1930 - 2017
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (German: [ˈhɛlmuːt ˈkoːl]; 3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German statesman and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 (of West Germany, 1982–1990; and of reunified Germany, 1990–1998) and as chairman of the 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. Born in 1930 in Ludwigshafen to a Roman Catholic family, Kohl joined the Christian Democratic Union in 1946 at the age of 16. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmut Kohl has received more than 2,097,050 page views. His biography is available in 100 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 95 in 2019). Helmut Kohl is the 356th most popular politician (down from 290th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Germany (down from 90th in 2019) and the 22nd 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 356 out of 15,710. Before him are Cambyses II, Vyacheslav Molotov, Caesarion, Theodosius II, Henry VI of England, and Erich Honecker. After him are Park Chung-hee, Philip III of Spain, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Horemheb, Dido, and Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.
550 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 350
1890 - 1986
HPI: 80.73
Rank: 351
47 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 80.73
Rank: 352
401 - 450
HPI: 80.71
Rank: 353
1421 - 1471
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 354
1912 - 1994
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 355
1930 - 2017
HPI: 80.68
Rank: 356
1917 - 1979
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 357
1578 - 1621
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 358
1768 - 1835
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 359
1319 BC - 1292 BC
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 360
879 BC - 759 BC
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 361
1882 - 1973
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 362
Among people born in 1930, Helmut Kohl ranks 9. Before him are Sean Connery, Warren Buffett, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Michael Collins, George Soros, and Pierre Bourdieu. After him are Steve McQueen, Hafez al-Assad, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Godard, Ray Charles, and Buzz Aldrin. Among people deceased in 2017, Helmut Kohl ranks 4. Before him are Charles Manson, Roger Moore, and David Rockefeller. After him are Gene Cernan, Chuck Berry, Zygmunt Bauman, Stanislav Petrov, Salvatore Riina, Michael I of Romania, Hugh Hefner, and Jeanne Moreau.
1930 - 2020
HPI: 84.46
Rank: 3
1930 - Present
HPI: 83.89
Rank: 4
1930 - 2002
HPI: 82.98
Rank: 5
1930 - Present
HPI: 82.36
Rank: 6
1930 - Present
HPI: 81.84
Rank: 7
1930 - 2002
HPI: 81.83
Rank: 8
1930 - 2017
HPI: 80.68
Rank: 9
1930 - 1980
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 10
1930 - 2000
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 11
1930 - 2004
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 12
1930 - Present
HPI: 79.93
Rank: 13
1930 - 2004
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 14
1930 - Present
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 15
1934 - 2017
HPI: 85.08
Rank: 1
1927 - 2017
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 2
1915 - 2017
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 3
1930 - 2017
HPI: 80.68
Rank: 4
1934 - 2017
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 5
1926 - 2017
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 6
1925 - 2017
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 7
1939 - 2017
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 8
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 9
1921 - 2017
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 10
1926 - 2017
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 11
1928 - 2017
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Helmut Kohl ranks 108 out of 5,289. Before him are Walter Benjamin (1892), Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Clara Schumann (1819), Albert, Prince Consort (1819), Carl Orff (1895), and Erich Honecker (1912). After him are Alfred Wegener (1880), Baron Munchausen (1720), Theodor Mommsen (1817), Leni Riefenstahl (1902), Peter III of Russia (1728), and Friedrich Fröbel (1782).
1892 - 1940
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 102
1780 - 1831
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 103
1819 - 1896
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 104
1819 - 1861
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 105
1895 - 1982
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 106
1912 - 1994
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 107
1930 - 2017
HPI: 80.68
Rank: 108
1880 - 1930
HPI: 80.64
Rank: 109
1720 - 1797
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 110
1817 - 1903
HPI: 80.52
Rank: 111
1902 - 2003
HPI: 80.52
Rank: 112
1728 - 1762
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 113
1782 - 1852
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 114
Among politicians born in Germany, Helmut Kohl ranks 22. Before him are Martin Bormann (1900), Clara Zetkin (1857), Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893), Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), and Erich Honecker (1912). After him are Peter III of Russia (1728), Willy Brandt (1913), Leopold I of Belgium (1790), Henry the Fowler (876), Charles the Fat (839), and Frederick III, German Emperor (1831).
1900 - 1945
HPI: 82.02
Rank: 16
1857 - 1933
HPI: 81.87
Rank: 17
1893 - 1946
HPI: 81.44
Rank: 18
1050 - 1106
HPI: 81.38
Rank: 19
1368 - 1437
HPI: 81.32
Rank: 20
1912 - 1994
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 21
1930 - 2017
HPI: 80.68
Rank: 22
1728 - 1762
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 23
1913 - 1992
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 24
1790 - 1865
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 25
876 - 936
HPI: 80.14
Rank: 26
839 - 888
HPI: 80.11
Rank: 27
1831 - 1888
HPI: 80.11
Rank: 28