RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Franz Jägerstätter

1907 - 1943

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Franz Jägerstätter, (also spelled Jaegerstaetter in English; born Franz Huber, 20 May 1907 – 9 August 1943) was an Austrian farmer and conscientious objector during World War II. Jägerstätter was sentenced to death and executed for his refusal to fight for Nazi Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Jägerstätter has received more than 943,705 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Franz Jägerstätter is the 1,117th most popular religious figure (down from 1,116th in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Austria (up from 374th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Religious Figure.

Franz Jägerstätter was a conscientious objector in Nazi Germany. He refused to serve in the German military, and was sentenced to death by the Nazis.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Franz Jägerstätter ranks 1,117 out of 3,187. Before him are Beatus of Liébana, Adam Rainer, Pat Garrett, Ibn Asakir, Nicholas of Japan, and Emma Morano. After him are Saint Marcella, Julian the Hospitaller, Raël, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Franz Jägerstätter ranks 89. Before him are Helmuth James von Moltke, René Char, Cab Calloway, Antonín Puč, Run Run Shaw, and Anne Desclos. After him are Pavel Sudoplatov, Maria Branyas, Sebastian Haffner, Jean Hyppolite, Avraham Stern, and Manfred von Ardenne. Among people deceased in 1943, Franz Jägerstätter ranks 51. Before him are Ugo Cavallero, Conrad Veidt, Viktor Pavičić, Alexander Schmorell, Lepa Radić, and Aurel Stein. After him are Marina Raskova, Kurt Huber, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Takeda Sōkaku, R. G. Collingwood, and Christoph Probst.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Jägerstätter ranks 366 out of 1,424. Before him are Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (1909), Leopold Berchtold (1863), Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774), Adam Rainer (1899), Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels (1874), and Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg (1902). After him are Wirich Philipp von Daun (1669), Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria (1868), Franz Vranitzky (1937), Archduchess Barbara of Austria (1539), Wolfgang Schüssel (1945), and Brigitte Bierlein (1949).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Austria

Among religious figures born in Austria, Franz Jägerstätter ranks 6. Before him are Pope Gregory V (972), Saint Florian (250), Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (1073), Alois Hudal (1885), and Adam Rainer (1899). After him are Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw (1590), Hermann Gmeiner (1919), Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1649), Maria Schicklgruber (1795), Hieronymus von Colloredo (1732), and Franz König (1905).

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