1893 - 1946
Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; German: [ˈɡøːʁɪŋ] (listen); 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German political and military leader and a convicted war criminal. Göring was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. A veteran World War I fighter pilot ace, he was a recipient of the Pour le Mérite ("The Blue Max"). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Göring has received more than 8,330,928 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Hermann Göring is the 130th most popular politician (down from 115th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 38th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Politician.
Hermann Göring was a Nazi military commander and the second-highest ranking member of the Nazi Party. He was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials and sentenced to death by hanging.
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Among politicians, Hermann Göring ranks 130 out of 15,710. Before him are Kösem Sultan, Vespasian, Cardinal Richelieu, Hatshepsut, Alfred the Great, and Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. After him are Amenhotep III, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Mehmed III, Skanderbeg, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Deng Xiaoping.
1590 - 1651
HPI: 84.69
Rank: 124
9 - 79
HPI: 84.64
Rank: 125
1585 - 1642
HPI: 84.64
Rank: 126
1507 BC - 1458 BC
HPI: 84.54
Rank: 127
849 - 899
HPI: 84.51
Rank: 128
1594 - 1632
HPI: 84.40
Rank: 129
1893 - 1946
HPI: 84.33
Rank: 130
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 84.28
Rank: 131
1503 - 1564
HPI: 84.25
Rank: 132
1566 - 1603
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 133
1405 - 1468
HPI: 84.17
Rank: 134
1459 - 1519
HPI: 84.14
Rank: 135
1904 - 1997
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 136
Among people born in 1893, Hermann Göring ranks 2. Before him is Mao Zedong. After him are Joan Miró, Ip Man, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Walter Ulbricht, Carol II of Romania, Alexander of Greece, and Draža Mihailović. Among people deceased in 1946, Hermann Göring ranks 2. Before him is John Maynard Keynes. After him are Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, H. G. Wells, Alfred Jodl, Alfred Rosenberg, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Hans Frank, Ion Antonescu, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and Mikhail Kalinin.
1893 - 1976
HPI: 89.64
Rank: 1
1893 - 1946
HPI: 84.33
Rank: 2
1893 - 1983
HPI: 83.17
Rank: 3
1893 - 1972
HPI: 82.24
Rank: 4
1893 - 1946
HPI: 81.44
Rank: 5
1893 - 1946
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 6
1893 - 1930
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 7
1893 - 1937
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 8
1893 - 1973
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 9
1893 - 1953
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 10
1893 - 1920
HPI: 75.60
Rank: 11
1893 - 1946
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 12
1883 - 1946
HPI: 85.97
Rank: 1
1893 - 1946
HPI: 84.33
Rank: 2
1882 - 1946
HPI: 82.01
Rank: 3
1893 - 1946
HPI: 81.44
Rank: 4
1866 - 1946
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 5
1890 - 1946
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 6
1893 - 1946
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 7
1903 - 1946
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 8
1900 - 1946
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 9
1882 - 1946
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 10
1892 - 1946
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 11
1875 - 1946
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Hermann Göring ranks 43 out of 5,289. Before him are Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Adolf Eichmann (1906), Angela Merkel (1954), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), Karl Benz (1844), and Josef Mengele (1911). After him are Werner Heisenberg (1901), Robert Koch (1843), Hannah Arendt (1906), Bernhard Riemann (1826), Marlene Dietrich (1901), and Joseph Goebbels (1897).
1809 - 1847
HPI: 85.00
Rank: 37
1906 - 1962
HPI: 84.94
Rank: 38
1954 - Present
HPI: 84.82
Rank: 39
912 - 973
HPI: 84.75
Rank: 40
1844 - 1929
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 41
1911 - 1979
HPI: 84.44
Rank: 42
1893 - 1946
HPI: 84.33
Rank: 43
1901 - 1976
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 44
1843 - 1910
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 45
1906 - 1975
HPI: 84.07
Rank: 46
1826 - 1866
HPI: 83.87
Rank: 47
1901 - 1992
HPI: 83.87
Rank: 48
1897 - 1945
HPI: 83.80
Rank: 49
Among politicians born in Germany, Hermann Göring ranks 7. Before him are Otto von Bismarck (1815), Henry Kissinger (1923), Heinrich Himmler (1900), Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859), Angela Merkel (1954), and Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912). After him are Joseph Goebbels (1897), Reinhard Heydrich (1904), Klemens von Metternich (1773), William I, German Emperor (1797), Frederick the Great (1712), and William the Silent (1533).
1815 - 1898
HPI: 89.69
Rank: 1
1923 - Present
HPI: 87.40
Rank: 2
1900 - 1945
HPI: 86.04
Rank: 3
1859 - 1941
HPI: 85.48
Rank: 4
1954 - Present
HPI: 84.82
Rank: 5
912 - 973
HPI: 84.75
Rank: 6
1893 - 1946
HPI: 84.33
Rank: 7
1897 - 1945
HPI: 83.80
Rank: 8
1904 - 1942
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 9
1773 - 1859
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 10
1797 - 1888
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 11
1712 - 1786
HPI: 82.89
Rank: 12
1533 - 1584
HPI: 82.75
Rank: 13