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Arnold Gehlen

1904 - 1976

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Arnold Gehlen (29 January 1904 in Leipzig, German Empire – 30 January 1976 in Hamburg, West Germany) was an influential conservative German philosopher, sociologist, and anthropologist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arnold Gehlen is the 6,125th most popular politician (down from 5,300th in 2019), the 1,630th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,457th in 2019) and the 477th most popular German Politician.

Arnold Gehlen is most famous for his theories on human nature and the human condition. He argues that humans are fundamentally social animals who need to be in a group to survive.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arnold Gehlen ranks 6,125 out of 19,576. Before him are Kondō Isami, Khendjer, Yusuf II, Almohad caliph, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Milan Babić, and Iveta Radičová. After him are Attalus, Emperor Daigo, Dominique de Villepin, Phraates II, Duke Mu of Qin, and Jeremy Corbyn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Arnold Gehlen ranks 68. Before him are Josef Bühler, Rudolf Arnheim, Yves Congar, Ernst-Günther Schenck, Donald O. Hebb, and Leopold Trepper. After him are George Stevens, Elyesa Bazna, María Zambrano, Viktor Brack, Minoru Genda, and Georges Canguilhem. Among people deceased in 1976, Arnold Gehlen ranks 65. Before him are Michael Polanyi, Gilbert Ryle, David Elazar, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Walter Warlimont, and Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach. After him are Harry Nyquist, Adolph Zukor, Walter H. Schottky, Abdul Razak Hussein, Alexandros Panagoulis, and Géza Anda.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Arnold Gehlen ranks 1,630 out of 7,253. Before him are Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797), Tré Cool (1972), Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff (1896), Franz Walter Stahlecker (1900), Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857), and Nicolaus Bruhns (1665). After him are Prince Joachim of Prussia (1890), Max Pechstein (1881), Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1636), Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934), Reinhart Koselleck (1923), and Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (1240).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Arnold Gehlen ranks 477. Before him are Adolf Schmal (1872), Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1724), Lothar von Richthofen (1894), Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff (1896), Franz Walter Stahlecker (1900), and Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857). After him are Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1636), Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934), Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (1240), Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1738), Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1761), and Wilhelm Zaisser (1893).

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