1944 - 2001
Winfried Georg Sebald (18 May 1944 – 14 December 2001), known as W. G. Sebald or (as he preferred) Max Sebald, was a German writer and academic. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. G. Sebald has received more than 726,666 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). W. G. Sebald is the 1,280th most popular writer (down from 1,235th in 2019), the 1,311th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,205th in 2019) and the 79th most popular German Writer.
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Among writers, W. G. Sebald ranks 1,280 out of 5,755. Before him are Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Albert Barillé, Maurus Servius Honoratus, Ivan Vazov, R. L. Stine, and Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz. After him are August von Kotzebue, Maj Sjöwall, Alexander Afanasyev, Georg Kaiser, Matthias Flacius, and Émile Gaboriau.
1939 - 2003
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,274
1920 - 2009
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,275
363 - 301
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,276
1850 - 1921
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,277
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,278
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,279
1944 - 2001
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,280
1761 - 1819
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,281
1935 - 2020
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,282
1826 - 1871
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,283
1878 - 1945
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,284
1520 - 1575
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 1,285
1832 - 1873
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 1,286
Among people born in 1944, W. G. Sebald ranks 103. Before him are Makoto Kobayashi, Ren Zhengfei, Roger Scruton, Peter Tosh, Michelle Phillips, and Erwin Neher. After him are Patrick Depailler, Roger Daltrey, Gary Busey, Frank Oz, Daniel Pennac, and Michael Nyman. Among people deceased in 2001, W. G. Sebald ranks 50. Before him are Giovanni Leone, Emilie Schindler, Edward Gierek, Francisco da Costa Gomes, Poul Anderson, and Donald J. Cram. After him are David Graf, Michele Alboreto, Francisco Rabal, Vittorio Brambilla, Soad Hosny, and Joseph Greenberg.
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 97
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 98
1944 - 2020
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 99
1944 - 1987
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 100
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 101
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 102
1944 - 2001
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 103
1944 - 1980
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 104
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 105
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 106
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 107
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 108
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 109
1908 - 2001
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 44
1907 - 2001
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 45
1913 - 2001
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 46
1914 - 2001
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 47
1926 - 2001
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 48
1919 - 2001
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 49
1944 - 2001
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 50
1950 - 2001
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 51
1956 - 2001
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 52
1926 - 2001
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 53
1937 - 2001
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 54
1943 - 2001
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 55
1915 - 2001
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 56
Among people born in Germany, W. G. Sebald ranks 1,311 out of 6,142. Before him are Reinhard Genzel (1952), Mesut Özil (1988), Ludwig Quidde (1858), Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785), Karl Löwith (1897), and Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria (1849). After him are Rudolf Caracciola (1901), August von Kotzebue (1761), Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1756), Karl-Otto Apel (1922), Marian Gold (1954), and Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682).
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,305
1988 - Present
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,306
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,307
1785 - 1851
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,308
1897 - 1973
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,309
1849 - 1893
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,310
1944 - 2001
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,311
1901 - 1959
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,312
1761 - 1819
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,313
1756 - 1837
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,314
1922 - 2017
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,315
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,316
1682 - 1719
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,317
Among writers born in Germany, W. G. Sebald ranks 79. Before him are Charles De Coster (1827), Theodor Storm (1817), Gottfried Benn (1886), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426), and Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736). After him are August von Kotzebue (1761), Georg Kaiser (1878), Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752), Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813), Kurt Tucholsky (1890), and Joachim Fest (1926).
1827 - 1879
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 73
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 74
1886 - 1956
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 75
1792 - 1854
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 76
1426 - 1487
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 77
1736 - 1794
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 78
1944 - 2001
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 79
1761 - 1819
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 80
1878 - 1945
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 81
1752 - 1831
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 82
1813 - 1863
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 83
1890 - 1935
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 84
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 85