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Adolf Hitler

1889 - 1945

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Adolf Hitler (German: [ˈadoːlf ˈhɪt.lɐ] (listen); 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then assuming the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. During his dictatorship, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf Hitler has received more than 66,960,829 page views. His biography is available in 219 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 216 in 2019). Adolf Hitler is the 2nd most popular politician (up from 3rd in 2019), the most popular biography from Austria (up from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular 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 15,577. Before him are Napoleon. After him are Julius Caesar, Louis XIV of France, Joseph Stalin, Cleopatra, Vladimir Lenin, Thomas Jefferson, Augustus, Charlemagne, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and Vladimir Putin.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Adolf Hitler ranks 1 out of 1,237. After him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756), Franz Kafka (1883), Franz Schubert (1797), Joseph Haydn (1732), Marie Antoinette (1755), Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), Maria Theresa (1717), Franz Liszt (1811), Gustav Klimt (1862), Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889), and Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

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

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