1918 - 2015
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛlmuːt ˈʃmɪt] (listen); 23 December 1918 – 10 November 2015) was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Before becoming Chancellor, he served as the minister of defence (1969–1972) and the minister of finance (1972–1974) in the government of Willy Brandt. In the latter role he gained credit for his financial policies. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmut Schmidt has received more than 1,806,915 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 85 in 2019). Helmut Schmidt is the 910th most popular politician (up from 1,186th in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Germany (up from 337th in 2019) and the 77th most popular German Politician.
Helmut Schmidt was a German politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. He is most famous for his role in the Ostpolitik, which was a policy of détente with the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries.
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Among politicians, Helmut Schmidt ranks 910 out of 15,577. Before him are Şah Sultan, Władysław III of Poland, Artaxerxes II of Persia, Ptolemy V Epiphanes, Gojong of Korea, and Julius Streicher. After him are Andronikos II Palaiologos, Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Hafizullah Amin, Cambyses I, John Quincy Adams, and Elisabeth of France.
1509 - 1572
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 904
1424 - 1444
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 905
436 BC - 358 BC
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 906
210 BC - 180 BC
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 907
1852 - 1919
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 908
1885 - 1946
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 909
1918 - 2015
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 910
1259 - 1332
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 911
1921 - 2005
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 912
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 913
600 BC - 559 BC
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 914
1767 - 1848
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 915
1602 - 1644
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 916
Among people born in 1918, Helmut Schmidt ranks 12. Before him are Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Richard Feynman, Robert Wadlow, Rita Hayworth, Ken Miles, and Louis Althusser. After him are Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Waldheim, Frederick Sanger, Gertrude B. Elion, Alberto Ascari, and Katherine Johnson. Among people deceased in 2015, Helmut Schmidt ranks 11. Before him are Omar Sharif, Demis Roussos, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Christopher Lee, Terry Pratchett, and Tomas Tranströmer. After him are B.B. King, Anita Ekberg, Lemmy, Laura Antonelli, Nicholas Winton, and Henning Mankell.
1918 - 2008
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 6
1918 - 1988
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 7
1918 - 1940
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 8
1918 - 1987
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 9
1918 - 1966
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 10
1918 - 1990
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 11
1918 - 2015
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 12
1918 - 1990
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 13
1918 - 2007
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 14
1918 - 2013
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 15
1918 - 1999
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 16
1918 - 1955
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 17
1918 - 2020
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 18
1932 - 2015
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 5
1946 - 2015
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 6
1924 - 2015
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 7
1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 8
1948 - 2015
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 9
1931 - 2015
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 10
1918 - 2015
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 11
1925 - 2015
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 12
1931 - 2015
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 13
1945 - 2015
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 14
1941 - 2015
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 15
1909 - 2015
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 16
1948 - 2015
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 17
Among people born in Germany, Helmut Schmidt ranks 255 out of 6,142. Before him are Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Ernst Jünger (1895), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652), Max Stirner (1806), and Julius Streicher (1885). After him are Justus von Liebig (1803), Maria Sibylla Merian (1647), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Carl Schmitt (1888), Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), and Heinrich von Kleist (1777).
1855 - 1936
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 249
1895 - 1998
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 250
1887 - 1977
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 251
1652 - 1722
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 252
1806 - 1856
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 253
1885 - 1946
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 254
1918 - 2015
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 255
1803 - 1873
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 256
1647 - 1717
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 257
1835 - 1917
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 258
1888 - 1985
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 259
1620 - 1688
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 260
1777 - 1811
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 261
Among politicians born in Germany, Helmut Schmidt ranks 77. Before him are Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Irma Grese (1923), Joachim Gauck (1940), Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), and Julius Streicher (1885). After him are Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), Ferdinand I of Romania (1865), Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710), and Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567).
1882 - 1934
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 71
1923 - 1945
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 72
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 73
1844 - 1904
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 74
1887 - 1977
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 75
1885 - 1946
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 76
1918 - 2015
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 77
1620 - 1688
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 78
1808 - 1892
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 79
955 - 983
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 80
1865 - 1927
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 81
1710 - 1771
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 82
1567 - 1625
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 83