1869 - 1946
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, Karl Haushofer ranks 1,189 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1170 - 1241
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 1,183
336 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 1,184
1018 - 1042
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 1,185
185 BC - 116 BC
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 1,186
968 - 1034
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 1,187
1178 - 1236
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 1,188
1869 - 1946
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 1,189
1401 - 1466
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 1,190
1894 - 1986
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 1,191
396 - 457
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 1,192
1131 - 1182
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 1,193
1800 - 1846
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 1,194
927 - 976
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 1,195
Among people born in 1869, Karl Haushofer ranks 9. Before 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 20. Before 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.
1869 - 1954
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 3
1869 - 1940
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 4
1869 - 1951
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 5
1869 - 1947
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 6
1869 - 1959
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 7
1869 - 1939
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 8
1869 - 1946
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 9
1869 - 1940
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 10
1869 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 11
1869 - 1941
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 12
1869 - 1944
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 13
1869 - 1938
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 14
1869 - 1937
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 15
1877 - 1946
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 14
1885 - 1946
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 15
1892 - 1946
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 16
1862 - 1946
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 17
1878 - 1946
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 18
1872 - 1946
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 19
1869 - 1946
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 20
1894 - 1946
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 21
1876 - 1946
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 22
1874 - 1946
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 23
1901 - 1946
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 24
1897 - 1946
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 25
1893 - 1946
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 26
Among people born in Germany, Karl Haushofer ranks 331 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1811 - 1864
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 325
1849 - 1945
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 326
1790 - 1868
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 327
1856 - 1926
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 328
1883 - 1970
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 329
1882 - 1964
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 330
1869 - 1946
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 331
1131 - 1182
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 332
1889 - 1980
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 333
1380 - 1471
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 334
1585 - 1672
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 335
1888 - 1945
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 336
1676 - 1751
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 337
Among politicians born in Germany, Karl Haushofer ranks 92. Before 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).
1878 - 1929
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 86
1175 - 1218
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 87
371 - 392
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 88
1744 - 1812
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 89
1907 - 1974
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 90
1811 - 1864
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 91
1869 - 1946
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 92
1131 - 1182
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 93
1888 - 1945
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 94
1676 - 1751
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 95
1503 - 1559
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 96
1894 - 1946
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 97
1845 - 1921
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 98