1961 - 2016
Guido Westerwelle (German: [ˈɡiːdo ˈvɛstɐˌvɛlə]; 27 December 1961 – 18 March 2016) was a German politician who served as foreign minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011, being the first openly gay person to hold any of these positions. He also led the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 2001 until he stepped down in 2011. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guido Westerwelle has received more than 648,892 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Guido Westerwelle is the 9,304th most popular politician (down from 9,094th in 2019), the 2,668th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,631st in 2019) and the 810th most popular German Politician.
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Among politicians, Guido Westerwelle ranks 9,304 out of 15,577. Before him are Barbu Știrbey, John IV, Duke of Bavaria, Jakaya Kikwete, Charles J. Guiteau, Anne Jules de Noailles, and Louisa Adams. After him are Carl Adolph Agardh, Enrique Cerezo, Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Agron, Polina Astakhova, and Traicho Kostov.
1872 - 1946
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 9,298
1437 - 1463
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 9,299
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 9,300
1841 - 1882
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 9,301
1650 - 1708
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 9,302
1775 - 1852
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 9,303
1961 - 2016
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 9,304
1785 - 1859
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 9,305
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 9,306
1666 - 1730
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 9,307
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 9,308
1936 - 2005
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 9,309
1897 - 1949
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 9,310
Among people born in 1961, Guido Westerwelle ranks 91. Before him are Jimmy Somerville, Ahmed Aboutaleb, Isiah Thomas, Jonas Jonasson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Dylan McDermott. After him are Jacky Cheung, Tom Sizemore, Tom Araya, Sergei Aleinikov, Christopher Meloni, and Ghislaine Maxwell. Among people deceased in 2016, Guido Westerwelle ranks 167. Before him are Ilse Aichinger, Mahasweta Devi, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, S. R. Nathan, Marc Riboud, and Silvio Gazzaniga. After him are Lola Novaković, Jay Wright Forrester, Bill Mollison, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, Fredrik Barth, and Artur Fischer.
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 85
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 86
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 87
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 88
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 89
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 90
1961 - 2016
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 91
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 92
1961 - 2023
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 93
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 94
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 95
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 96
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 97
1921 - 2016
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 161
1926 - 2016
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 162
1946 - 2016
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 163
1924 - 2016
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 164
1923 - 2016
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 165
1921 - 2016
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 166
1961 - 2016
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 167
1935 - 2016
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 168
1918 - 2016
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 169
1928 - 2016
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 170
1924 - 2016
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 171
1928 - 2016
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 172
1919 - 2016
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 173
Among people born in Germany, Guido Westerwelle ranks 2,668 out of 6,142. Before him are August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796), John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg (1525), Abraham Mignon (1640), Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1800), Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe (1821), and John IV, Duke of Bavaria (1437). After him are Franz Lachner (1803), Christa Schroeder (1908), Heidi Brühl (1942), Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (1443), and Adam Kraft (1450).
1796 - 1835
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 2,662
1525 - 1576
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 2,663
1640 - 1679
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 2,664
1800 - 1820
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 2,665
1821 - 1899
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 2,666
1437 - 1463
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 2,667
1961 - 2016
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 2,668
1803 - 1890
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 2,669
1908 - 1984
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2,670
1942 - 1991
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2,671
1819 - 1892
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2,672
1443 - 1484
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2,673
1450 - 1509
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2,674
Among politicians born in Germany, Guido Westerwelle ranks 810. Before him are Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1659), Ivica Račan (1944), Hans Delbrück (1848), Friedrich Merz (1955), John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg (1525), and John IV, Duke of Bavaria (1437). After him are Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (1443), Sigmar Gabriel (1959), Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897), Prince Johann Georg of Saxony (1869), George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1789), and Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1832).
1659 - 1732
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 804
1944 - 2007
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 805
1848 - 1929
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 806
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 807
1525 - 1576
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 808
1437 - 1463
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 809
1961 - 2016
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 810
1443 - 1484
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 811
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 812
1897 - 1960
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 813
1869 - 1938
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 814
1789 - 1845
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 815
1832 - 1913
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 816