1900 - 1953
August Franz Anton Hans Fritzsche (21 April 1900 – 27 September 1953) was the Ministerialdirektor at the Propagandaministerium (Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda) of Nazi Germany. He was the preeminent German broadcaster of his time, as part of efforts to present a more popular and entertaining side of the Nazi regime, and his voice was recognised by the majority of Germans. Fritzsche was present in the Berlin Führerbunker during the last days of Adolf Hitler. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Fritzsche has received more than 510,412 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Hans Fritzsche is the 1,531st most popular politician (down from 1,318th in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from Germany (down from 372nd in 2019) and the 116th most popular German Politician.
Hans Fritzsche was a Nazi propagandist who was most famous for his radio broadcasts.
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Among politicians, Hans Fritzsche ranks 1,531 out of 15,577. Before him are Raisa Gorbacheva, Theresa May, Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Childebert I, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Majorian. After him are Sarah Palin, Shennong, Lala Mustafa Pasha, Stephen V of Hungary, Jebe, and Jiajing Emperor.
1932 - 1999
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 1,525
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 1,526
1690 - 1718
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 1,527
497 - 558
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 1,528
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 1,529
420 - 461
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 1,530
1900 - 1953
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 1,531
1964 - Present
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 1,532
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 1,533
1500 - 1580
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 1,534
1239 - 1272
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 1,535
1137 - 1225
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 1,536
1507 - 1567
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 1,537
Among people born in 1900, Hans Fritzsche ranks 22. Before him are Adolf Dassler, Jacques Prévert, Dennis Gabor, Charles Francis Richter, Sándor Márai, and Urho Kekkonen. After him are Giorgos Seferis, Hans Adolf Krebs, Kurt Weill, Eyvind Johnson, Jan Oort, and Thomas Wolfe. Among people deceased in 1953, Hans Fritzsche ranks 13. Before him are Carol II of Romania, Robert Andrews Millikan, Klement Gottwald, Mary of Teck, Guccio Gucci, and Django Reinhardt. After him are Vladimir Tatlin, Emmerich Kálmán, Francis Picabia, Eugene O'Neill, Ivan Bunin, and Raoul Dufy.
1900 - 1978
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 16
1900 - 1977
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 17
1900 - 1979
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 18
1900 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 19
1900 - 1989
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 20
1900 - 1986
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 21
1900 - 1953
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 22
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 23
1900 - 1981
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 24
1900 - 1950
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 25
1900 - 1976
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 26
1900 - 1992
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 27
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 28
1893 - 1953
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 7
1868 - 1953
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 8
1896 - 1953
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 9
1867 - 1953
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 10
1881 - 1953
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 11
1910 - 1953
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 12
1900 - 1953
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 13
1885 - 1953
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 14
1882 - 1953
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 15
1879 - 1953
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 16
1888 - 1953
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 17
1870 - 1953
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 18
1877 - 1953
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 19
Among people born in Germany, Hans Fritzsche ranks 424 out of 6,142. Before him are Caroline of Baden (1776), Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758), Hans Krebs (1898), Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), and Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170). After him are Ernst Abbe (1840), Gerhard Richter (1932), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886), and Johann Georg Faust (1480).
1776 - 1841
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 418
1758 - 1840
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 419
1898 - 1945
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 420
1864 - 1918
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 421
1928 - 2007
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 422
1170 - 1220
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 423
1900 - 1953
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 424
1840 - 1905
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 425
1932 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 426
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 427
1830 - 1895
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 428
1886 - 1954
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 429
1480 - 1541
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 430
Among politicians born in Germany, Hans Fritzsche ranks 116. Before him are Robert Ley (1890), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Carol I of Romania (1839), Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870), and Christian V of Denmark (1646). After him are Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), Victoria of Baden (1862), Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Bernhard von Bülow (1849), and Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662).
1890 - 1945
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 110
1784 - 1844
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 111
1416 - 1448
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 112
1839 - 1914
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 113
1870 - 1949
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 114
1646 - 1699
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 115
1900 - 1953
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 116
795 - 858
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 117
1862 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 118
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 119
1463 - 1525
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 120
1849 - 1929
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 121
1662 - 1726
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 122