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Friedrich Ratzel

1844 - 1904

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Friedrich Ratzel (August 30, 1844 – August 9, 1904) was a German geographer and ethnographer, notable for first using the term Lebensraum ("living space") in the sense that the National Socialists later would. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Ratzel has received more than 340,194 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Friedrich Ratzel is the 902nd most popular politician (down from 870th in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Germany (down from 247th in 2019) and the 71st most popular German Politician.

Friedrich Ratzel was a German geographer and ethnologist who is most famous for his work in the field of ethnology, specifically in regards to the study of race.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Friedrich Ratzel ranks 902 out of 19,576. Before him are Sukjong of Joseon, Cleopatra II of Egypt, Childeric I, Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Kurt von Schleicher, and Louis VI of France. After him are Charles XV of Sweden, Xiang Yu, Gordian I, Basil II, Valentinian II, and Safiyya bint Huyayy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Friedrich Ratzel ranks 17. Before him are Umberto I of Italy, Mary Cassatt, Ludwig Boltzmann, Alexandra of Denmark, Peter I of Serbia, and Klas Pontus Arnoldson. After him are Pablo de Sarasate, Menelik II, Muhammad Ahmad, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Friedrich Miescher, and Ismail Qemali. Among people deceased in 1904, Friedrich Ratzel ranks 6. Before him are Anton Chekhov, Antonín Dvořák, Theodor Herzl, Murad V, and Isabella II of Spain. After him are Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Henry Morton Stanley, Niels Ryberg Finsen, Gabriel Tarde, and Abai Qunanbaiuly.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Ratzel ranks 251 out of 7,253. Before him are Leopold von Ranke (1795), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Simone Signoret (1921), Albert Kesselring (1885), Alexandra Feodorovna (1872), and Kurt von Schleicher (1882). After him are Heinrich von Kleist (1777), Heinrich Müller (1900), Valentinian II (371), Wilhelm Canaris (1887), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Friedrich Ratzel ranks 71. Before him are Walter Ulbricht (1893), Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), and Kurt von Schleicher (1882). After him are Valentinian II (371), Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), Arnulf of Carinthia (850), Konstantin von Neurath (1873), Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744).

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