1920 - 2017
Heinz Keßler (26 January 1920 – 2 May 2017) was a German communist politician and military officer in East Germany. His career in the military started when he was conscripted into the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Germany, in World War II. Due to his communist convictions, he deserted the Wehrmacht and fought for the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front. Upon his return to East Germany, he entered service in the National People's Army (Nationale Volksarmee) upon its establishment in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinz Kessler has received more than 154,476 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Heinz Kessler is the 7,094th most popular politician (up from 7,285th in 2019), the 403rd most popular biography from Poland (up from 443rd in 2019) and the 105th most popular Polish Politician.
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Among politicians, Heinz Kessler ranks 7,094 out of 15,577. Before him are Henk Sneevliet, Gaius Lutatius Catulus, Milan Babić, Tai Kang, Antoinette de Bourbon, and Pierre Messmer. After him are Domitia Lepida the Younger, Denys Shmyhal, Infanta Benedita of Portugal, Emma Darwin, Leo Ryan, and Kim Kyu-sik.
1883 - 1942
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 7,088
291 BC - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 7,089
1956 - 2006
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 7,090
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 7,091
1494 - 1583
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 7,092
1916 - 2007
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 7,093
1920 - 2017
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 7,094
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 7,095
1975 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 7,096
1746 - 1829
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 7,097
1808 - 1896
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 7,098
1925 - 1978
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 7,099
1881 - 1950
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 7,100
Among people born in 1920, Heinz Kessler ranks 121. Before him are Martine Carol, Abe Lenstra, Ray Harryhausen, Don Taylor, Bruno Maderna, and Yang Kyoungjong. After him are Mohammed Dib, Guido Cantelli, Zhou Xuan, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Albert Memmi, and Michael Anderson. Among people deceased in 2017, Heinz Kessler ranks 115. Before him are Brian Aldiss, Ángel Nieto, Miguel Ferrer, George Young, Lubomyr Husar, and Christine Kaufmann. After him are Félix Mourinho, Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Kate Millett, Robert Miles, and Jerry Fodor.
1920 - 1967
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 115
1920 - 1985
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 116
1920 - 2013
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 117
1920 - 1998
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 118
1920 - 1973
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 119
1920 - 1992
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 120
1920 - 2017
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 121
1920 - 2003
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 122
1920 - 1956
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 123
1920 - 1957
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 124
1920 - 2013
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 125
1920 - 2020
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 126
1920 - 2018
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 127
1925 - 2017
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 109
1947 - 2017
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 110
1955 - 2017
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 111
1946 - 2017
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 112
1933 - 2017
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 113
1945 - 2017
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 114
1920 - 2017
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 115
1938 - 2017
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 116
1917 - 2017
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 117
1942 - 2017
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 118
1934 - 2017
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 119
1969 - 2017
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 120
1935 - 2017
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 121
Among people born in Poland, Heinz Kessler ranks 403 out of 1,454. Before him are Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1734), Richard Pipes (1923), Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (1886), Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911), Bronisława Dłuska (1865), and Stanisław Dziwisz (1939). After him are Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz (1893), Arthur Zimmermann (1864), George Adamski (1891), Avraham Stern (1907), Ryszard Siwiec (1909), and Wolf Messing (1899).
1734 - 1823
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 397
1923 - 2018
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 398
1886 - 1941
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 399
1911 - 1989
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 400
1865 - 1939
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 401
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 402
1920 - 2017
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 403
1893 - 1968
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 404
1864 - 1940
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 405
1891 - 1965
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 406
1907 - 1942
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 407
1909 - 1968
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 408
1899 - 1974
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 409
Among politicians born in Poland, Heinz Kessler ranks 105. Before him are Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (1457), Nikita Ivanovich Panin (1718), Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg (1513), Pylyp Orlyk (1672), Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1734), and Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911). After him are Arthur Zimmermann (1864), Eduard Strasburger (1844), Barbara Jagiellon (1478), Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756), Mieszko I Tanglefoot (1132), and Zawisza Czarny (1379).
1457 - 1502
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 99
1718 - 1783
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 100
1513 - 1573
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 101
1672 - 1742
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 102
1734 - 1823
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 103
1911 - 1989
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 104
1920 - 2017
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 105
1864 - 1940
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 106
1844 - 1912
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 107
1478 - 1534
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 108
1756 - 1817
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 109
1132 - 1211
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 110
1379 - 1428
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 111