HISTORIAN
Hermann Oldenberg
1854 - 1920

Hermann Oldenberg
Hermann Oldenberg (31 October 1854 – 18 March 1920) was a German scholar of Indology, and Professor at Kiel (1898) and Göttingen (1908). Read more on Wikipedia
Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Oldenberg is the 453rd most popular historian (up from 465th in 2019), the 4,848th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,921st in 2019) and the 57th most popular German Historian.
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Among HISTORIANS
Among historians, Hermann Oldenberg ranks 453 out of 561. Before her are Drew Gilpin Faust, Martin Gilbert, John King Fairbank, Martin Noth, Américo Castro, and Girolamo Mei. After her are Alain Besançon, Helene Ahrweiler, Lawrence Stone, David Marshall Lang, Michael Aris, and Charles Homer Haskins.
Most Popular Historians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsDrew Gilpin Faust
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 447
Martin Gilbert
1936 - 2015
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 448
John King Fairbank
1907 - 1991
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 449
Martin Noth
1902 - 1968
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 450
Américo Castro
1885 - 1972
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 451
Girolamo Mei
1519 - 1594
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 452
Hermann Oldenberg
1854 - 1920
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 453
Alain Besançon
1932 - 2023
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 454
Helene Ahrweiler
1926 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 455
Lawrence Stone
1919 - 1999
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 456
David Marshall Lang
1924 - 1991
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 457
Michael Aris
1946 - 1999
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 458
Charles Homer Haskins
1870 - 1937
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 459
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1854, Hermann Oldenberg ranks 110. Before her are Yehuda Pen, Joseph Jacobs, David Dunbar Buick, Gerhard Louis De Geer, Teuku Umar, and Ali bin Said of Zanzibar. After her are Jan Sztolcman, Queenie Newall, Takamine Jōkichi, Clorinda Matto de Turner, Dukinfield Henry Scott, and William C. Gorgas. Among people deceased in 1920, Hermann Oldenberg ranks 112. Before her are William de Wiveleslie Abney, Ion Dragoumis, William Dean Howells, Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez, Otto Bütschli, and Georgios Papasideris. After her are Horatio Caro, Mary Katharine Brandegee, Albert Zürner, Robert Harron, Charles Lapworth, and Alberto Nepomuceno.
Others Born in 1854
Go to all RankingsYehuda Pen
PAINTER
1854 - 1937
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 104
Joseph Jacobs
WRITER
1854 - 1916
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 105
David Dunbar Buick
INVENTOR
1854 - 1929
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 106
Gerhard Louis De Geer
POLITICIAN
1854 - 1935
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 107
Teuku Umar
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1854 - 1899
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 108
Ali bin Said of Zanzibar
POLITICIAN
1854 - 1893
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 109
Hermann Oldenberg
HISTORIAN
1854 - 1920
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 110
Jan Sztolcman
BIOLOGIST
1854 - 1928
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 111
Queenie Newall
ATHLETE
1854 - 1929
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 112
Takamine Jōkichi
CHEMIST
1854 - 1922
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 113
Clorinda Matto de Turner
WRITER
1854 - 1909
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 114
Dukinfield Henry Scott
BIOLOGIST
1854 - 1934
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 115
William C. Gorgas
PHYSICIAN
1854 - 1920
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 116
Others Deceased in 1920
Go to all RankingsWilliam de Wiveleslie Abney
ASTRONOMER
1843 - 1920
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 106
Ion Dragoumis
PHILOSOPHER
1878 - 1920
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 107
William Dean Howells
WRITER
1837 - 1920
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 108
Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1852 - 1920
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 109
Otto Bütschli
BIOLOGIST
1848 - 1920
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 110
Georgios Papasideris
ATHLETE
1875 - 1920
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 111
Hermann Oldenberg
HISTORIAN
1854 - 1920
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 112
Horatio Caro
CHESS PLAYER
1862 - 1920
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 113
Mary Katharine Brandegee
BIOLOGIST
1844 - 1920
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 114
Albert Zürner
ATHLETE
1890 - 1920
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 115
Robert Harron
ACTOR
1893 - 1920
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 116
Charles Lapworth
GEOLOGIST
1842 - 1920
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 117
Alberto Nepomuceno
COMPOSER
1864 - 1920
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 118
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Hermann Oldenberg ranks 4,851 out of 7,253. Before her are Gerhard Lamprecht (1897), Lya Lys (1908), Wilhelm Geiger (1856), Carl H. Eigenmann (1863), Jakob van Hoddis (1887), and Oswald Teichmüller (1913). After her are Wolfgang Blochwitz (1941), Walter Behrendt (1914), Serge Gnabry (1995), Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1769), Edgar Reinhardt (1914), and Roland Grapow (1959).
Others born in Germany
Go to all RankingsGerhard Lamprecht
FILM DIRECTOR
1897 - 1974
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 4,845
Lya Lys
ACTOR
1908 - 1986
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 4,846
Wilhelm Geiger
WRITER
1856 - 1943
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 4,847
Carl H. Eigenmann
BIOLOGIST
1863 - 1927
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 4,848
Jakob van Hoddis
WRITER
1887 - 1942
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 4,849
Oswald Teichmüller
MATHEMATICIAN
1913 - 1943
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 4,850
Hermann Oldenberg
HISTORIAN
1854 - 1920
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 4,851
Wolfgang Blochwitz
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2005
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 4,852
Walter Behrendt
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1997
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 4,853
Serge Gnabry
SOCCER PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 4,854
Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert
PHYSICIST
1769 - 1824
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 4,855
Edgar Reinhardt
HANDBALL PLAYER
1914 - 1985
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 4,856
Roland Grapow
MUSICIAN
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 4,857
Among HISTORIANS In Germany
Among historians born in Germany, Hermann Oldenberg ranks 57. Before her are Eberhard Jäckel (1929), Joseph Hergenröther (1824), Gerhard Ritter (1888), Heinrich Ewald (1803), Nikolaus Pevsner (1902), and Martin Noth (1902). After her are Walter Jens (1923), Rainer Zitelmann (1957), Gerhard Weinberg (1928), and Oliver Grau (1965).
Eberhard Jäckel
1929 - 2017
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 51
Joseph Hergenröther
1824 - 1890
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 52
Gerhard Ritter
1888 - 1967
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 53
Heinrich Ewald
1803 - 1875
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 54
Nikolaus Pevsner
1902 - 1983
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 55
Martin Noth
1902 - 1968
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 56
Hermann Oldenberg
1854 - 1920
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 57
Walter Jens
1923 - 2013
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 58
Rainer Zitelmann
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 59
Gerhard Weinberg
1928 - Present
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 60
Oliver Grau
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 61