1937 - Today
Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz (German pronunciation: [ˈeːgɔn ˈkʁɛnts]; born 19 March 1937) is a German former politician who was the last Communist leader of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) during the Revolutions of 1989. He succeeded Erich Honecker as the General Secretary of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) but was forced to resign only weeks later when the Berlin Wall fell. Throughout his career, Krenz held a number of prominent positions in the SED. He was Honecker's deputy from 1984 until he succeeded him in 1989 amid protests against the regime. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Egon Krenz has received more than 1,135,436 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Egon Krenz is the 1,456th most popular politician (up from 1,667th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Poland (up from 94th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Polish Politician.
Egon Krenz was the final leader of East Germany, and he is most famous for being the last leader of East Germany.
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Among politicians, Egon Krenz ranks 1,456 out of 15,577. Before him are Maria II of Portugal, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, Christopher of Bavaria, Symon Petliura, Carol I of Romania, and Caroline Bonaparte. After him are Peter I of Portugal, Margaret Theresa of Spain, Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, Jehu, Ladislaus I of Hungary, and Tvrtko I of Bosnia.
1819 - 1853
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 1,450
1657 - 1704
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 1,451
1416 - 1448
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 1,452
1879 - 1926
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 1,453
1839 - 1914
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 1,454
1782 - 1839
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 1,455
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 1,456
1320 - 1367
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 1,457
1651 - 1673
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 1,458
1411 - 1460
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 1,459
900 BC - 814 BC
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 1,460
1046 - 1095
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 1,461
1338 - 1391
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 1,462
Among people born in 1937, Egon Krenz ranks 20. Before him are Boris Spassky, Queen Paola of Belgium, Vanessa Redgrave, Martti Ahtisaari, Colin Powell, and Madeleine Albright. After him are Mengistu Haile Mariam, Ahmed Yassin, Warren Beatty, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, and Robert Coleman Richardson.
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 14
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 15
1937 - Present
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 16
1937 - 2023
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 17
1937 - 2021
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 18
1937 - 2022
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 19
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 20
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 21
1937 - 2004
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 22
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 23
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 24
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 25
1937 - 2013
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 26
Among people born in Poland, Egon Krenz ranks 83 out of 1,454. Before him are Pola Negri (1897), Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895), Anna Jagiellon (1523), Horst Köhler (1943), Benoit Mandelbrot (1924), and Carl Menger (1840). After him are Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Johannes Hevelius (1611), Krzysztof Penderecki (1933), Anton Denikin (1872), Kurt Alder (1902), and Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512).
1897 - 1987
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 77
1895 - 1945
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 78
1523 - 1596
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 79
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 80
1924 - 2010
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 81
1840 - 1921
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 82
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 83
1046 - 1095
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 84
1611 - 1687
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 85
1933 - 2020
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 86
1872 - 1947
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 87
1902 - 1958
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 88
1512 - 1609
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 89
Among politicians born in Poland, Egon Krenz ranks 19. Before him are Bolesław I the Brave (967), Sigismund I the Old (1467), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Anna Jagiellon (1523), and Horst Köhler (1943). After him are Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Catherine Jagiellon (1526), Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858), Marie Walewska (1786), Kurt Daluege (1897), and Karl Hanke (1903).
967 - 1025
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 13
1467 - 1548
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 14
1427 - 1492
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 15
1609 - 1672
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 16
1523 - 1596
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 17
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 18
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 19
1046 - 1095
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 20
1526 - 1583
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 21
1858 - 1921
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 22
1786 - 1817
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 23
1897 - 1946
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 24
1903 - 1945
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 25