1856 - 1943
Wilhelm Ludwig Geiger (; German: [ˈɡaɪɡɐ]; 21 July 1856 – 2 September 1943) was a German Orientalist in the fields of Indo-Iranian languages and the history of Iran and Sri Lanka. He was known as a specialist in Pali, Sinhala language and the Dhivehi language of the Maldives. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Geiger has received more than 57,300 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Geiger is the 5,056th most popular writer (down from 4,363rd in 2019), the 4,375th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,735th in 2019) and the 295th most popular German Writer.
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Among writers, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 5,056 out of 5,755. Before him are Robert J. Sawyer, Jan Lechoń, Alan Ayckbourn, Sándor Bródy, Aquilino Ribeiro, and Mehmet Emin Yurdakul. After him are James Hogg, Peider Lansel, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Bart D. Ehrman, Anatole Le Braz, and Villy Sørensen.
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 5,050
1899 - 1956
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 5,051
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 5,052
1863 - 1924
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 5,053
1885 - 1963
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,054
1869 - 1944
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,055
1856 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,056
1770 - 1835
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,057
1863 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,058
1836 - 1907
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 5,059
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 5,060
1859 - 1926
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 5,061
1929 - 2001
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 5,062
Among people born in 1856, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 107. Before him are Yuly Shokalsky, Friedrich Kluge, Edward Goodrich Acheson, Wovoka, Belisario Porras Barahona, and Colin Campbell Cooper. After him are Anton Aškerc, Granville Woods, Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Karolina Widerström, Paul Henri Lecomte, and Keir Hardie. Among people deceased in 1943, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 170. Before him are Alice Tegnér, Dudley Pound, Eva Kotchever, Ioannis Persakis, Hector Goetinck, and Marsden Hartley. After him are Peider Lansel, Willoughby Hamilton, Tully Marshall, Farid Simaika, Rupert Julian, and Gustav von Seyffertitz.
1856 - 1940
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 101
1856 - 1926
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 102
1856 - 1931
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 103
1856 - 1932
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 104
1856 - 1942
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 105
1856 - 1937
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 106
1856 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 107
1856 - 1912
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 108
1856 - 1910
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 109
1856 - 1923
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 110
1856 - 1949
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 111
1856 - 1934
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 112
1856 - 1915
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 113
1864 - 1943
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 164
1877 - 1943
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 165
1891 - 1943
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 166
1877 - 1943
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 167
1886 - 1943
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 168
1877 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 169
1856 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 170
1863 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 171
1864 - 1943
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 172
1864 - 1943
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 173
1907 - 1943
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 174
1879 - 1943
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 175
1862 - 1943
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 176
Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 4,375 out of 6,142. Before him are Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826), Wolfram Löwe (1945), Wolfgang Dremmler (1954), Christoph Höhne (1941), Werner Krämer (1940), and Ellen Allien (1968). After him are Ingrid Auerswald (1957), Rosemary Murphy (1925), Joseph Wendel (1901), Bernd Schneider (1964), Georg Hilmar (1876), and Erich Kähler (1906).
1826 - 1886
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 4,369
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 4,370
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 4,371
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 4,372
1940 - 2010
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 4,373
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 4,374
1856 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 4,375
1957 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 4,376
1925 - 2014
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 4,377
1901 - 1960
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 4,378
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 4,379
1876 - 1911
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 4,380
1906 - 2000
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 4,381
Among writers born in Germany, Wilhelm Geiger ranks 295. Before him are Adolf Bartels (1862), Günther Jauch (1956), Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934), Ralph Giordano (1923), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927), and Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826). After him are Elisabeth Langgässer (1899), Ludwig Ganghofer (1855), Franz Xaver Kroetz (1946), Nathan Zach (1930), Erwin Strittmatter (1912), and Günter de Bruyn (1926).
1862 - 1945
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 289
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 290
1934 - 2007
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 291
1923 - 2014
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 292
1927 - 2013
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 293
1826 - 1886
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 294
1856 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 295
1899 - 1950
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 296
1855 - 1920
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 297
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 298
1930 - 2020
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 299
1912 - 1994
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 300
1926 - 2020
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 301