POLITICIAN

Joseph Wirth

1879 - 1956

Photo of Joseph Wirth

Icon of person Joseph Wirth

Karl Joseph Wirth (German pronunciation: [kaɐ̯l jo:zɛf vɪɐ̯t]; 6 September 1879 – 3 January 1956) was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party who was chancellor of Germany from May 1921 to November 1922, during the early years of the Weimar Republic. He was also minister of four government departments between 1920 and 1931 (Foreign Affairs, Finance, Interior, and Occupied Territories). Wirth was strongly influenced by Christian social teaching throughout his political career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Wirth has received more than 159,610 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Joseph Wirth is the 2,954th most popular politician (up from 3,023rd in 2019), the 791st most popular biography from Germany (up from 826th in 2019) and the 218th most popular German Politician.

Joseph Wirth was a German politician and economist. He is most famous for being the first Minister of Economics in the Weimar Republic.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Wirth ranks 2,954 out of 19,576. Before him are Jörg Haider, Jules de Polignac, Hjalmar Branting, Shalmaneser V, Koca Sinan Pasha, and Mauricio Macri. After him are Emperor Taizu of Jin, Lucilla, Marcelo Caetano, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Philip II, Duke of Savoy, and Emperor Yuan of Han.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Joseph Wirth ranks 25. Before him are Ottorino Respighi, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Ramana Maharshi, Shunroku Hata, Sarojini Naidu, and Francis Peyton Rous. After him are Italo Gariboldi, Henri Giraud, Ali of Hejaz, An Jung-geun, Victor Sjöström, and Fritz Haarmann. Among people deceased in 1956, Joseph Wirth ranks 27. Before him are H. L. Mencken, Josef Hoffmann, Kenji Mizoguchi, Bolesław Bierut, Anastasio Somoza García, and Wilhelm Miklas. After him are Alexander Dovzhenko, Émile Borel, Daniel Swarovski, Elisabeth of Romania, August Kubizek, and Juan Negrín.

Others Born in 1879

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1956

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joseph Wirth ranks 791 out of 7,253. Before him are Matthias Erzberger (1875), Bernd Schuster (1959), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), Ludwig Quidde (1858), and Gisela of Hungary (980). After him are Horst Ludwig Störmer (1949), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870), Eduard Dietl (1890), Johannes Peter Müller (1801), and Thietmar of Merseburg (975).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Joseph Wirth ranks 218. Before him are Juana Bormann (1893), Gustav Radbruch (1878), Wilhelm Cuno (1876), Matthias Erzberger (1875), Ludwig Quidde (1858), and Gisela of Hungary (980). After him are Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629), Herschel Grynszpan (1921), Agnes of Merania (1175), Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946), Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1441), and Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504).

German born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous