1915 - 1977
Hanns Martin Schleyer (German pronunciation: [ˈhaːns ˈmaɐtiːn ˈʃlaɪ̯ɐ̯]; 1 May 1915 – 18 October 1977) was a German member of the SS, business executive, and employer and industry representative, who served as President of two powerful commercial organizations, the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände, BDA) and the Federation of German Industries (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie, BDI). Schleyer's role in those business organisations, his positions in the labour disputes and aggressive appearance on television, his conservative anti-communist views and position as a prominent member of the Christian Democratic Union, and his past as an enthusiastic member of the Nazi student movement and former SS officer made him a target for radical elements of the German student movement in the 1970s.He was kidnapped on 5 September 1977 by the far left Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion, RAF) and subsequently murdered; his driver and police escort of three policemen were also murdered when his car was ambushed. The German government determined that it was in the national interest not to negotiate with terrorists. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hanns Martin Schleyer has received more than 191,810 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hanns Martin Schleyer is the 191st most popular social activist (down from 185th in 2019), the 1,759th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,626th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Hanns Martin Schleyer ranks 191 out of 544. Before him are Sojourner Truth, Max Mosley, Carl Oberg, Hrant Dink, Rigoberta Menchú, and Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid. After him are Bacha Khan, Chico Mendes, Margaret Sanger, Huber Matos, Simon bar Giora, and Lalla Fatma N'Soumer.
1797 - 1883
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 185
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 186
1897 - 1965
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 187
1954 - 2007
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 188
1959 - Present
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 189
948 - 1022
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 190
1915 - 1977
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 191
1890 - 1988
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 192
1944 - 1988
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 193
1879 - 1966
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 194
1918 - 2014
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 195
100 - 70
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 196
1830 - 1863
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 197
Among people born in 1915, Hanns Martin Schleyer ranks 72. Before him are Takeshi Kamo, Peter Medawar, Thomas Merton, Abba Eban, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, and Kon Ichikawa. After him are J. C. R. Licklider, Liisi Oterma, Tadeusz Kantor, Ross Macdonald, Geraldine of Albania, and John Profumo. Among people deceased in 1977, Hanns Martin Schleyer ranks 62. Before him are Shogo Kamo, Juan Velasco Alvarado, Jan Patočka, Marc Bolan, Eduard Roschmann, and Takeo Kurita. After him are Hans Martin Sutermeister, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Marien Ngouabi, Alia Al-Hussein, Tom Pryce, and Jacques Tourneur.
1915 - 2004
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 66
1915 - 1987
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 67
1915 - 1968
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 68
1915 - 2002
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 69
1915 - 2000
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 70
1915 - 2008
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 71
1915 - 1977
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 72
1915 - 1990
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 73
1915 - 2001
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 74
1915 - 1990
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 75
1915 - 1983
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 76
1915 - 2002
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 77
1915 - 2006
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 78
1915 - 1977
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 56
1910 - 1977
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 57
1907 - 1977
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 58
1947 - 1977
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 59
1908 - 1977
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 60
1889 - 1977
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 61
1915 - 1977
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 62
1907 - 1977
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 63
1909 - 1977
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 64
1938 - 1977
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 65
1948 - 1977
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 66
1949 - 1977
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 67
1904 - 1977
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 68
Among people born in Germany, Hanns Martin Schleyer ranks 1,759 out of 5,289. Before him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia (1746), Jordan of Saxony (1190), Felix Nussbaum (1904), Anton von Werner (1843), Rudolf Schmidt (1886), and Otto V, Duke of Bavaria (1346). After him are Sebastian Haffner (1907), Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795), August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737), Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff (1896), and Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764).
1746 - 1840
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 1,753
1190 - 1237
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 1,754
1904 - 1944
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 1,755
1843 - 1915
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 1,756
1886 - 1957
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 1,757
1346 - 1379
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 1,758
1915 - 1977
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 1,759
1907 - 1999
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 1,760
1795 - 1867
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 1,761
1735 - 1809
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 1,762
1737 - 1815
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 1,763
1896 - 1944
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 1,764
1764 - 1850
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 1,765
Among social activists born in Germany, Hanns Martin Schleyer ranks 17. Before him are Alfred Naujocks (1911), Gerda Christian (1913), Klaus Störtebeker (1360), Rudi Dutschke (1940), Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818), and Carl Oberg (1897). After him are Christoph Probst (1919), Ludolf von Alvensleben (1901), Christa Schroeder (1908), Isdal Woman (1940), Anita Augspurg (1857), and Joseph Weydemeyer (1818).
1911 - 1966
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 11
1913 - 1997
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 12
1360 - 1401
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 13
1940 - 1979
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 14
1818 - 1888
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 15
1897 - 1965
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 16
1915 - 1977
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 17
1919 - 1943
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 18
1901 - 1970
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 19
1908 - 1984
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 20
1940 - 1970
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 21
1857 - 1943
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 22
1818 - 1866
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 23