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Adolf Hitler

1889 - 1945

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Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. His invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 marked the start of the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf Hitler has received more than 88,471,681 page views. His biography is available in 234 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 219 in 2019). Adolf Hitler is the 2nd most popular politician, the most popular biography from Austria and the most popular Austrian Politician.

Adolf Hitler was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He initiated World War II in Europe with the invasion of Poland in September 1939, and was a central figure of the Holocaust.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Adolf Hitler ranks 2 out of 19,576. Before him are Napoleon. After him are Charlemagne, Donald Trump, Julius Caesar, Louis XIV of France, Suleiman the Magnificent, Joseph Stalin, Thomas Jefferson, Saladin, Vladimir Lenin, and Jimmy Carter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Adolf Hitler ranks 1. After him are Charlie Chaplin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, António de Oliveira Salazar, Jawaharlal Nehru, Jean Cocteau, Edwin Hubble, Paul Karrer, Ante Pavelić, Anna Akhmatova, and Arnold J. Toynbee. Among people deceased in 1945, Adolf Hitler ranks 1. After him are Benito Mussolini, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Anne Frank, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, Eva Braun, Martin Bormann, Béla Bartók, Fedor von Bock, Anton Webern, and Ernst Cassirer.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Adolf Hitler ranks 1 out of 1,424. After him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756), Marie Antoinette (1755), Maria Theresa (1717), Joseph Haydn (1732), Franz Schubert (1797), Franz Liszt (1811), Gustav Klimt (1862), Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947), Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (1791), and Stefan Zweig (1881).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Adolf Hitler ranks 1. After him are Maria Theresa (1717), Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741), Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459), Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), Ferdinand I of Austria (1793), Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747), Charles I of Austria (1887), Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640), Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552), and Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578).

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