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Henry Kissinger

1923 - 2023

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Henry Alfred Kissinger (May 27, 1923 – November 29, 2023) was an American diplomat, political scientist, geopolitical consultant, and politician who served as the United States secretary of state and national security advisor in the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford between 1969 and 1977. Born in Germany, Kissinger came to the United States in 1938 as a Jewish refugee fleeing Nazi persecution. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and, after the war, was educated at Harvard University, where he excelled academically. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Kissinger has received more than 24,979,510 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 86 in 2019). Henry Kissinger is the 62nd most popular politician (down from 54th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 19th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Politician.

Henry Kissinger is a German-born American diplomat who served as the Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon. He is most famous for his role in the Vietnam War, which he helped to end by negotiating the 1973 Paris Peace Accords.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Kissinger ranks 62 out of 15,577. Before him are Ahmed I, Martin Van Buren, Josip Broz Tito, Benjamin Franklin, Mehmed the Conqueror, and Nicholas II of Russia. After him are John F. Kennedy, Margaret Thatcher, Caligula, James K. Polk, Mary I of England, and Hillary Clinton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Henry Kissinger ranks 1. After him are Maria Callas, Lee Kuan Yew, Shimon Peres, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, Idi Amin, Wisława Szymborska, Heydar Aliyev, Charlton Heston, Marcel Marceau, Irma Grese, and Rocky Marciano. Among people deceased in 2023, Henry Kissinger ranks 1. After him are Milan Kundera, Tina Turner, Silvio Berlusconi, Gina Lollobrigida, Constantine II of Greece, Michael Gambon, Jeff Beck, Ted Kaczynski, Luis Suárez, Jane Birkin, and Toto Cutugno.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Henry Kissinger ranks 23 out of 6,142. Before him are Peter Paul Rubens (1577), Albrecht Dürer (1471), George Frideric Handel (1685), Angela Merkel (1954), Wilhelm Röntgen (1845), and Anne Frank (1929). After him are Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Friedrich Engels (1820), Frederick the Great (1712), Johannes Brahms (1833), Heinrich Himmler (1900), and Max Planck (1858).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Henry Kissinger ranks 4. Before him are Charlemagne (748), Otto von Bismarck (1815), and Angela Merkel (1954). After him are Frederick the Great (1712), Heinrich Himmler (1900), Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859), Hermann Göring (1893), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), Joseph Goebbels (1897), William I, German Emperor (1797), and Reinhard Heydrich (1904).

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