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Heinrich Himmler

1900 - 1945

Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈluːɪtˌpɔlt ˈhɪmlɐ] (listen); 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), and a leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany. Himmler was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and a main architect of the Holocaust. As a member of a reserve battalion during World War I, Himmler did not see active service. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Himmler has received more than 14,013,860 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Himmler is the 90th most popular politician (down from 86th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Germany (down from 27th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Politician.

Heinrich Himmler was the head of the SS and Gestapo, and he is most famous for being in charge of the Holocaust.

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Page Views (PV)
81.82
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
86
Languages Editions (L)
11.32
Effective Languages (L*)
3.63
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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Heinrich Himmler ranks 90 out of 15,577. Before him are Trajan, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Kösem Sultan, Francisco Franco, Philip II of Spain, and George Washington. After him are Leonid Brezhnev, Louis XV of France, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Henry IV of France, Wilhelm II, German Emperor, and Murad IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Heinrich Himmler ranks 2. Before him is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. After him are Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Martin Bormann, Erich Fromm, Luis Buñuel, Wolfgang Pauli, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Hans Frank, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and Spencer Tracy. Among people deceased in 1945, Heinrich Himmler ranks 5. Before him are Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Anne Frank. After him are Eva Braun, Joseph Goebbels, Martin Bormann, Béla Bartók, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Fedor von Bock, and Walter Model.

Others Born in 1900

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1900 - 1944
HPI: 83.63
Rank: 1
Heinrich Himmler
1900 - 1945
HPI: 81.82
Rank: 2
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
1900 - 2002
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 3
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