I have the feeling Nietzsche is more famous in the English speaking world than he actually is in Germany. Sure people know his name but I would have never placed him in the top 5 of the most famous Germans of this timespan.
Sorry, Austria.
Putting Catherine the Great as a great “Polish” figure is bound to rustle some jimmies.
You included Turkey!?
Nice to see Fernando Pessoa here. The Book of Disquiet and his poems are the most beautiful things I have discovered during these past few years. Would love to learn Portuguese only to be able to read the original versions, not translations.
Edit: surprised Emil Cioran is not on this list.
A great way to unite Europe in disagreement, I guess.
Haha Ataturk on Greece
Mozart was born in Salzburg, but it belonged to Bavaria back then, so should be considered German. Similiar with Catherine the great and Kant. Also Kafka. It’s almost as if this list based on birth place is not really working out and a mockery of reality.
Also Goethe is definitely one of the 5 most famous Germans. If a list says different, the list is wrong. Source: am German
Bottom text says fame was measured as wiki article length, views and revisions. Seems a bit sketchy, but ok.
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Maria Skłodowska-Curie*
Strange that there’s no Bismarck in German list, every figure German list is obviously quite famous, but still, there’s no way that in there would be no place for Bismarck there.
It’s sad that Sweden doesn’t have enough historical figures to make a top 5 list, that they need to borrow Tycho Brahe who’s Danish
Feel wrong to see Constantinos XII in Turkey and ataturk in greece
The Duke of Wellington was ashamed of being called Irish , he considered himself English.
Thats right the guy who nade Yugoslavia was a croat!!
First we make the country then 50 years later we destroy!! 💪💪🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷
BEFORE YOU COMMENT READ THE POST –
– It is based on birthplace in current borders and NOT nationality
– between years 1000-1900, sorry that your favourite music star didn’t make it
How comes Leopold II is the only criminal against humanity? Was it just a side-job for Hitler, Stalin or even Napoleon (and probably some others)?
I understand simplifying nationality rules to make this thing easier, but listing Tycho Brahe as a Swede when he was born before the Swedish annexation of the Eastern parts of Denmark is unfortunate.
If the methodology wasn’t Wikipedia based, I’m sure Thorvaldsen would be before the royal ladies for Denmark as well.
Damn. You like to watch the world burning…
I just knew Italy was going to be Mussolini and a few giants frm the renaissance.
Don’t mind me, I’m just waiting for the balkan fights, disagreements and drama 🫡
Tycho Brahe I widely considered Danish not Swedish.
I find it interesting that Leopold II is titled as “criminal against humanity” while Hitler and Stalin (and some possible other candidates) are *just* titled “Dictator”.
I honestly cannot argue with the english list, but in my opinion Charles Dickens is way more famous than Charlie Chaplin. Particularly now with Chaplins movies mostly no longer being in the public consciousness(apartfrom maybe that Hitler bio), while Charles Dickens is still certain to make the top 10 of a list of must-read english authors.
what the fuck is with Slovakia?
Ah yes, the well known “Irish” man Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
Had to do a double take on Immanuel Kant. Fucking tragic where Königsberg ended up
Putting Tycho Brahe as Swedish, he’s a Dane 🤬
I’m a Hungarian, don’t know nothing about two of ours but feels weird that Ferenc Liszt or Albert Szent-Györgyi are not among them.
Considering he’s internationally quite famous and controversial at the same time, I’m surprised that Richard Wagner is nowhere to be found.
Italy got a banger line-up
Uh, Kant was Prussian, from Königsberg, not Russian from “Kaliningrad”
i would like the name of each person to be much smaller
right now the chart is to readable
make it smaller!!
edit: and pls do not change it to alphabetically order. this would make it too easy to read. thx
Catherine the Great being ascribed to Poland is kinda silly, even Germany would make more sense
Edit: And so is ascribing Kant to Russia, oh my god.
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Where is Ioannis Capodistrias? 🇬🇷🇨🇭
I have the feeling Nietzsche is more famous in the English speaking world than he actually is in Germany. Sure people know his name but I would have never placed him in the top 5 of the most famous Germans of this timespan.
Sorry, Austria.
Putting Catherine the Great as a great “Polish” figure is bound to rustle some jimmies.
You included Turkey!?
Nice to see Fernando Pessoa here. The Book of Disquiet and his poems are the most beautiful things I have discovered during these past few years. Would love to learn Portuguese only to be able to read the original versions, not translations.
Edit: surprised Emil Cioran is not on this list.
A great way to unite Europe in disagreement, I guess.
Haha Ataturk on Greece
Mozart was born in Salzburg, but it belonged to Bavaria back then, so should be considered German. Similiar with Catherine the great and Kant. Also Kafka. It’s almost as if this list based on birth place is not really working out and a mockery of reality.
Also Goethe is definitely one of the 5 most famous Germans. If a list says different, the list is wrong. Source: am German
Bottom text says fame was measured as wiki article length, views and revisions. Seems a bit sketchy, but ok.
[deleted]
Maria Skłodowska-Curie*
Strange that there’s no Bismarck in German list, every figure German list is obviously quite famous, but still, there’s no way that in there would be no place for Bismarck there.
It’s sad that Sweden doesn’t have enough historical figures to make a top 5 list, that they need to borrow Tycho Brahe who’s Danish
Feel wrong to see Constantinos XII in Turkey and ataturk in greece
The Duke of Wellington was ashamed of being called Irish , he considered himself English.
Thats right the guy who nade Yugoslavia was a croat!!
First we make the country then 50 years later we destroy!! 💪💪🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷
BEFORE YOU COMMENT READ THE POST –
– It is based on birthplace in current borders and NOT nationality
– between years 1000-1900, sorry that your favourite music star didn’t make it
How comes Leopold II is the only criminal against humanity? Was it just a side-job for Hitler, Stalin or even Napoleon (and probably some others)?
I understand simplifying nationality rules to make this thing easier, but listing Tycho Brahe as a Swede when he was born before the Swedish annexation of the Eastern parts of Denmark is unfortunate.
If the methodology wasn’t Wikipedia based, I’m sure Thorvaldsen would be before the royal ladies for Denmark as well.
Damn. You like to watch the world burning…
I just knew Italy was going to be Mussolini and a few giants frm the renaissance.
Don’t mind me, I’m just waiting for the balkan fights, disagreements and drama 🫡
Tycho Brahe I widely considered Danish not Swedish.
I find it interesting that Leopold II is titled as “criminal against humanity” while Hitler and Stalin (and some possible other candidates) are *just* titled “Dictator”.
I honestly cannot argue with the english list, but in my opinion Charles Dickens is way more famous than Charlie Chaplin. Particularly now with Chaplins movies mostly no longer being in the public consciousness(apartfrom maybe that Hitler bio), while Charles Dickens is still certain to make the top 10 of a list of must-read english authors.
what the fuck is with Slovakia?
Ah yes, the well known “Irish” man Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
Had to do a double take on Immanuel Kant. Fucking tragic where Königsberg ended up
Putting Tycho Brahe as Swedish, he’s a Dane 🤬
I’m a Hungarian, don’t know nothing about two of ours but feels weird that Ferenc Liszt or Albert Szent-Györgyi are not among them.
Considering he’s internationally quite famous and controversial at the same time, I’m surprised that Richard Wagner is nowhere to be found.
Italy got a banger line-up
Uh, Kant was Prussian, from Königsberg, not Russian from “Kaliningrad”
i would like the name of each person to be much smaller
right now the chart is to readable
make it smaller!!
edit: and pls do not change it to alphabetically order. this would make it too easy to read. thx
Catherine the Great being ascribed to Poland is kinda silly, even Germany would make more sense
Edit: And so is ascribing Kant to Russia, oh my god.