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Heinz Linge

1913 - 1980

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Heinz Linge (23 March 1913 – 9 March 1980) was a German SS officer who served as a valet for the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, and became known for his close personal proximity to historical events. Linge was present in the Führerbunker on 30 April 1945, when Hitler committed suicide. Linge's ten-year service to Hitler ended at that time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinz Linge has received more than 833,008 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Heinz Linge is the 500th most popular painter (down from 455th in 2019), the 1,353rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,271st in 2019) and the 45th most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Heinz Linge ranks 500 out of 2,023. Before him are Philips Wouwerman, Jacopo Amigoni, Guo Xi, Maria Prymachenko, Hubert Robert, and Wilhelm Busch. After him are Cima da Conegliano, Giulio Clovio, Anna Boch, Sesshū Tōyō, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, and Johan Jongkind.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Heinz Linge ranks 65. Before him are Richard Stone, Gerda Christian, Stewart Granger, Luz Long, Edward Gierek, and Bill Shankly. After him are Sergey Mikhalkov, Robert Adler, Bruno Pontecorvo, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Israel Gelfand, and Méret Oppenheim. Among people deceased in 1980, Heinz Linge ranks 62. Before him are Walter Dornberger, Mario Bava, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Stanisława Walasiewicz, Tôn Đức Thắng, and Ian Curtis. After him are Ludwig Guttmann, Filipp Golikov, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Seretse Khama, and Winifred Wagner.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinz Linge ranks 1,353 out of 7,253. Before him are Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (1803), Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (1753), Prince Joachim of Prussia (1890), Wilhelm Busch (1832), Hugo Schmeisser (1884), and Thomas Abbt (1738). After him are Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Ernst Chladni (1756), Hans Baur (1897), Kurt Franz (1914), Otto Rasch (1891), and Heinrich Schwabe (1789).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Heinz Linge ranks 45. Before him are Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884), Anselm Feuerbach (1829), Hans Holbein the Elder (1465), Godfrey Kneller (1646), Hannah Höch (1889), and Wilhelm Busch (1832). After him are Michael Wolgemut (1434), Georg Baselitz (1938), Anton von Werner (1843), Albert Bierstadt (1830), Peter von Cornelius (1784), and Hans Burgkmair (1473).

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