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Johannes R. Becher

1891 - 1958

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Johannes Robert Becher (pronounced [jo.ˈha.nəs ˈɛʁ ˈbɛ.çɐ] , 22 May 1891 – 11 October 1958) was a German politician, novelist, and poet. He was affiliated with the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) before World War II. At one time, he was part of the literary avant-garde, writing in an expressionist style. With the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany, modernist artistic movements were suppressed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes R. Becher has received more than 120,176 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Johannes R. Becher is the 6,791st most popular politician (up from 7,747th in 2019), the 1,855th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,193rd in 2019) and the 541st most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Johannes R. Becher ranks 6,791 out of 19,576. Before him are Al-Hakim I, Hastings Banda, Horace Walpole, Shō Tai, Ahmed Izzet Pasha, and Charles II, Elector Palatine. After him are Herod of Chalcis, Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi, Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, Maxwell D. Taylor, Marquess of Beixiang, and Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Johannes R. Becher ranks 59. Before him are Takijirō Ōnishi, Shukri al-Quwatli, John Heartfield, Hu Shih, Jacques Lipchitz, and Hans F. K. Günther. After him are Oswald Boelcke, Lajos Zilahy, Lilya Brik, Poul Nielsen, Gio Ponti, and Kurt von Tippelskirch. Among people deceased in 1958, Johannes R. Becher ranks 46. Before him are Infanta Eulalia of Spain, Princess Louise of Orléans, Otto Abetz, Franz Bardon, Viktor Schauberger, and Wilhelm Zaisser. After him are Florent Schmitt, Florian Znaniecki, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Johnston McCulley, Ludwig Crüwell, and Aarre Merikanto.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johannes R. Becher ranks 1,855 out of 7,253. Before him are Julius Dorpmüller (1869), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia (1746), Hugo Schuchardt (1842), Joanna Sophia of Bavaria (1373), Charles II, Elector Palatine (1651), and Günter Behnisch (1922). After him are Oswald Boelcke (1891), Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (1906), Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667), Max Pechstein (1881), Edmund Conen (1914), and Albert Lortzing (1801).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Johannes R. Becher ranks 541. Before him are Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland (1733), Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460), Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen (1202), Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (1390), Julius Dorpmüller (1869), and Charles II, Elector Palatine (1651). After him are Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (1906), Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (1714), Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken (1746), Heinz Jost (1904), Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1826), and Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (1757).

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