1943 - Today
Horst Köhler (German: [ˈhɔʁst ˈkøːlɐ] ; born 22 February 1943) is a German politician who served as President of Germany from 2004 to 2010. As the candidate of the two Christian Democratic sister parties, the CDU (of which he is a member) and the CSU, as well as the liberal FDP, Köhler was elected to his first five-year term by the Federal Convention on 23 May 2004 and was subsequently inaugurated on 1 July 2004. He was reelected to a second term on 23 May 2009. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horst Köhler has received more than 664,997 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Horst Köhler is the 1,337th most popular politician (up from 1,618th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Poland (up from 92nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Polish Politician.
Horst Köhler is most famous for being the President of Germany from 2004 to 2010.
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Among politicians, Horst Köhler ranks 1,337 out of 15,577. Before him are Rafael Trujillo, Injo of Joseon, Emperor Xian of Han, Karolos Papoulias, John V Palaiologos, and Aristide Briand. After him are Ferdinand III of Castile, Frederick I of Denmark, Colin Powell, John Tyler, Anne Neville, and Psamtik I.
1891 - 1961
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 1,331
1595 - 1649
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 1,332
181 - 234
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 1,333
1929 - 2021
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,334
1332 - 1391
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,335
1862 - 1932
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,336
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,337
1199 - 1252
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 1,338
1471 - 1533
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 1,339
1937 - 2021
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 1,340
1790 - 1862
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 1,341
1456 - 1485
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 1,342
700 BC - 610 BC
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 1,343
Among people born in 1943, Horst Köhler ranks 27. Before him are Louise Glück, Joseph Stiglitz, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Christopher Walken, Tarja Halonen, and Howard Gardner. After him are Elena Ferrante, Salvatore Adamo, Raffaella Carrà, Malcolm McDowell, Johnny Hallyday, and Jean-Jacques Annaud.
1943 - 2023
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 21
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 22
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 23
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 24
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 25
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 26
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 27
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 28
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 29
1943 - 2021
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 30
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 31
1943 - 2017
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 32
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 33
Among people born in Poland, Horst Köhler ranks 80 out of 1,454. Before him are Norbert Elias (1897), Walther Nernst (1864), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Pola Negri (1897), Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895), and Anna Jagiellon (1523). After him are Benoit Mandelbrot (1924), Carl Menger (1840), Egon Krenz (1937), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Johannes Hevelius (1611), and Krzysztof Penderecki (1933).
1897 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 74
1864 - 1941
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 75
1609 - 1672
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 76
1897 - 1987
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 77
1895 - 1945
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 78
1523 - 1596
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 79
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 80
1924 - 2010
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 81
1840 - 1921
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 82
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 83
1046 - 1095
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 84
1611 - 1687
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 85
1933 - 2020
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 86
Among politicians born in Poland, Horst Köhler ranks 18. Before him are Casimir III the Great (1310), Bolesław I the Brave (967), Sigismund I the Old (1467), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), and Anna Jagiellon (1523). After him are Egon Krenz (1937), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Catherine Jagiellon (1526), Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858), Marie Walewska (1786), and Kurt Daluege (1897).
1310 - 1370
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 12
967 - 1025
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 13
1467 - 1548
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 14
1427 - 1492
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 15
1609 - 1672
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 16
1523 - 1596
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 17
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 18
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 19
1046 - 1095
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 20
1526 - 1583
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 21
1858 - 1921
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 22
1786 - 1817
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 23
1897 - 1946
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 24