1903 - 1946
Ernst Kaltenbrunner (4 October 1903 – 16 October 1946) was a high-ranking Austrian SS official during the Nazi era and a major perpetrator of the Holocaust. After the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, and a brief period under Heinrich Himmler, Kaltenbrunner was the third Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), which included the offices of Gestapo, Kripo and SD, from January 1943 until the end of World War II in Europe. Kaltenbrunner joined the Nazi Party in 1930 and the SS in 1931, and by 1935 he was considered a leader of the Austrian SS. In 1938, he assisted in the Anschluss and was given command of the SS and police force in Austria. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Kaltenbrunner has received more than 1,856,131 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Ernst Kaltenbrunner is the 549th most popular politician (down from 525th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Austria (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Austrian Politician.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner was the highest-ranking member of the SS to be convicted at the Nuremberg Trials. He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to death.
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Among politicians, Ernst Kaltenbrunner ranks 549 out of 15,710. Before him are Peter II of Russia, Gorm the Old, Alexander IV of Macedon, Sneferu, Friedrich Ebert, and Lycurgus of Sparta. After him are Juliana of the Netherlands, Edward the Elder, Ivan III of Russia, Zoë Porphyrogenita, Bernie Sanders, and Irene of Athens.
1715 - 1730
HPI: 79.09
Rank: 543
900 - 958
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 544
323 BC - 309 BC
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 545
2700 BC - 2609 BC
HPI: 79.05
Rank: 546
1871 - 1925
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 547
800 BC - 730 BC
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 548
1903 - 1946
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 549
1909 - 2004
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 550
871 - 924
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 551
1440 - 1505
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 552
978 - 1050
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 553
1941 - Present
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 554
752 - 803
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 555
Among people born in 1903, Ernst Kaltenbrunner ranks 7. Before him are George Orwell, John von Neumann, Konrad Lorenz, Theodor W. Adorno, Aram Khachaturian, and Georges Simenon. After him are Olav V of Norway, Mark Rothko, Vladimir Horowitz, Habib Bourguiba, Marguerite Yourcenar, and Andrey Kolmogorov. Among people deceased in 1946, Ernst Kaltenbrunner ranks 8. Before him are Hermann Göring, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, H. G. Wells, Alfred Jodl, and Alfred Rosenberg. After him are Hans Frank, Ion Antonescu, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Mikhail Kalinin, John Logie Baird, and Wilhelm Frick.
1903 - 1950
HPI: 86.36
Rank: 1
1903 - 1957
HPI: 82.05
Rank: 2
1903 - 1989
HPI: 81.10
Rank: 3
1903 - 1969
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 4
1903 - 1978
HPI: 80.28
Rank: 5
1903 - 1989
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 6
1903 - 1946
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 7
1903 - 1991
HPI: 78.40
Rank: 8
1903 - 1970
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 9
1903 - 1989
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 10
1903 - 2000
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 11
1903 - 1987
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 12
1903 - 1987
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 13
1893 - 1946
HPI: 84.33
Rank: 2
1882 - 1946
HPI: 82.01
Rank: 3
1893 - 1946
HPI: 81.44
Rank: 4
1866 - 1946
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 5
1890 - 1946
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 6
1893 - 1946
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 7
1903 - 1946
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 8
1900 - 1946
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 9
1882 - 1946
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 10
1892 - 1946
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 11
1875 - 1946
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 12
1888 - 1946
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 13
1877 - 1946
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 14
Among people born in Austria, Ernst Kaltenbrunner ranks 57 out of 1,075. Before him are Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608), Wolfgang Pauli (1900), Lise Meitner (1878), Otto Skorzeny (1908), Emil Cioran (1911), and Ludwig Boltzmann (1844). After him are Otto von Habsburg (1912), Martin Buber (1878), Anton Webern (1883), Christian Doppler (1803), Alois Hitler (1837), and Hedy Lamarr (1914).
1608 - 1657
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 51
1900 - 1958
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 52
1878 - 1968
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 53
1908 - 1975
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 54
1911 - 1995
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 55
1844 - 1906
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 56
1903 - 1946
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 57
1912 - 2011
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 58
1878 - 1965
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 59
1883 - 1945
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 60
1803 - 1853
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 61
1837 - 1903
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 62
1914 - 2000
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 63
Among politicians born in Austria, Ernst Kaltenbrunner ranks 20. Before him are Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557), Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415), Albert II of Germany (1397), Maximilian I of Mexico (1832), Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678), and Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608). After him are Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527), Kurt Waldheim (1918), Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802), Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861), Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833), and Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856).
1557 - 1619
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 14
1415 - 1493
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 15
1397 - 1439
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 16
1832 - 1867
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 17
1678 - 1711
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 18
1608 - 1657
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 19
1903 - 1946
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 20
1527 - 1576
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 21
1918 - 2007
HPI: 78.03
Rank: 22
1802 - 1878
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 23
1861 - 1948
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 24
1833 - 1896
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 25
1856 - 1932
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 26