1767 - 1835
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (, also US: , UK: ; German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn ˈhʊmbɔlt]; 22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin, which was named after him in 1949 (and also after his younger brother, Alexander von Humboldt, a naturalist). He is especially remembered as a linguist who made important contributions to the philosophy of language, ethnolinguistics and to the theory and practice of education. He made a major contribution to the development of liberalism by envisioning education as a means of realizing individual possibility rather than a way of drilling traditional ideas into youth to suit them for an already established occupation or social role. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm von Humboldt has received more than 722,718 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Wilhelm von Humboldt is the 104th most popular philosopher (down from 102nd in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Germany (down from 128th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Philosopher.
Wilhelm von Humboldt is most famous for his work in linguistics, philosophy, and education. He was a professor of philology at the University of Berlin and one of the first proponents of the idea that language is an organic part of culture.
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Among philosophers, Wilhelm von Humboldt ranks 104 out of 1,081. Before him are Zhuang Zhou, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Isidore of Seville, Roland Barthes, Ibn Taymiyyah, and Theophrastus. After him are Henri de Saint-Simon, Jacques Derrida, Aristippus, Joseph Priestley, Friedrich Fröbel, and Philo.
369 BC - 286 BC
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 98
1809 - 1865
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 99
560 - 636
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 100
1915 - 1980
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 101
1263 - 1328
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 102
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 103
1767 - 1835
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 104
1760 - 1825
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 105
1930 - 2004
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 106
434 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 107
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 108
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 109
15 BC - 45
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 110
Among people born in 1767, Wilhelm von Humboldt ranks 2. Before him is Joachim Murat. After him are Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Andrew Jackson, Jean-Baptiste Say, John Quincy Adams, John VI of Portugal, Benjamin Constant, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, and Nicolas Oudinot. Among people deceased in 1835, Wilhelm von Humboldt ranks 3. Before him are Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and Vincenzo Bellini. After him are Antoine-Jean Gros, Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg, Thérésa Tallien, Catharina of Württemberg, Guillaume Dupuytren, François Étienne de Kellermann, John Nash, and Izabela Czartoryska.
1767 - 1815
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 1
1767 - 1835
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 2
1767 - 1794
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 3
1767 - 1845
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 4
1767 - 1832
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 5
1767 - 1848
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 6
1767 - 1826
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 7
1767 - 1830
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 8
1767 - 1820
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 9
1767 - 1845
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 10
1767 - 1790
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 11
1767 - 1848
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 12
1768 - 1835
HPI: 76.22
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1801 - 1835
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 2
1767 - 1835
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 3
1771 - 1835
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 4
1768 - 1835
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1810 - 1835
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1773 - 1835
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1783 - 1835
HPI: 58.83
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1777 - 1835
HPI: 56.22
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1770 - 1835
HPI: 56.07
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1752 - 1835
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 11
1746 - 1835
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm von Humboldt ranks 130 out of 6,142. Before him are Heinrich Böll (1917), Augustus II the Strong (1670), Michael Schumacher (1969), Rudolf Höss (1901), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), and Leopold I of Belgium (1790). After him are Novalis (1772), Bruce Willis (1955), Agrippina the Younger (15), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472), Leni Riefenstahl (1902), and Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742).
1917 - 1985
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 124
1670 - 1733
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 125
1969 - Present
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 126
1901 - 1947
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 127
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 128
1790 - 1865
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 129
1767 - 1835
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 130
1772 - 1801
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 131
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 132
15 - 59
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 133
1472 - 1553
HPI: 73.57
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1902 - 2003
HPI: 73.43
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1742 - 1786
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 136
Among philosophers born in Germany, Wilhelm von Humboldt ranks 14. Before him are Karl Jaspers (1883), Jürgen Habermas (1929), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775), Nicholas of Cusa (1401), Carl von Clausewitz (1780), and Walter Benjamin (1892). After him are Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Meister Eckhart (1260), Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Oswald Spengler (1880), and Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846).
1883 - 1969
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 8
1929 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 9
1775 - 1854
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 10
1401 - 1464
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 11
1780 - 1831
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 12
1892 - 1940
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 13
1767 - 1835
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 14
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 15
1260 - 1328
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 16
1776 - 1841
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 17
1900 - 2002
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 18
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 19
1846 - 1926
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 20