RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1906 - 1945

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German: [ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈbɔn.høː.fɐ] (listen); 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential, and his book The Cost of Discipleship is described as a modern classic.Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer was known for his staunch resistance to the Nazi dictatorship, including vocal opposition to Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews. He was arrested in April 1943 by the Gestapo and imprisoned at Tegel prison for one and a half years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dietrich Bonhoeffer has received more than 2,915,064 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Dietrich Bonhoeffer is the 382nd most popular religious figure (down from 363rd in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Poland (down from 66th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German theologian and pastor who is most famous for being a part of the resistance movement against Adolf Hitler.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Dietrich Bonhoeffer ranks 382 out of 2,272. Before him are Ali al-Ridha, Clement of Ohrid, Pope Marcellus I, John Climacus, Maximus the Confessor, and Pope John IX. After him are Saint Apollonia, Theodore of Amasea, Pope Sergius IV, Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, Pachomius the Great, and Talhah.

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Ali al-Ridha
770 - 818
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 376
Clement of Ohrid
840 - 916
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 377
Pope Marcellus I
255 - 309
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 378
John Climacus
579 - 649
HPI: 76.05
Rank: 379
Maximus the Confessor
580 - 662
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 380
Pope John IX
850 - 900
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 381
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1906 - 1945
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 382
Saint Apollonia
110 - 249
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 383
Theodore of Amasea
300 - 306
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 384
Pope Sergius IV
970 - 1012
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 385
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
624 - 692
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 386
Pachomius the Great
292 - 348
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 387
Talhah
595 - 656
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 388

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Dietrich Bonhoeffer ranks 24. Before him are Sergei Korolev, Josephine Baker, Emmanuel Levinas, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Maria Goeppert Mayer, and Ed Gein. After him are Giuseppe Farina, Soichiro Honda, Alexey Stakhanov, Hermann Fegelein, Ernst Ruska, and Léopold Sédar Senghor. Among people deceased in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer ranks 27. Before him are Johan Huizinga, Clara Petacci, Pietro Mascagni, Subhas Chandra Bose, Heinrich Müller, and Pierre Laval. After him are David Lloyd George, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Hermann Fegelein, Ernst Busch, Hans Krebs, and August von Mackensen.

Others Born in 1906

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Sergei Korolev
1906 - 1966
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 18
Josephine Baker
1906 - 1975
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 19
Emmanuel Levinas
1906 - 1995
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 20
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
1906 - 1947
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 21
Maria Goeppert Mayer
1906 - 1972
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 22
Ed Gein
1906 - 1984
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 23
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1906 - 1945
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 24
Giuseppe Farina
1906 - 1966
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 25
Soichiro Honda
1906 - 1991
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 26
Alexey Stakhanov
1906 - 1977
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 27
Hermann Fegelein
1906 - 1945
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 28
Ernst Ruska
1906 - 1988
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 29
Léopold Sédar Senghor
1906 - 2001
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 30