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Joachim von Ribbentrop

1893 - 1946

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Ulrich Friedrich-Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (German: [joˈʔaxɪm fɔn ˈʁɪbəntʁɔp]; 30 April 1893 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945. Ribbentrop first came to Adolf Hitler's notice as a well-travelled businessman with more knowledge of the outside world than most senior Nazis and as a perceived authority on foreign affairs. He offered his house Schloss Fuschl for the secret meetings in January 1933 that resulted in Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joachim von Ribbentrop has received more than 4,181,752 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Joachim von Ribbentrop is the 334th most popular politician (down from 288th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 86th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Politician.

Joachim von Ribbentrop was a Nazi diplomat and Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 to 1945. He was Adolf Hitler's Foreign Minister during the Second World War, and was hanged at Nuremberg for war crimes.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joachim von Ribbentrop ranks 334 out of 19,576. Before him are Joachim Murat, Ahmed III, Park Chung-hee, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Cardinal Mazarin, and Qianlong Emperor. After him are Lyndon B. Johnson, Mehmed V, Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Edward VI of England, Raúl Castro, and Louis XVIII of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Joachim von Ribbentrop ranks 4. Before him are Mao Zedong, Hermann Göring, and Joan Miró. After him are 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, Joachim von Ribbentrop ranks 4. Before him are John Maynard Keynes, Hermann Göring, and Wilhelm Keitel. After him are 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, Joachim von Ribbentrop ranks 93 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinz Guderian (1888), Gottlieb Daimler (1834), Heinrich Schliemann (1822), Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Wilhelm Keitel (1882), and Nicholas of Cusa (1401). After him are Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050), Theodor Mommsen (1817), Gerhard Schröder (1944), Karl Lagerfeld (1933), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), and Ernst Haeckel (1834).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Joachim von Ribbentrop ranks 19. Before him are Reinhard Heydrich (1904), Konrad Adenauer (1876), Charles the Bald (823), Martin Bormann (1900), Peter III of Russia (1728), and Helmut Kohl (1930). After him are Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050), Gerhard Schröder (1944), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), Erich Honecker (1912), William the Silent (1533), and Willy Brandt (1913).

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