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August Bebel

1840 - 1913

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Ferdinand August Bebel (German pronunciation: [aʊ̯ˈɡʊst ˈfɛʁdinant ˈbeːbl̩]; 22 February 1840 – 13 August 1913) was a German socialist activist and politician. He was one of the principal founders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDP). Bebel, a woodworker by trade, co-founded the Saxon People's Party with Wilhelm Liebknecht in 1866. In 1869, the two founded the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP), and in 1875 they helped bring the SDAP and Ferdinand Lassalle's General German Workers' Association (ADAV) together to form the party which became the SPD. Bebel played a key role in the drafting and adoption of the party's Marxist Erfurt Program in 1891. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Bebel has received more than 399,955 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). August Bebel is the 2,123rd most popular politician (up from 2,282nd in 2019), the 593rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 627th in 2019) and the 157th most popular German Politician.

August Bebel was a German socialist who is most famous for his book, Woman and Socialism.

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  • 49

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, August Bebel ranks 2,123 out of 19,576. Before him are John I of Castile, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Empress Suiko, Chilperic II, Konstantin Päts, and François Darlan. After him are Heinrich Brüning, Zhu De, Alboin, Taksin, Ebrahim Raisi, and Milan I of Serbia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, August Bebel ranks 15. Before him are Odilon Redon, Edward Drinker Cope, Carl Menger, Ernst Abbe, Carlota of Mexico, and John Boyd Dunlop. After him are Father Damien, Per Teodor Cleve, Thomas Hardy, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Alfred Thayer Mahan. Among people deceased in 1913, August Bebel ranks 12. Before him are Alfred von Schlieffen, Lesya Ukrainka, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Menelik II, Sophia of Nassau, and Tobias Asser. After him are Josephine Cochrane, Harriet Tubman, Philip Sclater, Francisco I. Madero, Ármin Vámbéry, and Katsura Tarō.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Bebel ranks 593 out of 7,253. Before him are Andreas Brehme (1960), Karl Ziegler (1898), Nina Hagen (1955), August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767), Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743), and Ludwig Tieck (1773). After him are Heinrich Brüning (1885), Karl Gebhardt (1897), August Horch (1868), Willy Messerschmitt (1898), Fritz Walter (1920), and Bruno Bauer (1809).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, August Bebel ranks 157. Before him are Albert the Bear (1100), Albert, King of Sweden (1340), Johannes Rau (1931), Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817), Walter Scheel (1919), and Roman Herzog (1934). After him are Heinrich Brüning (1885), Julia Drusilla (16), Wolfgang Schäuble (1942), Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819), Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801), and Hermann Müller (1876).

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