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. After Hitler's death, he went over to the Soviet lines in Berlin to offer the surrender of the city to the Red Army on 1 May 1945. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Fritzsche has received more than 388,792 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Hans Fritzsche is the 1,320th most popular politician (up from 1,409th in 2019), the 372nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 50th in 2019) and the 98th 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 1,320 out of 15,710. Before him are Sogdianus of Persia, Gaspard II de Coligny, Senusret III, Henri, Count of Chambord, Anastas Mikoyan, and Senusret I. After him are Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Ludwig III of Bavaria, Berke, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, La Malinche, and Libius Severus.
500 BC - 423 BC
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 1,314
1519 - 1572
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 1,315
1950 BC - 1838 BC
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 1,316
1820 - 1883
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 1,317
1895 - 1978
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 1,318
2000 BC - 1919 BC
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 1,319
1900 - 1953
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 1,320
1853 - 1931
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 1,321
1845 - 1921
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 1,322
1209 - 1266
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 1,323
1956 - Present
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 1,324
1502 - 1529
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 1,325
420 - 465
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 1,326
Among people born in 1900, Hans Fritzsche ranks 22. Before him are Margaret Mitchell, Jacques Prévert, Heinrich Müller, Dennis Gabor, Sándor Márai, and Thomas Wolfe. After him are Hans Adolf Krebs, Jan Oort, Giorgos Seferis, Kurt Weill, Eyvind Johnson, and Urho Kekkonen. Among people deceased in 1953, Hans Fritzsche ranks 15. Before him are Carol II of Romania, Klement Gottwald, Mary of Teck, Vladimir Tatlin, Francis Picabia, and Emmerich Kálmán. After him are Ivan Bunin, Eugene O'Neill, Raoul Dufy, Guccio Gucci, Erich Mendelsohn, and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
1900 - 1949
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 16
1900 - 1977
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 17
1900 - 1945
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 18
1900 - 1979
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 19
1900 - 1989
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 20
1900 - 1938
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 21
1900 - 1953
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 22
1900 - 1981
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 23
1900 - 1992
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 24
1900 - 1971
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 25
1900 - 1950
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 26
1900 - 1976
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 27
1900 - 1986
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 28
1893 - 1953
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 9
1896 - 1953
HPI: 75.93
Rank: 10
1867 - 1953
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 11
1885 - 1953
HPI: 75.49
Rank: 12
1879 - 1953
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 13
1882 - 1953
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 14
1900 - 1953
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 15
1870 - 1953
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 16
1888 - 1953
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 17
1877 - 1953
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 18
1881 - 1953
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 19
1887 - 1953
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 20
1918 - 1953
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 21
Among people born in Germany, Hans Fritzsche ranks 372 out of 5,289. Before him are Martin Behaim (1459), Louis the Child (893), Walther von Reichenau (1884), Regiomontanus (1436), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), and Paul Hausser (1880). After him are Martin Waldseemüller (1470), Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Wilhelm Maybach (1846), Theodor Heuss (1884), and Hans Krebs (1898).
1459 - 1507
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 366
893 - 911
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 367
1884 - 1942
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 368
1436 - 1476
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 369
1777 - 1811
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 370
1880 - 1972
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 371
1900 - 1953
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 372
1470 - 1520
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 373
1845 - 1921
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 374
1779 - 1861
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 375
1846 - 1929
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 376
1884 - 1963
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 377
1898 - 1945
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 378
Among politicians born in Germany, Hans Fritzsche ranks 98. Before him are Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), Henry the Lion (1129), Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), and Louis the Child (893). After him are Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), Theodor Heuss (1884), Gregor Strasser (1892), Christian V of Denmark (1646), Ernst Thälmann (1886), and Christopher of Bavaria (1416).
1895 - 1952
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 92
1808 - 1892
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 93
1956 - Present
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 94
1129 - 1195
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 95
1811 - 1864
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 96
893 - 911
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 97
1900 - 1953
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 98
1845 - 1921
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 99
1884 - 1963
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 100
1892 - 1934
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 101
1646 - 1699
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 102
1886 - 1944
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 103
1416 - 1448
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 104