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Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg

1873 - 1969

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Duke Adolf Friedrich Albrecht Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (German: Adolf Friedrich Albrecht Heinrich, Herzog zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin; 10 October 1873 – 5 August 1969), was a German explorer in Africa, a colonial politician, the elected duke of the United Baltic Duchy from 5 November to 28 November 1918, and the first president of the National Olympic Committee of West Germany (1949–1951). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg has received more than 161,934 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg is the 172nd most popular explorer (up from 182nd in 2019), the 2,010th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,149th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg ranks 172 out of 405Before him are Vasily Tatishchev, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Jim Bridger, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Luís Vaz de Torres, and Cornelis de Houtman. After him are Lincoln Ellsworth, Gustav Nachtigal, James Weddell, Nikolai Rezanov, Carsten Borchgrevink, and Masabumi Hosono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg ranks 67Before him are Viktor Chernov, Valery Bryusov, Adolph Zukor, Hasan Prishtina, Nureddin Pasha, and Moisei Uritsky. After him are Theodor Körner, Félix d'Herelle, Elena Stasova, Alexey Shchusev, Józef Haller, and Leon Czolgosz. Among people deceased in 1969, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg ranks 72Before him are Léon Brillouin, Lucien Bianchi, Ramón Grau, Vesto Slipher, Kimon Georgiev, and Meher Baba. After him are Thelma Ritter, Jeffrey Hunter, Adolfo López Mateos, Coleman Hawkins, Carlos Marighella, and Peter van Eyck.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg ranks 2,010 out of 6,142Before him are Alfred Schmidt (1931), Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875), Alexander Gauland (1941), Martin Gottfried Weiss (1905), Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (1871), and Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854). After him are Otto von Lossow (1868), Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (1892), Johann Georg Pisendel (1687), Augustin Bea (1881), Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1577), and Jacob Schiff (1847).

Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg ranks 8Before him are Heinrich Barth (1821), Carsten Niebuhr (1733), Adam Olearius (1603), Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), Hans Staden (1525), and John Sutter (1803). After him are Gustav Nachtigal (1834), Julius Klaproth (1783), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), and Carl Peters (1856).