WRITER

August Kubizek

1888 - 1956

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August "Gustl" Friedrich Kubizek (3 August 1888 – 23 October 1956) was an Austrian musical conductor and writer best known for being a close friend of Adolf Hitler, when both were in their late teens. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Kubizek has received more than 711,699 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). August Kubizek is the 1,018th most popular writer (up from 1,077th in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Austria (up from 275th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Austrian Writer.

August Kubizek is most famous for being Adolf Hitler's best friend during their teenage years.

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  • 61.58

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.76

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  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The young Hitler I knew
1955
Adolf Hitler, mein Jugendfreund
Biography & Autobiography
19894 / 5
Adolf Hitler
Heads of state
1995
Young Hitler
1973
Adolf Hitler - mein Jugendfreund. Ein authentisches Dokument mit neuen Bildern
2002

Among WRITERS

Among writers, August Kubizek ranks 1,018 out of 7,302. Before him are Jussi Adler-Olsen, Noah Gordon, William Gibson, Vasily Zhukovsky, Thomas De Quincey, and André Bazin. After him are Mary Higgins Clark, Shūsaku Endō, Egill Skallagrímsson, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Guido Cavalcanti, and Persius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, August Kubizek ranks 47. Before him are Ossip Zadkine, Frances Marion, Josef Albers, Ernst Heinkel, Ernst Kretschmer, and Carin Göring. After him are Irving Berlin, Oskar Schlemmer, Max Steiner, John Foster Dulles, Thea von Harbou, and Heinrich Neuhaus. Among people deceased in 1956, August Kubizek ranks 32. Before him are Wilhelm Miklas, Joseph Wirth, Alexander Dovzhenko, Émile Borel, Daniel Swarovski, and Elisabeth of Romania. After him are Juan Negrín, Marie Laurencin, Yakub Kolas, William Boeing, Gottfried Benn, and Giovanni Papini.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, August Kubizek ranks 252 out of 1,424. Before him are Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901), Othenio Abel (1875), Clemens Krauss (1893), Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1892), and Walter Nowotny (1920). After him are Franz Xaver Gruber (1787), Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein (1656), Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915), Cecilia Renata of Austria (1611), Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, August Kubizek ranks 22. Before him are Otto of Freising (1114), Klaus Ebner (1964), Franz Grillparzer (1791), Ingeborg Bachmann (1926), Božena Němcová (1820), and Miep Gies (1909). After him are Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), Joseph Mohr (1792), Vicki Baum (1888), Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774), and Peter Altenberg (1859).

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