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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Karl Leisner

1915 - 1945

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Karl Leisner (28 February 1915 in Rees – 12 August 1945 in Planegg, Germany) was a Roman Catholic priest interned in the Dachau concentration camp. He died of tuberculosis shortly after being liberated by the Allied forces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Leisner has received more than 66,620 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Leisner is the 1,904th most popular religious figure, the 3,204th most popular biography from Germany and the 77th most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Karl Leisner ranks 1,904 out of 2,238Before him are Epaphroditus, Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow, Gamzat-bek, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, and Kurt Koch. After him are Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Victor and Corona, Yisrael Meir Kagan, Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Benedict Biscop, and Paul I of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Karl Leisner ranks 127Before him are Tim, John C. Lilly, Helmut Wick, Wee Kim Wee, Eddie Bracken, and Alberto Burri. After him are Saifuddin Azizi, Liisi Oterma, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, M. F. Husain, and Nikos Beloyannis. Among people deceased in 1945, Karl Leisner ranks 211Before him are Carl Moll, Yakov Protazanov, Vilhelms Purvītis, Agnes Baden-Powell, Eddie Slovik, and Hannie Schaft. After him are Jüri Uluots, Demyan Bedny, Karl Decker, Carl Gustaf Ekman, Ángel Melogno, and Aris Velouchiotis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Leisner ranks 3,204 out of 6,142Before him are Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1918), Prince Arnulf of Bavaria (1852), Roman Weidenfeller (1980), Karl Christian Bruhns (1830), David Garrett (1980), and Frederick of Saxony (1474). After him are Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776), Walther Kadow (1900), Hans Erich Nossack (1901), Heinrich Bach (1615), Joseph Görres (1776), and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg (1838).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Karl Leisner ranks 77Before him are Alfred Delp (1907), Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703), Alojs Andritzki (1914), Marianne Cope (1838), Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1671), and Karl Lehmann (1936). After him are Georg Gänswein (1956), Friedrich Wetter (1928), Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1811), Paul Augustin Mayer (1911), Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644), and Reinhard Marx (1953).