Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [66797]
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.3822
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany]
Birthday: 1749-08-27
Deathday: 1832-03-22
Age: 82 years
Movies: 1
Links: Homepage, IMDB
Biography: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence literary, political, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre-director, and critic, his works include plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour.