1888 - 1960
Hedwig "Vicki" Baum (; Hebrew: ויקי באום; January 24, 1888 – August 29, 1960) was an Austrian writer. She is known for the novel Menschen im Hotel ("People at a Hotel", 1929 — published in English as Grand Hotel), one of her first international successes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vicki Baum has received more than 166,123 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Vicki Baum is the 1,666th most popular writer (down from 1,615th in 2019), the 401st most popular biography from Austria (down from 382nd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Austrian Writer.
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Among writers, Vicki Baum ranks 1,666 out of 5,755. Before her are Gaius Julius Solinus, Seamus Heaney, Wolfgang Borchert, Hadewijch, Ida Laura Pfeiffer, and Walafrid Strabo. After her are Samuel ibn Naghrillah, Antonio de Nebrija, Ahad Ha'am, Ivan Klíma, Kateb Yacine, and John of Kronstadt.
400 - 400
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 1,660
1939 - 2013
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 1,661
1921 - 1947
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 1,662
1200 - 1260
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 1,663
1797 - 1858
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 1,664
808 - 849
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 1,665
1888 - 1960
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 1,666
993 - 1055
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,667
1441 - 1522
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,668
1856 - 1927
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,669
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,670
1929 - 1989
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,671
1829 - 1908
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,672
Among people born in 1888, Vicki Baum ranks 72. Before her are Werner Jaeger, Valerian Kuybyshev, Jan Syrový, Harpo Marx, Louis Durey, and Franz Pfeffer von Salomon. After her are Wellington Koo, Henry A. Wallace, Prince Axel of Denmark, Masaharu Homma, Fritz Reiner, and Clara Campoamor. Among people deceased in 1960, Vicki Baum ranks 51. Before her are Frank Lloyd, Inejiro Asanuma, Leonard Woolley, Yan Xishan, Paul Abraham, and Antonie Pannekoek. After her are Pierre Reverdy, José Antonio Aguirre, Alexandre Benois, Abram Ioffe, James Montgomery Flagg, and Edwin Fischer.
1888 - 1961
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 66
1888 - 1935
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 67
1888 - 1970
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 68
1888 - 1964
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 69
1888 - 1979
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 70
1888 - 1968
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 71
1888 - 1960
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 72
1888 - 1985
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 73
1888 - 1965
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 74
1888 - 1964
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 75
1888 - 1946
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 76
1888 - 1963
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 77
1888 - 1972
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 78
1886 - 1960
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 45
1898 - 1960
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 46
1880 - 1960
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 47
1883 - 1960
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 48
1892 - 1960
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 49
1873 - 1960
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 50
1888 - 1960
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 51
1889 - 1960
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 52
1904 - 1960
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 53
1870 - 1960
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 54
1880 - 1960
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 55
1877 - 1960
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 56
1886 - 1960
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 57
Among people born in Austria, Vicki Baum ranks 401 out of 1,237. Before her are Paul Badura-Skoda (1927), Frederick I, Duke of Austria (1175), Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (1249), Adam Rainer (1899), Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774), and Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797). After her are Otto Wächter (1901), Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria (1876), Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1796), Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein (1690), Friedrich von Amerling (1803), and Hanns Albin Rauter (1895).
1927 - 2019
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 395
1175 - 1198
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 396
1249 - 1268
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 397
1899 - 1950
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 398
1774 - 1856
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 399
1797 - 1858
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 400
1888 - 1960
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 401
1901 - 1949
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 402
1876 - 1961
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 403
1796 - 1858
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 404
1690 - 1732
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 405
1803 - 1887
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 406
1895 - 1949
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 407
Among writers born in Austria, Vicki Baum ranks 33. Before her are Peter Altenberg (1859), Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), Raul Hilberg (1926), Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774), and Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797). After her are Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874), Hermann Bahr (1863), Johann Nestroy (1801), Gitta Sereny (1921), Johannes Mario Simmel (1924), and Ilse Aichinger (1921).
1859 - 1919
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 27
1936 - 2018
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 28
1824 - 1882
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 29
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 30
1774 - 1856
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 31
1797 - 1858
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 32
1888 - 1960
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 33
1874 - 1938
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 34
1863 - 1934
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 35
1801 - 1862
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 36
1921 - 2012
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 37
1924 - 2009
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 38
1921 - 2016
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 39