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Karl Haushofer

1869 - 1946

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Karl Ernst Haushofer (27 August 1869 – 10 March 1946) was a German general, professor, geographer, and diplomat. Haushofer's concept of Geopolitik influenced the ideological development of Adolf Hitler. Rudolf Hess was also a student of Haushofer, and during Hess and Hitler's incarceration by the Weimar Republic after the Beer Hall Putsch, Haushofer visited Landsberg Prison to teach and mentor both Hess and Hitler. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Haushofer has received more than 519,800 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Karl Haushofer is the 1,189th most popular politician (down from 1,143rd in 2019), the 331st most popular biography from Germany (down from 323rd in 2019) and the 92nd most popular German Politician.

Karl Haushofer was a German general and geopolitician who is most famous for his geopolitical theories.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Karl Haushofer ranks 1,189 out of 15,577Before him are Valdemar II of Denmark, Demetrius I of Macedon, Harthacnut, Cleopatra II of Egypt, Romanos III Argyros, and Suleyman Shah. After him are Francesco I Sforza, Harold Macmillan, Marcian, Valdemar I of Denmark, Emperor Ninkō, and Emperor Taizu of Song.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Karl Haushofer ranks 9Before him are Henri Matisse, Neville Chamberlain, André Gide, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, and Nadezhda Krupskaya. After him are Emma Goldman, Fritz Pregl, Hans Spemann, Kasturba Gandhi, Maud of Wales, and Rudolf Otto. Among people deceased in 1946, Karl Haushofer ranks 20Before him are Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Alexander Alekhine, Gerhart Hauptmann, Werner von Blomberg, and Paul Langevin. After him are Fritz Sauckel, Manuel de Falla, Gertrude Stein, Andrey Vlasov, Ferenc Szálasi, and Draža Mihailović.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Haushofer ranks 331 out of 6,142Before him are Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), August von Mackensen (1849), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Emil Kraepelin (1856), Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883), and James Franck (1882). After him are Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Otto Frank (1889), Thomas à Kempis (1380), Heinrich Schütz (1585), Friedrich Fromm (1888), and Frederick I of Sweden (1676).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Karl Haushofer ranks 92Before him are Gustav Stresemann (1878), Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175), Valentinian II (371), Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), Baldur von Schirach (1907), and Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811). After him are Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Friedrich Fromm (1888), Frederick I of Sweden (1676), Christian III of Denmark (1503), Fritz Sauckel (1894), and Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845).