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Wolf Biermann

1936 - Today

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Karl Wolf Biermann (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlf ˈbiːɐ̯ˌman] ; born 15 November 1936) is a German singer-songwriter, poet, and former East German dissident. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolf Biermann has received more than 290,717 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Wolf Biermann is the 299th most popular singer (down from 288th in 2019), the 1,495th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,516th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Wolf Biermanns by language

Over the past year Wolf Biermann has had the most page views in the with 223,969 views, followed by English (38,019), and Japanese (13,184). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Japanese (350.27%), Volapük (194.24%), and Egyptian Arabic (49.25%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Wolf Biermann ranks 299 out of 4,381. Before him are Alfredo Kraus, Bülent Ersoy, Sammy Davis Jr., Vicente Fernández, Šaban Šaulić, and John Fogerty. After him are Jussi Björling, Sacha Distel, Coolio, Agnes Baltsa, Muslim Magomayev, and Psy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Wolf Biermann ranks 98. Before him are Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Héctor Elizondo, Don DeLillo, Moussa Traoré, Dean Stockwell, and A. B. Yehoshua. After him are Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, Wilfried Martens, Roy Emerson, Ken Mattingly, Paul L. Smith, and Nicos Poulantzas.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolf Biermann ranks 1,495 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach (1682), Richard Z. Kruspe (1967), Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887), Rupert of Salzburg (650), Else Lasker-Schüler (1869), and Karl Korsch (1886). After him are Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg (1617), Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818), Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1572), Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (1763), Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1530), and Axel Honneth (1949).

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Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Wolf Biermann ranks 16. Before him are Ivan Rebroff (1931), Nena (1960), Marian Gold (1954), Fancy (1946), Tarkan (1972), and Udo Dirkschneider (1952). After him are Heino (1938), Christa Ludwig (1928), Franzl Lang (1930), Fritz Wunderlich (1930), Gundula Janowitz (1937), and Heidi Brühl (1942).

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