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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 431,437 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Morgenthau Sr. is the 7,893rd most popular politician (up from 8,074th in 2019), the 2,225th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,316th in 2019) and the 666th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 7,893 out of 15,577Before him are Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta, Werner Lorenz, Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, William II, Elector of Hesse, Artabanus II of Parthia, and Yoshida Shōin. After him are Ferdinand Kettler, Ayub Khan, Alghu, Anna of Sweden, Marcus Caelius Rufus, and Svante Nilsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 52Before him are Christian Sinding, Sergei Winogradsky, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Princess Isabella of Croÿ, Hermann von François, and Matthias Zurbriggen. After him are Stevan Mokranjac, Karl Lamprecht, Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt, Felix Mottl, Dimitar Blagoev, and Jakub Bart-Ćišinski. Among people deceased in 1946, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 81Before him are Elisabeth Becker, Karl Eberhard Schöngarth, Wilhelm Souchon, Claus Schilling, Madan Mohan Malaviya, and Hermann von Keyserling. After him are Joseph Stilwell, Jack Johnson, Chen Gongbo, Gerda Steinhoff, Konstantin Rodzaevsky, and Max Pauly.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 2,225 out of 6,142Before him are Ludwig Uhland (1787), August Kopff (1882), Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria (1439), Walter Sickert (1860), Erich Mühsam (1878), and William II, Elector of Hesse (1777). After him are Heinrich Ehrler (1917), William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532), Edmund Heines (1897), Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497), Wolfgang Reitherman (1909), and Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 666Before him are Sibylle of Cleves (1512), Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt (1794), August Hermann Francke (1663), Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria (1368), Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria (1439), and William II, Elector of Hesse (1777). After him are William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532), Edmund Heines (1897), Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761), Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (1877), Heinz Hoffmann (1910), and Agnes of Hesse (1527).