1929 - 2015
Günter Schabowski ([ˈɡʏntɐ ʃaˈbɔvski]; 4 January 1929 – 1 November 2015) was an East German politician who served as an official of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands abbreviated SED), the ruling party during most of the existence of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Schabowski gained worldwide fame in November 1989 when he improvised a slightly mistaken answer to a press conference question about the future of the Berlin Wall. That raised popular expectations much more rapidly than the government planned and so massive crowds gathered the same night at the Wall, which forced its opening after 28 years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Günter Schabowski has received more than 547,585 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Günter Schabowski is the 2,597th most popular politician (down from 2,358th in 2019), the 711th most popular biography from Germany (down from 648th in 2019) and the 201st most popular German Politician.
Günter Schabowski is most famous for the announcement of the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
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Among politicians, Günter Schabowski ranks 2,597 out of 15,577. Before him are B. J. Habibie, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Mentuhotep III, Emperor Go-Sai, Alfred Hugenberg, and Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar. After him are Dương Văn Minh, Magnentius, Felipe González, Raymond of Poitiers, Chandragupta II, and Ramsay MacDonald.
1936 - 2019
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 2,591
1934 - 1996
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 2,592
2050 BC - 2005 BC
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 2,593
1638 - 1685
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 2,594
1865 - 1951
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,595
1872 - 1925
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,596
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,597
1916 - 2001
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 2,598
303 - 353
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 2,599
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 2,600
1115 - 1149
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2,601
400 - 500
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2,602
1866 - 1937
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 2,603
Among people born in 1929, Günter Schabowski ranks 52. Before him are Jean Simmons, Eric Kandel, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Yevgeny Primakov, Lennart Meri, and Richard E. Taylor. After him are Christa Wolf, Peter L. Berger, George Steiner, Zoltán Czibor, Isamu Akasaki, and Ralf Dahrendorf. Among people deceased in 2015, Günter Schabowski ranks 38. Before him are Wes Craven, Oliver Sacks, Yves Chauvin, James Last, Charles H. Townes, and Yevgeny Primakov. After him are Udo Lattek, Irwin Rose, Colleen McCullough, Benedict Anderson, Zito, and Alcides Ghiggia.
1929 - 2010
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 46
1929 - Present
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 47
1929 - 2016
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 48
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 49
1929 - 2006
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 50
1929 - 2018
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 51
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 52
1929 - 2011
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 53
1929 - 2017
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 54
1929 - 2020
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 55
1929 - 1997
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 56
1929 - 2021
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 57
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 58
1939 - 2015
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 32
1933 - 2015
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 33
1930 - 2015
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 34
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 35
1915 - 2015
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 36
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 37
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 38
1935 - 2015
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 39
1926 - 2015
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 40
1937 - 2015
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 41
1936 - 2015
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 42
1932 - 2015
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 43
1926 - 2015
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 44
Among people born in Germany, Günter Schabowski ranks 711 out of 6,142. Before him are George V of Hanover (1819), Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574), Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707), Michael Praetorius (1571), and Alfred Hugenberg (1865). After him are Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869), Gerd Binnig (1947), Georg Ernst Stahl (1659), Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (1757), Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668), and Arthur Nebe (1894).
1819 - 1878
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 705
1712 - 1760
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 706
1574 - 1616
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 707
1707 - 1751
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 708
1571 - 1621
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 709
1865 - 1951
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 710
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 711
1869 - 1955
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 712
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 713
1659 - 1734
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 714
1757 - 1831
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 715
1668 - 1705
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 716
1894 - 1945
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 717
Among politicians born in Germany, Günter Schabowski ranks 201. Before him are Karl Carstens (1914), Juana Bormann (1893), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (1774), Wilhelm Marx (1863), George V of Hanover (1819), and Alfred Hugenberg (1865). After him are Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (1757), Gisela of Hungary (980), Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801), Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826), John George I, Elector of Saxony (1585), and Manfred Gerlach (1928).
1914 - 1992
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 195
1893 - 1945
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 196
1774 - 1837
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 197
1863 - 1946
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 198
1819 - 1878
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 199
1865 - 1951
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 200
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 201
1757 - 1831
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 202
980 - 1065
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 203
1801 - 1877
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 204
1826 - 1900
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 205
1585 - 1656
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 206
1928 - 2011
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 207