1950 - Today
Thomas Johannes Gottschalk (born 18 May 1950) is a German radio and television host and entertainer. He is best known for hosting Wetten, dass..?, for many years Europe's biggest television show, which he steered to huge success in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol between 1987 and 2023. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Gottschalk has received more than 398,611 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Gottschalk is the 22nd most popular presenter (up from 26th in 2019), the 3,085th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,207th in 2019) and the most popular German Presenter.
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Among presenters, Thomas Gottschalk ranks 22 out of 110. Before him are Johnny Carson, Walter Cronkite, Chris Wallace, Jimmy Savile, Rudi Carrell, and Sharon Osbourne. After him are Howard Stern, Michael Buffer, Peter R. de Vries, Mike Bongiorno, John Peel, and Conan O'Brien.
1925 - 2005
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 16
1916 - 2009
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 17
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 18
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 19
1934 - 2006
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 20
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 21
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 22
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 23
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 24
1956 - 2021
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 25
1924 - 2009
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 26
1939 - 2004
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 27
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 28
Among people born in 1950, Thomas Gottschalk ranks 181. Before him are Kozo Arai, Waldemar Cierpinski, Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, Huey Lewis, Tony Banks, and Bruce McGill. After him are Charles, Prince Napoléon, Tomomi Seo, Richard Galliano, Carl Palmer, Ángel María Villar, and Alan Tam.
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 175
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 176
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 177
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 178
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 179
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 180
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 181
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 182
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 183
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 184
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 185
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 186
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 187
Among people born in Germany, Thomas Gottschalk ranks 3,085 out of 6,142. Before him are Alojs Andritzki (1914), Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1826), Roger Schmidt (1967), Adolf Mayer (1843), Marianne Cope (1838), and Halet Çambel (1916). After him are Karl Koller (1898), Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (1873), Hamit Altıntop (1982), Rolf Carls (1885), Udo Zimmermann (1943), and Thilo Sarrazin (1945).
1914 - 1943
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 3,079
1826 - 1896
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,080
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,081
1843 - 1942
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 3,082
1838 - 1918
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 3,083
1916 - 2014
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 3,084
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 3,085
1898 - 1951
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,086
1873 - 1962
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,087
1982 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,088
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,089
1943 - 2021
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 3,090
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 3,091
Among presenters born in Germany, Thomas Gottschalk ranks 1. After him are Sabine Schmitz (1969), Stefan Raab (1966), and Judith Rakers (1976).
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 1
1969 - 2021
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 2
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 3
1976 - Present
HPI: 36.20
Rank: 4