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Egon Bahr

1922 - 2015

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Egon Karl-Heinz Bahr (German pronunciation: [ˈeːɡɔn kaʁlˈhaɪnts ˈbaːɐ̯]; 18 March 1922 – 19 August 2015) was a German SPD politician. The former journalist was the creator of the Ostpolitik promoted by West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, for whom he served as Secretary of State in the German Chancellery from 1969 until 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Egon Bahr has received more than 145,011 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Egon Bahr is the 6,257th most popular politician (up from 9,702nd in 2019), the 1,717th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,812th in 2019) and the 497th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Egon Bahr ranks 6,257 out of 19,576Before him are Apama, Crocodile, Xiao Yi of Shang, William H. Seward, Chen Cheng, and Rinchinbal Khan. After him are Charles the Child, Per Brahe the Younger, Aq Sunqur al-Hajib, Manuel I of Trebizond, Keizō Obuchi, and Muhammad IV of Morocco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Egon Bahr ranks 104Before him are Michael Cacoyannis, Alistair MacLean, Gianna Beretta Molla, José Froilán González, Shigeru Mizuki, and Carl Reiner. After him are Ferenc Deák, Miloš Jakeš, Eleanor Parker, Veronica Lake, Michael Ventris, and Clair Cameron Patterson. Among people deceased in 2015, Egon Bahr ranks 89Before him are Jin Youzhi, Ruth Rendell, Akiyuki Nosaka, Shigeru Mizuki, Yaşar Kemal, and Eldar Ryazanov. After him are Kemal Monteno, Satoru Iwata, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Jenő Buzánszky, Ornette Coleman, and Arsen Dedić.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Egon Bahr ranks 1,717 out of 7,253Before him are Maurice de Hirsch (1831), Michael Stifel (1487), Ernst-Robert Grawitz (1899), Berthold (1180), Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721), and William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487). After him are Charles the Child (847), Otto Abetz (1903), Wilhelm Schepmann (1894), Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Hans Werner Henze (1926), and Günther Quandt (1881).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Egon Bahr ranks 497Before him are Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884), Anna of Saxony (1544), Joschka Fischer (1948), Gisela of Swabia (990), Christian Thielemann (1959), and Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721). After him are Charles the Child (847), Otto Abetz (1903), Günther Quandt (1881), Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332), Cerdic of Wessex (467), and Margaret Sambiria (1230).