, Theodor Storm ranks 15. Before him are Nikolay Przhevalsky, Charles-Valentin Alkan, François Achille Bazaine, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Paul Langerhans, and Ascanio Sobrero. After him are Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Anton Mauve, Mary Ann Nichols, Mary Jane Kelly, Johannes Zukertort, and Elizabeth Stride.
1817 - 1905
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 8
1817 - 1895
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 9
1817 - 1898
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 10
1817 - 1907
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 11
1817 - 1890
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 12
1817 - 1875
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 13
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 14
1817 - 1875
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 15
1817 - 1852
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 16
1817 - 1894
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 17
1817 - 1884
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 18
1817 - 1879
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 19
1817 - 1852
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 20
1839 - 1888
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 9
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 10
1811 - 1888
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 11
1823 - 1888
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 12
1847 - 1888
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 13
1812 - 1888
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 14
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 15
1811 - 1888
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 16
1838 - 1888
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 17
1845 - 1888
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 18
1863 - 1888
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 19
1842 - 1888
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 20
1843 - 1888
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 21
Among people born in Germany, Theodor Storm ranks 1,174 out of 6,142. Before him are Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach (1724), Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912), Theobald Boehm (1794), Werner Haase (1900), Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1831), and Helmut Rahn (1929). After him are Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1473), Hans-Dieter Flick (1965), Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680), Henry Suso (1295), Nena (1960), and Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1666).
1724 - 1794
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1,168
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,169
1794 - 1881
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,170
1900 - 1950
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 1,171
1831 - 1867
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 1,172
1929 - 2003
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,173
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,174
1473 - 1541
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,175
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 1,176
1680 - 1735
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,177
1295 - 1366
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,178
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 1,179
1666 - 1699
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 1,180
Among writers born in Germany, Theodor Storm ranks 73. Before him are Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Radegund (518), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Hrotsvitha (935), and Charles De Coster (1827). After him are Gottfried Benn (1886), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426), Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), W. G. Sebald (1944), and August von Kotzebue (1761).
1929 - 2022
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 67
1587 - 1679
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 68
518 - 587
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 69
1875 - 1945
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 70
935 - 1002
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 71
1827 - 1879
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 72
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 73
1886 - 1956
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 74
1792 - 1854
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 75
1426 - 1487
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 76
1736 - 1794
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 77
1944 - 2001
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 78
1761 - 1819
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 79