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Karl Liebknecht

1871 - 1919

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Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht (German: [ˈliːpknɛçt] ; 13 August 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a German revolutionary socialist and anti-militarist. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) beginning in 1900, he was one of its deputies in the Reichstag from 1912 to 1916, where he represented the left-revolutionary wing of the party. In 1916 he was expelled from the SPD's parliamentary group for his opposition to the Burgfriedenspolitik, the political truce between all parties in the Reichstag while the war lasted. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Liebknecht has received more than 1,122,238 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Karl Liebknecht is the 765th most popular politician (down from 742nd in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Germany (down from 205th in 2019) and the 60th most popular German Politician.

Karl Liebknecht was a German socialist who led the Spartacist uprising in Berlin in 1919.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Karl Liebknecht ranks 765 out of 19,576. Before him are Dmitry Medvedev, Pepi II Neferkare, Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Enver Pasha, and Umar II. After him are Ali Abdullah Saleh, Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Henry III of England, Phocas, Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Karl Liebknecht ranks 6. Before him are Ernest Rutherford, Rosa Luxemburg, Marcel Proust, Friedrich Ebert, and Alexander Scriabin. After him are Paul Valéry, Guangxu Emperor, Pietro Badoglio, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Grazia Deledda, and Albert Lebrun. Among people deceased in 1919, Karl Liebknecht ranks 8. Before him are Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernst Haeckel, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Gojong of Korea, and Emil Fischer. After him are Emiliano Zapata, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Carl Larsson, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Andrew Carnegie, and Alfred Werner.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Liebknecht ranks 207 out of 7,253. Before him are Nico (1938), Conrad III of Germany (1093), Jupp Heynckes (1945), Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), and Nelly Sachs (1891). After him are Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), Carl Ritter (1779), Werner von Siemens (1816), and Pope Clement II (1005).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Karl Liebknecht ranks 60. Before him are Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882), Conrad III of Germany (1093), Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), and Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887). After him are Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), Eduard Bernstein (1850), Walter Ulbricht (1893), and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620).

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