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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 693,851 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). August Kubizek is the 1,079th most popular writer (down from 936th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Austria (down from 219th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Austrian Writer.

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

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, August Kubizek ranks 1,079 out of 5,755Before him are Edith Wharton, Egeria, Cai Yan, Sergey Mikhalkov, Heinrich Kramer, and Nikolay Nekrasov. After him are Roberto Bolaño, Nora Roberts, Rosamunde Pilcher, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and Patrick White.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, August Kubizek ranks 52Before him are Fritz Klein, Max Steiner, W. O. Bentley, John Foster Dulles, Vladimir K. Zworykin, and Abul Kalam Azad. After him are Inayatullah Khan, Thea von Harbou, Heinrich Neuhaus, Georgios Papandreou, Nikolay Shvernik, and Antonio Sant'Elia. Among people deceased in 1956, August Kubizek ranks 35Before him are Daniel Swarovski, Alexander Dovzhenko, Elisabeth of Romania, William Boeing, Marie Laurencin, and Mistinguett. After him are Lyonel Feininger, Yakub Kolas, Juan Negrín, Gustave Charpentier, Giovanni Papini, and Jan Łukasiewicz.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, August Kubizek ranks 275 out of 1,237Before him are Cecilia Renata of Austria (1611), Felix Baumgartner (1969), Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), Udo Jürgens (1934), Kunigunde of Austria (1465), and Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (1418). After him are Otto, Duke of Austria (1301), Brigitte Bierlein (1949), Hermann Buhl (1924), Gustav Wagner (1911), Friedrich von Wieser (1851), and Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614).

Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, August Kubizek ranks 24Before him are Miep Gies (1909), Ingeborg Bachmann (1926), Božena Němcová (1820), Otto of Freising (1114), Klaus Ebner (1964), and Franz Grillparzer (1791). After him are Eva Schloss (1929), Joseph Mohr (1792), Peter Altenberg (1859), Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), and Raul Hilberg (1926).