POLITICIAN

Hermann Göring

1893 - 1946

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Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈɡøːʁɪŋ] ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which governed Germany from 1933 to 1945. A veteran World War I fighter pilot ace, Göring was a recipient of the Pour le Mérite. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Göring has received more than 15,179,347 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Hermann Göring is the 129th most popular politician (down from 106th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Germany (down from 37th in 2019) and the 8th 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

Among politicians, Hermann Göring ranks 129 out of 19,576. Before him are Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Tiberius, Louis XIII of France, Theodosius I, Cyrus the Great, and Philip II of Macedon. After him are Philip IV of France, Clovis I, Murad I, John Major, Herod the Great, and Isabella I of Castile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Hermann Göring ranks 2. Before him is Mao Zedong. After him are Joan Miró, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Ip Man, Alfred Rosenberg, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Walter Ulbricht, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Carol II of Romania, Alexander of Greece, and Soong Ching-ling. 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 Rosenberg, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Hans Frank, Ion Antonescu, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and Mikhail Kalinin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Göring ranks 40 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859), Heinrich Himmler (1900), Angela Merkel (1954), Thomas Mann (1875), Erwin Rommel (1891), and Robert Koch (1843). After him are Bernhard Riemann (1826), Werner Heisenberg (1901), Alexander von Humboldt (1769), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), Pope Benedict XVI (1927), and Karl Benz (1844).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Hermann Göring ranks 8. Before him are Henry Kissinger (1923), Otto von Bismarck (1815), Frederick the Great (1712), Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859), Heinrich Himmler (1900), and Angela Merkel (1954). After him are Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), William I, German Emperor (1797), Klemens von Metternich (1773), Joseph Goebbels (1897), Reinhard Heydrich (1904), and Konrad Adenauer (1876).

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