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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1906 - 1945

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German: [ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈbɔnhøːfɐ] ; 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was a key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential; his 1937 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 Adolf Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dietrich Bonhoeffer has received more than 4,143,203 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Dietrich Bonhoeffer is the 397th most popular religious figure (down from 381st in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Poland (up from 69th 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 397 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Benedict VII, Pope John XI, Pope John XVII, Clement of Ohrid, Talhah, and James the Less. After him are Pope Lando, Joel, Pope Stephen III, Muhammad al-Baqir, Nehemiah, and Zaynab bint Jahsh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Dietrich Bonhoeffer ranks 23. Before him are Sergei Korolev, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Emmanuel Levinas, Sayyid Qutb, and Ernst Ruska. After him are Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Henri Charrière, Hermann Fegelein, Giuseppe Farina, Ed Gein, and Léon Degrelle. Among people deceased in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer ranks 28. Before him are Pietro Mascagni, Clara Petacci, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, David Lloyd George, George S. Patton, and Vidkun Quisling. After him are Hermann Fegelein, August von Mackensen, Friedrich Fromm, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Pierre Laval, and Emil Hácha.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Dietrich Bonhoeffer ranks 68 out of 1,454. Before him are Jakob Böhme (1575), Albert A. Michelson (1852), Faustina Kowalska (1905), Gerhart Hauptmann (1862), Sigismund I the Old (1467), and Werner von Blomberg (1878). After him are Emanuel Lasker (1868), Gustav Fechner (1801), Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), Maria Feodorovna (1759), and Norbert Elias (1897).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Dietrich Bonhoeffer ranks 4. Before him are Pope John Paul II (1920), Maximilian Kolbe (1894), and Faustina Kowalska (1905). After him are Saint Casimir (1458), Angelus Silesius (1624), Itzhak Stern (1901), Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030), Stanislaus Kostka (1550), Stefan Wyszyński (1901), Jerzy Popiełuszko (1947), and Hyacinth of Poland (1185).

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