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Hans Frank

1900 - 1946

Hans Frank

Hans Michael Frank (23 May 1900 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician, war criminal and lawyer who served as head of the General Government in Nazi-occupied Poland during the Second World War. Frank was an early member of the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). He took part in the failed Beer Hall Putsch, and later became Adolf Hitler's personal legal adviser as well as the lawyer of the NSDAP. In June 1933, he was named as a Reichsleiter (Reich Leader) of the party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Frank has received more than 1,916,767 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Hans Frank is the 595th most popular politician (down from 587th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Germany (up from 166th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular German Politician.

Hans Frank was a German lawyer who served as Adolf Hitler's personal legal advisor. He was the Governor-General of Nazi-occupied Poland from 1939 to 1945. He was sentenced to death by the Nuremberg Tribunal and hanged in October 1946.

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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hans Frank ranks 595 out of 15,577. Before him are Frederick William IV of Prussia, Epaminondas, Shah Jahan, Khosrow I, Valens, and Darius II. After him are Ivan III of Russia, Ptolemy XIV of Egypt, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, and Philip the Good.

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HPI: 72.34
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HPI: 72.31
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Hans Frank
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HPI: 72.30
Rank: 595
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HPI: 72.25
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Hans Frank ranks 10. Before him are Martin Bormann, Erich Fromm, Luis Buñuel, Wolfgang Pauli, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, and Hans-Georg Gadamer. After him are Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Spencer Tracy, Heinrich Müller, Vasily Chuikov, Margaret Mitchell, and Adolf Dassler. Among people deceased in 1946, Hans Frank ranks 9. Before him are Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, H. G. Wells, Alfred Rosenberg, Alfred Jodl, and John Logie Baird. After him are Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Ion Antonescu, Mikhail Kalinin, Wilhelm Frick, and Julius Streicher.

Others Born in 1900

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Martin Bormann
1900 - 1945
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 4
Erich Fromm
1900 - 1980
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 5
Luis Buñuel
1900 - 1983
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 6
Wolfgang Pauli
1900 - 1958
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 7
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
1900 - 1958
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 8
Hans-Georg Gadamer
1900 - 2002
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 9
Hans Frank
1900 - 1946
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 10
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
1900 - 1979
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 11
Spencer Tracy
1900 - 1967
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 12
Heinrich Müller
1900 - 1945
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 13
Vasily Chuikov
1900 - 1982
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 14
Margaret Mitchell
1900 - 1949
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 15
Adolf Dassler
1900 - 1978
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 16