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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 553,266 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Karl Haushofer is the 1,255th most popular politician (down from 1,187th in 2019), the 331st most popular biography from Germany and the 97th 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 1,255 out of 19,576. Before him are Vidkun Quisling, Karađorđe, Daoguang Emperor, Constantine VI, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, and 2nd Dalai Lama. After him are Faisal I of Iraq, Fritz Sauckel, Alexei Rykov, Theodoric the Great, Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, and Ludvík Svoboda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Karl Haushofer ranks 10. Before him are André Gide, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Neville Chamberlain, Nadezhda Krupskaya, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, and Gustaf Dalén. After him are Emma Goldman, Fritz Pregl, Hans Spemann, Frederick Trump, Christian Lous Lange, and Komitas. Among people deceased in 1946, Karl Haushofer ranks 19. Before him are Gerhart Hauptmann, Alexander Alekhine, Gertrude Stein, Wilhelm Frick, Werner von Blomberg, and Julius Streicher. After him are Fritz Sauckel, John Logie Baird, Draža Mihailović, Manuel de Falla, Paul Langevin, and Ferenc Szálasi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Haushofer ranks 331 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Bessel (1784), Michael Haneke (1942), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), August Kekulé (1829), Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), and Einhard (770). After him are Fritz Sauckel (1894), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Adolf Butenandt (1903), and Ferdinand I of Romania (1865).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Karl Haushofer ranks 97. Before him are Georgy Lvov (1861), Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737), Ilse Koch (1906), Gustav Stresemann (1878), Frederick I of Sweden (1676), and Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744). After him are Fritz Sauckel (1894), Ferdinand I of Romania (1865), Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567), Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), and Christian V of Denmark (1646).

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