POLITICIAN

Herbert Wehner

1906 - 1990

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Herbert Richard Wehner (11 July 1906 – 19 January 1990) was a German politician. A former member of the Communist Party, he joined the Social Democrats (SPD) after World War II. He served as Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations from 1966 to 1969 and thereafter as chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag until 1983. During his tenure in the Bundestag from 1949 to 1983, Wehner became (in-)famous for his caustic rhetoric and heckling style, often hurling personal insults at MPs with whom he disagreed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Wehner has received more than 91,873 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Herbert Wehner is the 13,063rd most popular politician (down from 11,523rd in 2019), the 4,061st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,429th in 2019) and the 1,107th most popular German Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 92k

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  • 50.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Herbert Wehner has had the most page views in the with 99,630 views, followed by English (11,855), and Japanese (1,485). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (68.79%), Slovenian (49.35%), and Persian (44.48%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Herbert Wehner ranks 13,063 out of 19,576. Before him are Antonio Guzmán Fernández, Rudolf Walden, Hieronymus of Syracuse, Walter Thurnherr, Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, and Emil Boc. After him are Adelaide of Holland, Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Alahis, Jay Garner, and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Herbert Wehner ranks 233. Before him are Kathleen Kenyon, Frank H. Netter, Harri Larva, Johnny Hodges, Knut Kroon, and Alexander Rou. After him are Alexander Gelfond, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Hermione Baddeley, Rolf Singer, Édouard Artigas, and Eitel Cantoni. Among people deceased in 1990, Herbert Wehner ranks 171. Before him are Ahti Karjalainen, Kenjiro Takayanagi, Manly P. Hall, Horst Bienek, Laura Perls, and Aleksandra Chudina. After him are Cemal Süreya, Araken Patusca, Robert Cummings, Michael Oakeshott, Geir Hallgrímsson, and René David.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Herbert Wehner ranks 4,061 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert Brülls (1937), Torsten Frings (1976), Joachim Camerarius (1500), Bill Kaulitz (1989), Konrad Ernst Ackermann (1712), and Alfred Bickel (1918). After him are Thomas Schaaf (1961), Benjamin List (1968), Max Dessoir (1867), James Krüss (1926), Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg (1613), and Wolfgang Rihm (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Herbert Wehner ranks 1,107. Before him are Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1677), Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1713), Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal (1833), Karl Neukirch (1864), Franz Blücher (1896), and William II of Berg (1348). After him are George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1688), Paul von Hintze (1864), Jutta Rüdiger (1910), Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg (1677), Robert Habeck (1969), and Hermann, Prince of Wied (1814).

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