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Henry Morgenthau Sr.

1856 - 1946

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Henry Morgenthau (; April 26, 1856 – November 25, 1946) was a German-born American lawyer and businessman, best known for his role as the ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Morgenthau was one of the most prominent Americans who spoke about the Greek genocide and the Armenian genocide of which he stated, "I am firmly convinced that this is the greatest crime of the ages." Morgenthau was the father of the politician Henry Morgenthau Jr. His grandchildren include Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of Manhattan for 35 years, and Barbara W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Morgenthau Sr. has received more than 456,545 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Henry Morgenthau Sr. is the 8,636th most popular politician (down from 7,870th in 2019), the 2,438th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,223rd in 2019) and the 708th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 8,636 out of 19,576. Before him are Juan Bautista Alberdi, Flavius Bauto, Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, Émile Ollivier, and Henry II, Duke of Guise. After him are Charles II, Duke of Brunswick, Eurysthenes, M. S. Swaminathan, Neferkaure, François-Xavier Ortoli, and Philip of Milly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 56. Before him are Hermann von François, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, Georg von der Marwitz, Karl Krumbacher, J.-H. Rosny aîné, and Dimitar Blagoev. After him are Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Louise Catherine Breslau, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, José Batlle y Ordóñez, Karl Lamprecht, and Princess Isabella of Croÿ. Among people deceased in 1946, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 86. Before him are Wilhelm Souchon, William Joyce, Elisabeth Becker, Paul Lincke, Hermann von Keyserling, and Johannes Vares. After him are Martin Gottfried Weiss, Konstantin Rodzaevsky, László Bárdossy, Jorge Ubico, Chen Gongbo, and Robert Heinrich Wagner.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 2,438 out of 7,253. Before him are Solomon Perel (1925), Eugen Ritter von Schobert (1883), Christine of Hesse (1543), Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt (1831), Paul de Lagarde (1827), and Thomas Häßler (1966). After him are Charles II, Duke of Brunswick (1804), Berthold Auerbach (1812), Albert Günther (1830), Friedrich von Schmidt (1825), Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1528), and Prince Albert of Prussia (1837).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 708. Before him are Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1522), Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789), Sahra Wagenknecht (1969), Princess Hilda of Nassau (1864), Christine of Hesse (1543), and Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt (1831). After him are Charles II, Duke of Brunswick (1804), Johann Michael Bach (1648), Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886), Gisela of Burgundy (950), and Horst Sindermann (1915).

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