1889 - 1938
Carl von Ossietzky (German: [ˈkaʁl fɔn ʔɔˈsi̯ɛtskiː] (listen); 3 October 1889 – 4 May 1938) was a German journalist and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in exposing the clandestine German re-armament.As editor-in-chief of the magazine Die Weltbühne, Ossietzky published a series of exposés in the late 1920s, detailing Germany's violation of the Treaty of Versailles by rebuilding an air force (the predecessor of the Luftwaffe) and training pilots in the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl von Ossietzky has received more than 483,335 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl von Ossietzky is the 43rd most popular social activist (down from 41st in 2019), the 372nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 357th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Social Activist.
Carl von Ossietzky was a German pacifist and journalist. He is most famous for being the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize, but was unable to accept it in person because he was imprisoned in Nazi Germany.
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Among social activists, Carl von Ossietzky ranks 43 out of 538. Before him are Sophie Scholl, Jan Palach, Emma Goldman, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Emmeline Pankhurst, and Alfred Hermann Fried. After him are Thích Quảng Đức, Yemelyan Pugachev, Stenka Razin, Hassan al-Banna, Shirin Ebadi, and Babak Khorramdin.
1921 - 1943
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 37
1948 - 1969
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 38
1869 - 1940
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 39
1837 - 1897
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 40
1858 - 1928
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 41
1864 - 1921
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 42
1889 - 1938
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 43
1897 - 1963
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 44
1742 - 1775
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 45
1630 - 1671
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 46
1906 - 1949
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 47
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 48
798 - 838
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 49
Among people born in 1889, Carl von Ossietzky ranks 18. Before him are Vaslav Nijinsky, Idris of Libya, Manuel II of Portugal, Igor Sikorsky, Otto Frank, and Gabriel Marcel. After him are Paul Karrer, Louise Mountbatten, Gabriela Mistral, Han van Meegeren, Carl Theodor Dreyer, and Jacob L. Moreno. Among people deceased in 1938, Carl von Ossietzky ranks 16. Before him are Karl Kautsky, Faustina Kowalska, Charles Édouard Guillaume, Robert Johnson, Alexei Rykov, and Gabriele D'Annunzio. After him are Genrikh Yagoda, Marie of Romania, Muhammad Iqbal, Suzanne Valadon, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, and Thomas Wolfe.
1889 - 1950
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 12
1889 - 1983
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 13
1889 - 1932
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 14
1889 - 1972
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 15
1889 - 1980
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 16
1889 - 1973
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 17
1889 - 1938
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 18
1889 - 1971
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 19
1889 - 1965
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 20
1889 - 1957
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 21
1889 - 1947
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 22
1889 - 1968
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 23
1889 - 1974
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 24
1854 - 1938
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 10
1905 - 1938
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 11
1861 - 1938
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 12
1911 - 1938
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 13
1881 - 1938
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 14
1863 - 1938
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 15
1889 - 1938
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 16
1891 - 1938
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 17
1875 - 1938
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 18
1877 - 1938
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 19
1865 - 1938
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 20
1876 - 1938
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 21
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 22
Among people born in Germany, Carl von Ossietzky ranks 372 out of 6,142. Before him are Ferdinand Schörner (1892), Chlodio (393), Peter Behrens (1868), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Max Bruch (1838), and Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781). After him are Otto Dix (1891), Otto Lilienthal (1848), Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Martin Behaim (1459), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), and Georg von Küchler (1881).
1892 - 1973
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 366
393 - 448
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 367
1868 - 1940
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 368
1955 - Present
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 369
1838 - 1920
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 370
1781 - 1841
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 371
1889 - 1938
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 372
1891 - 1969
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 373
1848 - 1896
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 374
1731 - 1767
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 375
1459 - 1507
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 376
1729 - 1786
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 377
1881 - 1968
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 378
Among social activists born in Germany, Carl von Ossietzky ranks 5. Before him are Claus von Stauffenberg (1907), Thomas Müntzer (1489), Martin Niemöller (1892), and Sophie Scholl (1921). After him are Anneliese Michel (1952), Horst Wessel (1907), Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Paul Schäfer (1921), Hans Scholl (1918), Alfred Naujocks (1911), and Gerda Christian (1913).
1907 - 1944
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 1
1489 - 1525
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 2
1892 - 1984
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 3
1921 - 1943
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 4
1889 - 1938
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 5
1952 - 1976
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 6
1907 - 1930
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 7
1814 - 1881
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 8
1921 - 2010
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 9
1918 - 1943
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 10
1911 - 1966
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 11
1913 - 1997
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 12