1940 - Today
Joachim Wilhelm Gauck (German: [joˈʔaxɪm ˈɡaʊk] (listen); born 24 January 1940) is a German politician and civil rights activist who served as President of Germany from 2012 to 2017. A former Lutheran pastor, he came to prominence as an anti-communist civil rights activist in East Germany.During the Peaceful Revolution in 1989, he was a co-founder of the New Forum opposition movement in East Germany, which contributed to the downfall of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and later with two other movements formed the electoral list Alliance 90. In 1990 he was a member of the only freely elected East German People's Chamber in the Alliance 90/The Greens faction. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joachim Gauck has received more than 982,558 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Joachim Gauck is the 1,018th most popular politician (up from 1,424th in 2019), the 295th most popular biography from Germany (up from 392nd in 2019) and the 81st most popular German Politician.
Joachim Gauck is a former German politician and civil rights activist. He was president of Germany from 2012 to 2017. He is most famous for his work as a civil rights activist in East Germany during the Cold War.
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Among politicians, Joachim Gauck ranks 1,018 out of 15,710. Before him are Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Nabonidus, B. R. Ambedkar, John I of Portugal, Hamid Karzai, and Yazdegerd III. After him are James Madison, Shaka, Sebastian of Portugal, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Cleopatra Selene II, and Édouard Daladier.
1921 - 1996
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 1,012
555 BC - 538 BC
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 1,013
1891 - 1956
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 1,014
1358 - 1433
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 1,015
1957 - Present
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 1,016
624 - 652
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 1,017
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 1,018
1751 - 1836
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 1,019
1787 - 1828
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 1,020
1554 - 1578
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 1,021
1882 - 1967
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 1,022
40 BC - 5
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 1,023
1884 - 1970
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 1,024
Among people born in 1940, Joachim Gauck ranks 23. Before him are Wangari Maathai, Pina Bausch, Gao Xingjian, Michel Temer, J. M. Coetzee, and Brian De Palma. After him are Martin Sheen, John Hurt, Zodiac Killer, Patrick Stewart, Peter Fonda, and James Caan.
1940 - 2011
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 17
1940 - 2009
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 18
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 19
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 20
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 21
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 22
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 23
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 24
1940 - 2017
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 25
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 26
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 27
1940 - 2019
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 28
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 29
Among people born in Germany, Joachim Gauck ranks 295 out of 5,289. Before him are Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596), Emil Nolde (1867), Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Otto Dix (1891), and Martin Niemöller (1892). After him are Ludwig Beck (1880), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), Paul Heyse (1830), Paul Hindemith (1895), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), and Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744).
1596 - 1632
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 289
1867 - 1956
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 290
1944 - Present
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 291
1480 - 1538
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 292
1891 - 1969
HPI: 76.41
Rank: 293
1892 - 1984
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 294
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 295
1880 - 1944
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 296
1710 - 1784
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 297
1830 - 1914
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 298
1895 - 1963
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 299
1835 - 1917
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 300
1744 - 1812
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 301
Among politicians born in Germany, Joachim Gauck ranks 81. Before him are Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567), Anton Drexler (1884), Christian I of Denmark (1426), Ferdinand I of Romania (1865), Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596), and Alexander Van der Bellen (1944). After him are Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), Frederick I of Sweden (1676), Baldur von Schirach (1907), Christian III of Denmark (1503), Fritz Sauckel (1894), and Valdemar I of Denmark (1131).
1567 - 1625
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 75
1884 - 1942
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 76
1426 - 1481
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 77
1865 - 1927
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 78
1596 - 1632
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 79
1944 - Present
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 80
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 81
1744 - 1812
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 82
1676 - 1751
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 83
1907 - 1974
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 84
1503 - 1559
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 85
1894 - 1946
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 86
1131 - 1182
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 87