1910 - 1944
August Landmesser (German: [ˈaʊ̯ɡʊst ˈlantˌmɛsɐ]; 24 May 1910 – 17 October 1944) is suggested to be the man appearing in a 1936 photograph conspicuously refusing to perform the Nazi salute. Landmesser had run afoul of the Nazi Party over his unlawful relationship with Irma Eckler, a Jewish woman. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Landmesser has received more than 1,991,725 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). August Landmesser is the 3,006th most popular politician (down from 2,977th in 2019), the 816th most popular biography from Germany (up from 825th in 2019) and the 239th most popular German Politician.
August Landmesser was a member of the Nazi party and a worker at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg. He was arrested for refusing to give the Nazi salute and was sent to a concentration camp.
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Among politicians, August Landmesser ranks 3,006 out of 15,577. Before him are Charibert I, Guo Jia, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Prince Augustus William of Prussia, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Abbas II of Egypt. After him are Teos of Egypt, Odaenathus, Bardiya, Emperor Sakuramachi, Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, and Henry II the Pious.
520 - 567
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 3,000
170 - Present
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 3,001
1831 - 1891
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 3,002
1722 - 1758
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 3,003
1503 - 1547
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 3,004
1874 - 1944
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 3,005
1910 - 1944
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 3,006
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 3,007
220 - 267
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 3,008
580 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 3,009
1720 - 1750
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 3,010
1156 - 1222
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 3,011
1196 - 1241
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 3,012
Among people born in 1910, August Landmesser ranks 33. Before him are Ludwig Stumpfegger, Nathuram Godse, Helenio Herrera, Samuel Barber, Momofuku Ando, and Jean Anouilh. After him are Jean-Louis Barrault, Erich Kempka, Paul Flory, Robert van Gulik, Pierre Schaeffer, and Joseph Kasa-Vubu. Among people deceased in 1944, August Landmesser ranks 52. Before him are Max Jacob, Friedrich Dollmann, Hans-Valentin Hube, Eduard Dietl, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, and Abbas II of Egypt. After him are Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Bertha Benz, Bronislav Kaminski, Mohammed Alim Khan, George Stinney, and Walter Nowotny.
1910 - 1945
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 27
1910 - 1949
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 28
1910 - 1997
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 29
1910 - 1981
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 30
1910 - 2007
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 31
1910 - 1987
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 32
1910 - 1944
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 33
1910 - 1994
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 34
1910 - 1975
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 35
1910 - 1985
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 36
1910 - 1967
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 37
1910 - 1995
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 38
1910 - 1969
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 39
1876 - 1944
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 46
1882 - 1944
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 47
1890 - 1944
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 48
1890 - 1944
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 49
1886 - 1944
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 50
1874 - 1944
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 51
1910 - 1944
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 52
1905 - 1944
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 53
1849 - 1944
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 54
1899 - 1944
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 55
1880 - 1944
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 56
1929 - 1944
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 57
1920 - 1944
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 58
Among people born in Germany, August Landmesser ranks 816 out of 6,142. Before him are Bernard Katz (1911), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Anthony of Saxony (1755), Bernd Schuster (1959), Paul Reuter (1816), and Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722). After him are Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), Frederica of Baden (1781), Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (1573), Luz Long (1913), Wilhelm Windelband (1848), and Ernst Kretschmer (1888).
1911 - 2003
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 810
1724 - 1803
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 811
1755 - 1836
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 812
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 813
1816 - 1899
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 814
1722 - 1758
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 815
1910 - 1944
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 816
1831 - 1912
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 817
1781 - 1826
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 818
1573 - 1625
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 819
1913 - 1943
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 820
1848 - 1915
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 821
1888 - 1964
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 822
Among politicians born in Germany, August Landmesser ranks 239. Before him are Agnes of Merania (1175), Gustav Radbruch (1878), Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528), Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873), Anthony of Saxony (1755), and Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722). After him are Joseph Wirth (1879), Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823), John Rabe (1882), Princess Louise of Prussia (1838), Oswald Pohl (1892), and John George III, Elector of Saxony (1647).
1175 - 1201
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 233
1878 - 1949
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 234
1528 - 1579
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 235
1873 - 1945
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 236
1755 - 1836
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 237
1722 - 1758
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 238
1910 - 1944
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 239
1879 - 1956
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 240
1823 - 1883
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 241
1882 - 1950
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 242
1838 - 1923
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 243
1892 - 1951
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 244
1647 - 1691
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 245