1906 - 1945
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 3,205,975 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, 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.
770 - 818
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Rank: 376
840 - 916
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HPI: 76.05
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580 - 662
HPI: 76.04
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850 - 900
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 381
1906 - 1945
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 382
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HPI: 75.97
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970 - 1012
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HPI: 75.95
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HPI: 75.90
Rank: 387
595 - 656
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 388
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.
1906 - 1966
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 18
1906 - 1975
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 19
1906 - 1995
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 20
1906 - 1947
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 21
1906 - 1972
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 22
1906 - 1984
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 23
1906 - 1945
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 24
1906 - 1966
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 25
1906 - 1991
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 26
1906 - 1977
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 27
1906 - 1945
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 28
1906 - 1988
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 29
1906 - 2001
HPI: 75.05
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1872 - 1945
HPI: 77.14
Rank: 21
1912 - 1945
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 22
1863 - 1945
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 23
1897 - 1945
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 24
1900 - 1945
HPI: 76.04
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1883 - 1945
HPI: 76.02
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1906 - 1945
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1863 - 1945
HPI: 75.86
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1895 - 1945
HPI: 75.67
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1906 - 1945
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 30
1885 - 1945
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 31
1898 - 1945
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 32
1849 - 1945
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 33
Among people born in Poland, Dietrich Bonhoeffer ranks 69 out of 1,231. Before him are Werner von Blomberg (1878), Walther Nernst (1864), Paul Ehrlich (1854), Sigismund I the Old (1467), Albert A. Michelson (1852), and Erich von Falkenhayn (1861). After him are Emanuel Lasker (1868), Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895), Bolesław I the Brave (967), Maria Feodorovna (1759), Benoit Mandelbrot (1924), and Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427).
1878 - 1946
HPI: 76.30
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1864 - 1941
HPI: 76.23
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1854 - 1915
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1467 - 1548
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1852 - 1931
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 67
1861 - 1922
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 68
1906 - 1945
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 69
1868 - 1941
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 70
1895 - 1945
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 71
967 - 1025
HPI: 75.44
Rank: 72
1759 - 1828
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 73
1924 - 2010
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 74
1427 - 1492
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 75
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 Kostka (1550), Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030), Hyacinth of Poland (1185), Stefan Wyszyński (1901), and Stanisław Dziwisz (1939).
1920 - 2005
HPI: 89.13
Rank: 1
1894 - 1941
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 2
1905 - 1938
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 3
1906 - 1945
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 4
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HPI: 73.68
Rank: 5
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HPI: 73.33
Rank: 6
1901 - 1969
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 7
1550 - 1568
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 8
1030 - 1079
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 9
1185 - 1257
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 10
1901 - 1981
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 11
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 12