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Johann Friedrich Struensee

1737 - 1772

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Lensgreve Johann Friedrich Struensee (5 August 1737 – 28 April 1772) was a German-Danish physician, philosopher and statesman. He became royal physician to the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark and a minister in the Danish government. He rose in power to a position of de facto regent of the country, and he tried to carry out widespread reforms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Friedrich Struensee has received more than 861,951 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Johann Friedrich Struensee is the 1,206th most popular politician (up from 1,288th in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from Germany (up from 358th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular German Politician.

Johann Friedrich Struensee was a German doctor who became the royal physician and advisor to King Christian VII of Denmark. He is most famous for his role in the coup d'état of 1772, which resulted in his being appointed as the de facto regent of Denmark and Norway.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Johann Friedrich Struensee ranks 1,206 out of 19,576. Before him are Bessus, Jean Monnet, Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, Albert II of Germany, Fuad I of Egypt, and Margaret of Parma. After him are Jens Stoltenberg, Hoshea, Soong Ching-ling, Kim Jong-un, Ilse Koch, and Gustav Stresemann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, Johann Friedrich Struensee ranks 2. Before him is Luigi Galvani. After him are Edward Gibbon, Thomas Paine, Michael Haydn, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Louise of France, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Josef Mysliveček, and Tokugawa Ieharu. Among people deceased in 1772, Johann Friedrich Struensee ranks 2. Before him is Emanuel Swedenborg. After him are Ahmad Shah Durrani, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Louis-Claude Daquin, Ernst Johann von Biron, Gottfried Achenwall, Gerard van Swieten, Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, John Canton, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, and Princess Mary of Great Britain.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Struensee ranks 317 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Bosch (1874), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Theodor Heuss (1884), Julius Streicher (1885), Georgy Lvov (1861), and Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881). After him are Joseph Beuys (1921), Ilse Koch (1906), Gustav Stresemann (1878), Franz Halder (1884), Frederick I of Sweden (1676), and Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Struensee ranks 92. Before him are Baldur von Schirach (1907), Henry the Lion (1129), Christian III of Denmark (1503), Theodor Heuss (1884), Julius Streicher (1885), and Georgy Lvov (1861). After him are Ilse Koch (1906), Gustav Stresemann (1878), Frederick I of Sweden (1676), Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), Karl Haushofer (1869), and Fritz Sauckel (1894).

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