1869 - 1946
Karl Ernst Haushofer (27 August 1869 – 10 March 1946) was a German general, professor, geographer, and politician. Through his student Rudolf Hess, Haushofer's conception of Geopolitik influenced the development of Adolf Hitler's expansionist strategies. He coined the political use of the term Lebensraum, which Hitler adopted in Mein Kampf and used to motivate global Nazi expansionism and genocide. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Haushofer has received more than 399,507 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Karl Haushofer is the 1,144th most popular politician (up from 1,190th in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 328th in 2019) and the 88th 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 1,144 out of 15,710. Before him are Emperor Wen of Sui, Tokhtamysh, Aristide Briand, As-Saffah, Valdemar I of Denmark, and Jim Mattis. After him are Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Damocles, False Dmitry I, Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain, Gustav Stresemann, and Süleyman Demirel.
541 - 604
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 1,138
1342 - 1406
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 1,139
1862 - 1932
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 1,140
722 - 754
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 1,141
1131 - 1182
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 1,142
1950 - Present
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 1,143
1869 - 1946
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 1,144
1247 - 1318
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 1,145
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 1,146
1581 - 1606
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 1,147
1549 - 1580
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 1,148
1878 - 1929
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 1,149
1924 - 2015
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 1,150
Among people born in 1869, Karl Haushofer ranks 10. Before him are André Gide, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Neville Chamberlain, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Nadezhda Krupskaya, and Emma Goldman. After him are Fritz Pregl, Gustaf Dalén, Mary Mallon, Calouste Gulbenkian, Hans Spemann, and Maud of Wales. Among people deceased in 1946, Karl Haushofer ranks 20. Before him are Wilhelm Frick, Alexander Alekhine, Julius Streicher, Gerhart Hauptmann, Werner von Blomberg, and Fritz Sauckel. After him are Gertrude Stein, Draža Mihailović, Andrey Vlasov, Ananda Mahidol, Ferenc Szálasi, and László Moholy-Nagy.
1869 - 1951
HPI: 82.57
Rank: 4
1869 - 1947
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 5
1869 - 1940
HPI: 79.23
Rank: 6
1869 - 1959
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 7
1869 - 1939
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 8
1869 - 1940
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 9
1869 - 1946
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 10
1869 - 1930
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 11
1869 - 1937
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 12
1869 - 1938
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 13
1869 - 1955
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 14
1869 - 1941
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 15
1869 - 1938
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 16
1877 - 1946
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 14
1892 - 1946
HPI: 77.15
Rank: 15
1885 - 1946
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 16
1862 - 1946
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 17
1878 - 1946
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 18
1894 - 1946
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 19
1869 - 1946
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 20
1874 - 1946
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 21
1893 - 1946
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 22
1901 - 1946
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 23
1925 - 1946
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 24
1897 - 1946
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 25
1895 - 1946
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 26
Among people born in Germany, Karl Haushofer ranks 323 out of 5,289. Before him are Emil Kraepelin (1856), Peter Behrens (1868), Sophie Scholl (1921), Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Robert Bosch (1861), and Alexandra Feodorovna (1798). After him are Samuel Hahnemann (1755), Gustav Stresemann (1878), Rudolf Carnap (1891), Simone Signoret (1921), Sepp Maier (1944), and James Franck (1882).
1856 - 1926
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 317
1868 - 1940
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 318
1921 - 1943
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 319
1131 - 1182
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 320
1861 - 1942
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 321
1798 - 1860
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 322
1869 - 1946
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 323
1755 - 1843
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 324
1878 - 1929
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 325
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 326
1921 - 1985
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 327
1944 - Present
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 328
1882 - 1964
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 329
Among politicians born in Germany, Karl Haushofer ranks 88. Before him are Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), Frederick I of Sweden (1676), Baldur von Schirach (1907), Christian III of Denmark (1503), Fritz Sauckel (1894), and Valdemar I of Denmark (1131). After him are Gustav Stresemann (1878), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Helmut Schmidt (1918), Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), and Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956).
1744 - 1812
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 82
1676 - 1751
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 83
1907 - 1974
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 84
1503 - 1559
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 85
1894 - 1946
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 86
1131 - 1182
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 87
1869 - 1946
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 88
1878 - 1929
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 89
1463 - 1525
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 90
1918 - 2015
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 91
1895 - 1952
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 92
1808 - 1892
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 93
1956 - Present
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 94