1893 - 1969
Walter Christaller (21 April 1893 – 9 March 1969) was a German geographer whose principal contribution to the discipline is central place theory, first published in 1933. This groundbreaking theory was the foundation of the study of cities as systems of cities, rather than simple hierarchies or single entities. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Christaller has received more than 118,390 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Walter Christaller is the 3,844th most popular politician (down from 3,463rd in 2019), the 1,050th most popular biography from Germany (down from 952nd in 2019) and the 312th most popular German Politician.
Walter Christaller is most famous for his Central Place Theory. This theory states that people will travel to a central place to buy goods, and that the size of a town will be determined by the size of the market it can provide for.
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Among politicians, Walter Christaller ranks 3,844 out of 15,577. Before him are Cuitláhuac, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Julia Livilla, Alfonso II of Asturias, Li Yuanhong, and Rudolf Schuster. After him are Aleksandar Stamboliyski, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal, Kunigunde of Austria, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, and Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
1476 - 1520
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 3,838
1160 - 1199
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 3,839
18 - 42
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 3,840
759 - 842
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 3,841
1864 - 1928
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 3,842
1934 - Present
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 3,843
1893 - 1969
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 3,844
1879 - 1923
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 3,845
1764 - 1845
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 3,846
603 - 683
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 3,847
1465 - 1520
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 3,848
1874 - 1940
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 3,849
1696 - 1762
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 3,850
Among people born in 1893, Walter Christaller ranks 49. Before him are Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Emmy Göring, Hermann Balck, Ana Pauker, Ernst Toller, and Vsevolod Pudovkin. After him are Walter Baade, Erwin Piscator, Raymond Loewy, Allen Dulles, Clemens Krauss, and Roy O. Disney. Among people deceased in 1969, Walter Christaller ranks 38. Before him are B. Traven, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Alexandra David-Néel, Boris Karloff, Robert Taylor, and Wacław Sierpiński. After him are Raymond A. Spruance, Eberhard von Mackensen, Vjekoslav Luburić, Allen Dulles, Zakir Husain, and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark.
1893 - 1976
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 43
1893 - 1973
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 44
1893 - 1982
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 45
1893 - 1960
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 46
1893 - 1939
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 47
1893 - 1953
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 48
1893 - 1969
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 49
1893 - 1960
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 50
1893 - 1966
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 51
1893 - 1986
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 52
1893 - 1969
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 53
1893 - 1954
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 54
1893 - 1971
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 55
1882 - 1969
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 32
1910 - 1969
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 33
1868 - 1969
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 34
1887 - 1969
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 35
1911 - 1969
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 36
1882 - 1969
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 37
1893 - 1969
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 38
1886 - 1969
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 39
1889 - 1969
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 40
1914 - 1969
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 41
1893 - 1969
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 42
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 43
1906 - 1969
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 44
Among people born in Germany, Walter Christaller ranks 1,050 out of 6,142. Before him are Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887), Joseph Pilates (1883), Gerda Christian (1913), Julius Wellhausen (1844), Horst Tappert (1923), and Johann Mattheson (1681). After him are Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696), Lucian Freud (1922), Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Princess Alexandrine of Baden (1820), and Hanns Eisler (1898).
1887 - 1949
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 1,044
1883 - 1967
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,045
1913 - 1997
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,046
1844 - 1918
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,047
1923 - 2008
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,048
1681 - 1764
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,049
1893 - 1969
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 1,050
1696 - 1762
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,051
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,052
1789 - 1869
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,053
1765 - 1834
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,054
1820 - 1904
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,055
1898 - 1962
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,056
Among politicians born in Germany, Walter Christaller ranks 312. Before him are Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671), Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1759), Martin Schulz (1955), Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830), Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1755), and Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887). After him are Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696), Princess Alexandrine of Baden (1820), Caroline of Brunswick (1768), Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (1797), Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484), and Wilhelm Gustloff (1895).
1671 - 1702
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 306
1759 - 1838
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 307
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 308
1830 - 1911
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 309
1755 - 1801
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 310
1887 - 1949
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 311
1893 - 1969
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 312
1696 - 1762
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 313
1820 - 1904
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 314
1768 - 1821
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 315
1797 - 1829
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 316
1484 - 1535
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 317
1895 - 1936
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 318