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Jan Assmann

1938 - 2024

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Johann Christoph "Jan" Assmann (7 July 1938 – 19 February 2024) was a German Egyptologist, cultural historian, and religion scholar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Assmann is the 162nd most popular historian (down from 137th in 2019), the 2,317th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,989th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Jan Assmann ranks 162 out of 561. Before him are Gottfried Achenwall, Martino Martini, Norman Davies, Hermann Abert, Marin Barleti, and Augustin Thierry. After him are Ivane Javakhishvili, E. P. Thompson, Antiochus of Syracuse, C. Northcote Parkinson, Steven Runciman, and Ian Kershaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Jan Assmann ranks 164. Before him are Jean-Loup Chrétien, Derviş Eroğlu, Paul Martin, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Jaswant Singh, and Benjamin Mkapa. After him are Isabelle Aubret, Hermann Nitsch, Johnny Rebel, Félix Mourinho, Omar Abdel-Rahman, and Astrid Kirchherr. Among people deceased in 2024, Jan Assmann ranks 157. Before him are Péter Eötvös, Thomas E. Kurtz, Fritz Wepper, Cheng Pei-pei, Micheline Presle, and Helmuth Duckadam. After him are Toby Keith, Bill Cobbs, Mohamed Osman Jawari, Bill Viola, Robert Badinter, and John Ashton.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jan Assmann ranks 2,318 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian II, Elector of Saxony (1583), Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1779), Ernst Gräfenberg (1881), August Leskien (1840), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), and Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787). After him are Erich Rudorffer (1917), Henry Oldenburg (1619), Otto Henry, Elector Palatine (1502), Dieter Müller (1954), Nico Hülkenberg (1987), and Johannes Franz Hartmann (1865).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Jan Assmann ranks 20. Before him are August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), Golo Mann (1909), Heinrich von Treitschke (1834), Hieronymus Wolf (1516), Helmold (1120), and Hermann Abert (1871). After him are Karl Lamprecht (1856), Friedrich Meinecke (1862), Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729), Philipp Spitta (1841), Karl Krumbacher (1856), and Moritz Cantor (1829).

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