WRITER

Philipp Nicolai

1556 - 1608

Photo of Philipp Nicolai

Icon of person Philipp Nicolai

Philipp Nicolai (10 August 1556 – 26 October 1608) was a German Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer. He is most widely recognized as a hymnodist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philipp Nicolai is the 3,728th most popular writer (up from 3,971st in 2019), the 3,779th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,964th in 2019) and the 227th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Philipp Nicolai by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philipp Nicolai ranks 3,728 out of 7,302. Before him are Carolina Coronado, Evgeny Schwartz, Stevan Sremac, Leslie Stephen, Georgette Heyer, and Aphthonius of Antioch. After him are Pavel Bazhov, Chairil Anwar, Gioconda Belli, Mikhail Prishvin, Francisco Coloane, and Dmitry Likhachov.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1556, Philipp Nicolai ranks 15. Before him are Uesugi Kagekatsu, Jeanne de Lestonnac, Jerzy Radziwiłł, Tōdō Takatora, Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana. After him are Isaac Oliver, and George Peele. Among people deceased in 1608, Philipp Nicolai ranks 16. Before him are Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Ğazı II Giray, Bernardo Buontalenti, Bartolomeo Carducci, Sigismund Rákóczi, and Alberico Gentili. After him are Ivan Bolotnikov, and Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset.

Others Born in 1556

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1608

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Philipp Nicolai ranks 3,781 out of 7,253. Before him are Johannes Brenz (1499), Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel (1804), Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau (1738), Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), Maximilian von Montgelas (1759), and Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789). After him are Walter Burkert (1931), Rudi Glöckner (1929), Fritz Manteuffel (1875), Hermann Prey (1929), Gerhard Marcks (1889), and Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1705).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Philipp Nicolai ranks 227. Before him are Brigitte Hamann (1940), Erich Weinert (1890), Hans Erich Nossack (1901), Fritz Reuter (1810), Lisa Tetzner (1894), and Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810). After him are Iwan Bloch (1872), Dorothee Sölle (1929), Georg Sauerwein (1831), Gunter d'Alquen (1910), Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746), and Detlev von Liliencron (1844).

German born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous