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Hans Sachs

1494 - 1576

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Hans Sachs (5 November 1494 – 19 January 1576) was a German Meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright, and shoemaker. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Sachs is the 929th most popular writer (up from 945th in 2019), the 925th most popular biography from Germany (down from 916th in 2019) and the 57th most popular German Writer.

Hans Sachs is most famous for his poems and plays. He was a German poet, shoemaker, and playwright. He is most famous for writing the play "Die Nachtigall" in 1533.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hans Sachs ranks 929 out of 7,302. Before him are Kurt Eisner, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Emanuel Schikaneder, Aristophanes of Byzantium, Ľudovít Štúr, and Marie d'Agoult. After him are Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Katherine Mansfield, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Aelius Donatus, Jan Neruda, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1494, Hans Sachs ranks 13. Before him are Bona Sforza, Rosso Fiorentino, Jean Parisot de Valette, Leo Africanus, Lucas van Leyden, and Antoinette de Bourbon. After him are William Tyndale, Oronce Finé, Antonio de Mendoza, Francesco Maurolico, Christina Gyllenstierna, and Saitō Dōsan. Among people deceased in 1576, Hans Sachs ranks 6. Before him are Titian, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Gerolamo Cardano, Tahmasp I, and Aloysius Lilius. After him are Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Isabella de' Medici, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bartolomé Carranza, and Bálint Bakfark.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Sachs ranks 925 out of 7,253. Before him are Karlheinz Böhm (1928), Joseph Pilates (1883), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Eugen Dühring (1833), Bernard Katz (1911), and Marie d'Agoult (1805). After him are Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680), Jochen Mass (1946), Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809), Andreas Brehme (1960), Stefan George (1868), and Anna Maria van Schurman (1607).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hans Sachs ranks 57. Before him are Radegund (518), Hans Fallada (1893), Theodor Fontane (1819), Kurt Eisner (1867), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), and Marie d'Agoult (1805). After him are Stefan George (1868), Hrotsvitha (935), Peter Weiss (1916), Frank Wedekind (1864), Hartmann von Aue (1160), and Joost van den Vondel (1587).

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