WRITER

Siegfried Kracauer

1889 - 1966

Siegfried Kracauer

Siegfried Kracauer (; German: [ˈkʁakaʊɐ]; February 8, 1889 – November 26, 1966) was a German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist. He has sometimes been associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. He is notable for arguing that realism is the most important function of cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Siegfried Kracauer is the 1,260th most popular writer (up from 1,275th in 2019), the 1,296th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,282nd in 2019) and the 78th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Siegfried Kracauer ranks 1,260 out of 7,302. Before him are Josef Čapek, John of Ruusbroec, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Ivan Kotliarevsky, Émile Gaboriau, and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen. After him are John Tzetzes, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Rodolphe Töpffer, Madame d'Aulnoy, Vittorio Alfieri, and Jan Kochanowski.

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Josef Čapek
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HPI: 66.61
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John of Ruusbroec
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HPI: 66.60
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Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
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Ivan Kotliarevsky
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Émile Gaboriau
1832 - 1873
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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
1812 - 1885
HPI: 66.59
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1889 - 1966
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 1,260
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HPI: 66.58
Rank: 1,261
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1749 - 1803
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 1,265
Jan Kochanowski
1530 - 1584
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 1,266

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Siegfried Kracauer ranks 54. Before him are Hannah Höch, Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Otto Georg Thierack, Li Dazhao, Richard Réti, and Lyubov Popova. After him are Hannes Meyer, Erik Jan Hanussen, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, Efim Bogoljubov, Beno Gutenberg, and Gunnar Gunnarsson. Among people deceased in 1966, Siegfried Kracauer ranks 49. Before him are Herbert Gille, Ludwig Binswanger, Elizabeth Arden, Cléo de Mérode, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, and Lao She. After him are Lal Bahadur Shastri, Erwin Piscator, Jisaburō Ozawa, Evelyn Waugh, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, and Marguerite Long.

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Hannah Höch
PAINTER
1889 - 1978
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 48
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1889 - 1968
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 49
Otto Georg Thierack
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1946
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 50
Li Dazhao
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1927
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 51
Richard Réti
CHESS PLAYER
1889 - 1929
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 52
Lyubov Popova
PAINTER
1889 - 1924
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 53
Siegfried Kracauer
WRITER
1889 - 1966
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 54
Hannes Meyer
ARCHITECT
1889 - 1954
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 55
Erik Jan Hanussen
OCCULTIST
1889 - 1933
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 56
Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma
NOBLEMAN
1889 - 1977
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 57
Efim Bogoljubov
CHESS PLAYER
1889 - 1952
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 58
Beno Gutenberg
GEOLOGIST
1889 - 1960
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 59
Gunnar Gunnarsson
WRITER
1889 - 1975
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 60

Others Deceased in 1966

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Herbert Gille
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1966
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 43
Ludwig Binswanger
PSYCHOLOGIST
1881 - 1966
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 44
Elizabeth Arden
BUSINESSPERSON
1878 - 1966
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 45
Cléo de Mérode
ACTOR
1875 - 1966
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 46
Stanisław Jerzy Lec
WRITER
1909 - 1966
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 47
Lao She
WRITER
1899 - 1966
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 48
Siegfried Kracauer
WRITER
1889 - 1966
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 49
Lal Bahadur Shastri
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1904 - 1966
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 50
Erwin Piscator
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1966
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 51
Jisaburō Ozawa
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1886 - 1966
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 52
Evelyn Waugh
WRITER
1903 - 1966
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 53
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
PHILOSOPHER
1883 - 1966
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 54
Marguerite Long
MUSICIAN
1874 - 1966
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 55

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Siegfried Kracauer ranks 1,296 out of 7,253. Before him are Adolf Strauss (1879), Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1721), Ludwig Prandtl (1875), Werner Haase (1900), August Landmesser (1910), and Niklot (1100). After him are Theodor Busse (1897), Günter Netzer (1944), Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830), Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721), Beatrice of Swabia (1198), and Amalia of Oldenburg (1818).

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MILITARY PERSONNEL
1879 - 1973
HPI: 66.61
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Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
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HPI: 66.61
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Ludwig Prandtl
PHYSICIST
1875 - 1953
HPI: 66.61
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Werner Haase
PHYSICIAN
1900 - 1950
HPI: 66.60
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August Landmesser
POLITICIAN
1910 - 1944
HPI: 66.59
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Niklot
POLITICIAN
1100 - 1160
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1889 - 1966
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 1,296
Theodor Busse
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1986
HPI: 66.58
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Günter Netzer
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.58
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Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg
POLITICIAN
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HPI: 66.58
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
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Beatrice of Swabia
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Amalia of Oldenburg
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