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Joseph Süß Oppenheimer

1698 - 1738

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Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (c. 1698 – February 4, 1738) was a German banker who was court Jew for Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, managing several of his enterprises. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Süß Oppenheimer has received more than 238,708 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Joseph Süß Oppenheimer is the 4,050th most popular politician (up from 4,219th in 2019), the 1,089th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,161st in 2019) and the 316th most popular German Politician.

Joseph Süß Oppenheimer was a German Jewish banker who was executed for treason in 1738. He is most famous for the fact that he was the first Jew to be executed for treason in Germany.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer ranks 4,050 out of 19,576. Before him are Salam Fayyad, Piali Pasha, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Sarduri II, Bretislav I, and William V, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Élisabeth Borne, Philopoemen, John Dickinson, Bogd Khan, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, and John II, Count of Holland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1698, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer ranks 7. Before him are Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Pietro Metastasio, Giuseppe Guarneri, Colin Maclaurin, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, and Pierre Bouguer. After him are Riccardo Broschi, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Jean Calas, Erik Pontoppidan, and Johann Jakob Bodmer. Among people deceased in 1738, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer ranks 2. Before him is Herman Boerhaave. After him are Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Jean-François Dandrieu, Turlough O'Carolan, Caspar Bartholin the Younger, George Bähr, Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg, Matthias Braun, Jean-Joseph Mouret, and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer ranks 1,089 out of 7,253. Before him are Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886), Johann Philipp Reis (1834), Arthur Scherbius (1878), Albert Speer (1934), William V, Duke of Bavaria (1548), and Carl Reinecke (1824). After him are William, Duke of Nassau (1792), Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934), Carl Stamitz (1745), Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601), and Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer ranks 316. Before him are Oswald Pohl (1892), Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823), Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (1311), Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823), Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1755), and William V, Duke of Bavaria (1548). After him are William, Duke of Nassau (1792), Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601), Wilhelm Gustloff (1895), Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670), and Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617).

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