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Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

1778 - 1852

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Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn (11 August 1778 – 15 October 1852) was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with the founding of the German gymnastics (Turner) movement, first realized at Volkspark Hasenheide in Berlin, the origin of modern sports clubs, as well as influencing the German Campaign of 1813, during which a coalition of German states effectively ended the occupation by Napoleon's First French Empire. His admirers know him as "Turnvater Jahn", roughly meaning "Father of Gymnastics Jahn". Jahn invented the parallel bars, rings, high bar, the pommel horse and the vault horse. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Ludwig Jahn is the 4,334th most popular politician (down from 3,482nd in 2019), the 1,121st most popular biography from Germany (down from 946th in 2019) and the 321st most popular German Politician.

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn was a German gymnast and educator. He is most famous for inventing the Turnverein, a gymnasium for the working class.

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Among politicians, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn ranks 4,334 out of 19,576. Before him are Boso of Provence, David Cameron, Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Al-Mustansir, Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, and Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares. After him are Teos of Egypt, Balash, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Tetisheri, Gustav Noske, and Emperor Gaozong of Song.

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Among people born in 1778, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn ranks 16. Before him are Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Bernardo O'Higgins, Clemens Brentano, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Fernando Sor, and Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry. After him are Ugo Foscolo, Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Carl Ludvig Engel, Kittur Chennamma, and Beau Brummell. Among people deceased in 1852, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn ranks 15. Before him are Johan Gadolin, Augustus Pugin, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Ján Kollár, Vasily Zhukovsky, and Karl Bryullov. After him are Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Louisa Adams, Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, Gideon Mantell, Hadji Murad, and Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn ranks 1,121 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg Böhm (1661), Günther Rall (1918), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939), Fritz Haarmann (1879), Peter Sloterdijk (1947), and Ernst Schröder (1841). After him are Michael Wolgemut (1434), Gustav Noske (1868), Heinrich Barth (1821), John Polanyi (1929), Tannhäuser (1205), and Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn ranks 321. Before him are Godigisel (359), Theodelinda (570), Erhard Heiden (1901), Paul Blobel (1894), Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862), and Rodolphe Seeldrayers (1876). After him are Gustav Noske (1868), Emil Maurice (1897), Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen (1804), Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803), Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (1786), and Paul Langerhans (1847).

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