1930 - 2017
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛlmuːt ˈkoːl] (listen); 3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998. Kohl's 16-year tenure is the longest of any German chancellor since Otto von Bismarck, and oversaw the end of the Cold War, the German reunification and the creation of the European Union (EU). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmut Kohl has received more than 3,011,400 page views. His biography is available in 105 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 100 in 2019). Helmut Kohl is the 247th most popular politician (up from 356th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Germany (up from 108th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Politician.
Helmut Kohl was a German politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1982 to 1990 and as the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1973 to 1998. He is best known for his reunification of Germany in 1990.
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Among politicians, Helmut Kohl ranks 247 out of 15,577. Before him are Enver Hoxha, Emperor Meiji, Georgy Zhukov, James VI and I, Şehzade Bayezid, and Woodrow Wilson. After him are Henry II of France, Philip V of Spain, António de Oliveira Salazar, Hu Jintao, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Charles XII of Sweden.
1908 - 1985
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 241
1852 - 1912
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 242
1896 - 1974
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 243
1566 - 1625
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 244
1525 - 1561
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 245
1856 - 1924
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 246
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 247
1519 - 1559
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 248
1683 - 1746
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 249
1889 - 1970
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 250
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 251
1708 - 1765
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 252
1682 - 1718
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 253
Among people born in 1930, Helmut Kohl ranks 7. Before him are Neil Armstrong, Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Michael Collins, and Warren Buffett. After him are George Soros, Pierre Bourdieu, Jean-Luc Godard, Ray Charles, Jacques Derrida, and Hafez al-Assad. Among people deceased in 2017, Helmut Kohl ranks 2. Before him is Charles Manson. After him are Roger Moore, Stanislav Petrov, Zygmunt Bauman, Michael I of Romania, Gene Cernan, David Rockefeller, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jeanne Moreau, Salvatore Riina, and Raymond Kopa.
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 1
1930 - 2020
HPI: 79.73
Rank: 2
1930 - Present
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 3
1930 - 2002
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 4
1930 - 2021
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 5
1930 - Present
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 6
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 7
1930 - Present
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 8
1930 - 2002
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 9
1930 - Present
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 10
1930 - 2004
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 11
1930 - 2004
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 12
1930 - 2000
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 13
1934 - 2017
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 1
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 2
1927 - 2017
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 3
1939 - 2017
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 4
1925 - 2017
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 5
1921 - 2017
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 6
1934 - 2017
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 7
1915 - 2017
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 8
1928 - 2017
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 9
1928 - 2017
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 10
1930 - 2017
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 11
1931 - 2017
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Helmut Kohl ranks 70 out of 6,142. Before him are Martin Bormann (1900), Konrad Adenauer (1876), Erich Fromm (1900), Erich von Manstein (1887), Karl Lagerfeld (1933), and Heinrich Hertz (1857). After him are Albert, Prince Consort (1819), Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762), Franz Beckenbauer (1945), Karl Jaspers (1883), Caspar David Friedrich (1774), and Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714).
1900 - 1945
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 64
1876 - 1967
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 65
1900 - 1980
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 66
1887 - 1973
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 67
1933 - 2019
HPI: 77.15
Rank: 68
1857 - 1894
HPI: 77.14
Rank: 69
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 70
1819 - 1861
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 71
1762 - 1814
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 72
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 73
1883 - 1969
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 74
1774 - 1840
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 75
1714 - 1787
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 76
Among politicians born in Germany, Helmut Kohl ranks 16. Before him are Joseph Goebbels (1897), William I, German Emperor (1797), Reinhard Heydrich (1904), Klemens von Metternich (1773), Martin Bormann (1900), and Konrad Adenauer (1876). After him are Charles the Bald (823), William the Silent (1533), Peter III of Russia (1728), Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893), Gerhard Schröder (1944), and Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050).
1897 - 1945
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 10
1797 - 1888
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 11
1904 - 1942
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 12
1773 - 1859
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 13
1900 - 1945
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 14
1876 - 1967
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 15
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 16
823 - 877
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 17
1533 - 1584
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 18
1728 - 1762
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 19
1893 - 1946
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 20
1944 - Present
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 21
1050 - 1106
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 22