1907 - 2000
Erich Fritz Emil Mielke (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈmiːlkə]; 28 December 1907 – 21 May 2000) was a German communist official who served as head of the East German Ministry for State Security (Ministerium für Staatsicherheit – MfS), better known as the Stasi, from 1957 until shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. A native of Berlin and a second-generation member of the Communist Party of Germany, Mielke was one of two triggermen in the 1931 murders of Berlin Police captains Paul Anlauf and Franz Lenck. After learning that a witness had survived, Mielke escaped arrest by fleeing to the Soviet Union, where the NKVD recruited him. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Mielke has received more than 968,771 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Erich Mielke is the 2,439th most popular politician (up from 2,710th in 2019), the 663rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 756th in 2019) and the 182nd most popular German Politician.
Erich Mielke was the head of the East German Ministry for State Security (Stasi). He was responsible for the Stasi's surveillance and repression of the East German population.
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Among politicians, Erich Mielke ranks 2,439 out of 15,577. Before him are Pierre Trudeau, Ezer Weizman, Milton Obote, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Ferdinand Marcos, and Weneg. After him are Isabella Jagiellon, Emperor Suzong of Tang, John VII Palaiologos, Haakon IV of Norway, Urukagina, and Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans.
1919 - 2000
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 2,433
1924 - 2005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 2,434
1925 - 2005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 2,435
1595 - 1640
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 2,436
1917 - 1989
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 2,437
2750 BC - Present
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 2,438
1907 - 2000
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 2,439
1519 - 1559
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 2,440
711 - 762
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 2,441
1370 - 1408
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 2,442
1204 - 1263
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 2,443
2500 BC - 2371 BC
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 2,444
1810 - 1842
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 2,445
Among people born in 1907, Erich Mielke ranks 40. Before him are Solomon Asch, Burgess Meredith, Otto Ohlendorf, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Giovanna of Italy, and Compay Segundo. After him are Daniel Bovet, Barbara Stanwyck, Pujie, Lucien Laurent, Varlam Shalamov, and Lee Miller. Among people deceased in 2000, Erich Mielke ranks 21. Before him are Konrad Emil Bloch, Abulfaz Elchibey, Carl Barks, Gherman Titov, Giovanna of Italy, and Pierre Trudeau. After him are Tommaso Buscetta, Louis Néel, Jason Robards, Empress Kōjun, Steve Reeves, and Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
1907 - 1996
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 34
1907 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 35
1907 - 1951
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 36
1907 - 1998
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 37
1907 - 2000
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 38
1907 - 2003
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 39
1907 - 2000
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 40
1907 - 1992
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 41
1907 - 1990
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 42
1907 - 1994
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 43
1907 - 2005
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 44
1907 - 1982
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 45
1907 - 1977
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 46
1912 - 2000
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 15
1938 - 2000
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 16
1901 - 2000
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 17
1935 - 2000
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 18
1907 - 2000
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 19
1919 - 2000
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 20
1907 - 2000
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 21
1928 - 2000
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 22
1904 - 2000
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 23
1922 - 2000
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 24
1903 - 2000
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 25
1926 - 2000
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 26
1916 - 2000
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 27
Among people born in Germany, Erich Mielke ranks 663 out of 6,142. Before him are Hugo Junkers (1859), Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), Kurt Schwitters (1887), August Macke (1887), John William Friso, Prince of Orange (1687), and George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595). After him are Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860), Ottmar Hitzfeld (1949), Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722), Walter Scheel (1919), and George, King of Saxony (1832).
1859 - 1935
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 657
1877 - 1957
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 658
1887 - 1948
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 659
1887 - 1914
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 660
1687 - 1711
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 661
1595 - 1640
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 662
1907 - 2000
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 663
1805 - 1873
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 664
1860 - 1919
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 665
1949 - Present
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 666
1722 - 1763
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 667
1919 - 2016
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 668
1832 - 1904
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 669
Among politicians born in Germany, Erich Mielke ranks 182. Before him are Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629), Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673), Elsa Einstein (1876), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805), John William Friso, Prince of Orange (1687), and George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595). After him are Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722), Walter Scheel (1919), George, King of Saxony (1832), Gustav Heinemann (1899), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), and Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910).
1629 - 1698
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 176
1673 - 1742
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 177
1876 - 1936
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 178
1805 - 1877
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 179
1687 - 1711
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 180
1595 - 1640
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 181
1907 - 2000
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 182
1722 - 1763
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 183
1919 - 2016
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 184
1832 - 1904
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 185
1899 - 1976
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 186
1174 - 1237
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 187
1910 - 1945
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 188