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Golo Mann

1909 - 1994

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Golo Mann (born Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann; 27 March 1909 – 7 April 1994) was a popular German historian and essayist. After completing a doctorate in philosophy under Karl Jaspers at Heidelberg, in 1933 he fled Hitler's Germany. He followed his father, the writer Thomas Mann, and other members of his family in emigrating first to France, then to Switzerland and, on the eve of war, to the United States. From the late 1950s he re-established himself in Switzerland and West Germany as a literary historian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Golo Mann is the 131st most popular historian (down from 108th in 2019), the 1,873rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,533rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Golo Mann ranks 131 out of 561. Before him are Michael Rostovtzeff, Alois Riegl, Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Arnold Hauser, Paisius of Hilendar, and Richard Sennett. After him are John Kinnamos, Philostorgius, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Barbara W. Tuchman, Timothy D. Snyder, and Ibn Hibban.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Golo Mann ranks 81. Before him are Clement Greenberg, Robert Brasillach, Art Tatum, Malcolm Lowry, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, and Lennart Bernadotte. After him are Adalbert Deșu, Joseph Losey, Juan Carlos Onetti, Eduard Wirths, Olga Rubtsova, and Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1994, Golo Mann ranks 86. Before him are Jim Brown, Clement Greenberg, Jacques Ellul, Tengiz Abuladze, Yevgeny Leonov, and Innokenty Smoktunovsky. After him are Johannes Steinhoff, Juan Carlos Onetti, Cesar Romero, Olga Rubtsova, Manfred Wörner, and Nikolai Ogarkov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Golo Mann ranks 1,873 out of 7,253. Before him are Sahra Wagenknecht (1969), Regino of Prüm (842), Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria (1752), Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach (1694), Leo Frobenius (1873), and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1759). After him are Louise Lehzen (1784), Tobias Mayer (1723), William Dieterle (1893), Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), and Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Golo Mann ranks 15. Before him are Erich Auerbach (1892), Hermann Alexander Diels (1848), Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), Christoph Cellarius (1638), Reinhart Koselleck (1923), and August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735). After him are Heinrich von Treitschke (1834), Hieronymus Wolf (1516), Helmold (1120), Hermann Abert (1871), Jan Assmann (1938), and Karl Lamprecht (1856).

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