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Heinrich Lübke

1894 - 1972

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Karl Heinrich Lübke (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈlʏpkə] ; 14 October 1894 – 6 April 1972) was a German politician, who served as president of West Germany from 1959 to 1969. He suffered from deteriorating health towards the end of his career and is known for a series of embarrassing incidents that may have resulted from his health issues. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Lübke has received more than 342,469 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Heinrich Lübke is the 2,315th most popular politician (up from 2,755th in 2019), the 630th most popular biography from Germany (up from 750th in 2019) and the 169th most popular German Politician.

Heinrich Lübke was a German botanist and politician. He is most famous for being the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Heinrich Lübke ranks 2,315 out of 19,576. Before him are Władysław Gomułka, Prajadhipok, Dalia Grybauskaitė, Julia Avita Mamaea, Fatma Sultan, and Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark. After him are Émile Loubet, Vitiges, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Ahmed Sékou Touré, and Giovanna of Italy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Heinrich Lübke ranks 24. Before him are Gala Dalí, Isaac Babel, Dietrich von Choltitz, Kiichiro Toyoda, Alfred Kinsey, and Satyendra Nath Bose. After him are Alexander Oparin, Pyotr Kapitsa, Otto Grotewohl, Hermann Oberth, Benjamin Graham, and Kim Hyong-jik. Among people deceased in 1972, Heinrich Lübke ranks 26. Before him are Erhard Milch, Maurice Chevalier, Dino Buzzati, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Andrei Tupolev, and Paul-Henri Spaak. After him are Max Theiler, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Ghassan Kanafani, Georg von Békésy, Emil Maurice, and Henri Coandă.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Lübke ranks 630 out of 7,253. Before him are Gustav Heinemann (1899), Otto Strasser (1897), August Weismann (1834), Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839), Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), and Franz Brentano (1838). After him are Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (1653), Wolfgang Paul (1913), George Grosz (1893), and Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Heinrich Lübke ranks 169. Before him are Hermann Müller (1876), Hermann von Salza (1170), Gustav Heinemann (1899), Otto Strasser (1897), Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839), and Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892). After him are Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503), Erich Mielke (1907), Erich Koch (1896), Manfred Gerlach (1928), and Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910).

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