1933 - Today
Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern (born 14 July 1933), commonly known by the courtesy title Duke of Bavaria, is the head of the House of Wittelsbach, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Bavaria. His great-grandfather King Ludwig III was the last ruling monarch of Bavaria, being deposed in 1918. Franz was born in Munich. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz, Duke of Bavaria has received more than 1,694,911 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Franz, Duke of Bavaria is the 5,183rd most popular politician (up from 6,350th in 2019), the 1,450th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,801st in 2019) and the 435th most popular German Politician.
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Among politicians, Franz, Duke of Bavaria ranks 5,183 out of 15,577. Before him are José Sarney, Eric X of Sweden, Amintore Fanfani, Salome I, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and D. F. Malan. After him are Peter, Duke of Coimbra, Manmohan Singh, Franz Gürtner, Kōki Hirota, Emperor Shang of Han, and Al-Muktafi.
1930 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 5,177
1180 - 1216
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 5,178
1908 - 1999
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 5,179
65 BC - 10
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 5,180
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 5,181
1874 - 1959
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 5,182
1933 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 5,183
1392 - 1449
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 5,184
1932 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 5,185
1881 - 1941
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 5,186
1878 - 1948
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 5,187
105 - 106
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 5,188
875 - 908
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 5,189
Among people born in 1933, Franz, Duke of Bavaria ranks 96. Before him are Teresa Berganza, Manu Dibango, Walter Kasper, Lea Massari, Godfried Danneels, and Hisataka Okamoto. After him are Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Fouad Mebazaa, Tomas Milian, Jehan Sadat, Joan Rivers, and Yukhym Zvyahilsky.
1933 - 2022
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 90
1933 - 2020
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 91
1933 - Present
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 92
1933 - Present
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 93
1933 - 2019
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 94
1933 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 95
1933 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 96
1933 - 1999
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 97
1933 - Present
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 98
1933 - 2017
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 99
1933 - 2021
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 100
1933 - 2014
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 101
1933 - 2021
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 102
Among people born in Germany, Franz, Duke of Bavaria ranks 1,450 out of 6,142. Before him are Karin Dor (1938), Erika Mann (1905), Hans Aumeier (1906), Henry of Latvia (1187), Fritz Bayerlein (1899), and Christoph Cellarius (1638). After him are Franz Gürtner (1881), Elke Sommer (1940), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939), Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg (1597), Georg Kerschensteiner (1854), and Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1572).
1938 - 2017
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1,444
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1,445
1906 - 1948
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 1,446
1187 - 1259
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 1,447
1899 - 1970
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 1,448
1638 - 1707
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 1,449
1933 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 1,450
1881 - 1941
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 1,451
1940 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 1,452
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,453
1597 - 1660
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,454
1854 - 1932
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,455
1572 - 1632
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,456
Among politicians born in Germany, Franz, Duke of Bavaria ranks 435. Before him are Prince Frederick of the Netherlands (1797), Prince Henry of Prussia (1726), Karl August Wittfogel (1896), Prince Oskar of Prussia (1888), Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1896), and Hans Aumeier (1906). After him are Franz Gürtner (1881), Georg Kerschensteiner (1854), Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1572), Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria (1319), Wolfram Sievers (1905), and Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736).
1797 - 1881
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 429
1726 - 1802
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 430
1896 - 1988
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 431
1888 - 1958
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 432
1896 - 1967
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 433
1906 - 1948
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 434
1933 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 435
1881 - 1941
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 436
1854 - 1932
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 437
1572 - 1632
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 438
1319 - 1375
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 439
1905 - 1948
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 440
1736 - 1798
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 441