1936 - 2019
Klaus Kinkel (17 December 1936 – 4 March 2019) was a German statesman, civil servant, diplomat and lawyer who served as the minister of Foreign affairs (1992–1998) and the vice-chancellor of Germany (1993–1998) in the government of Helmut Kohl. Kinkel was a career civil servant and a longtime aide to Hans-Dietrich Genscher, and served as his personal secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior from 1970 and in senior roles in the Foreign Office from 1974. He was President of Federal Intelligence Service from 1979 to 1982 and a state secretary in the Federal Ministry of Justice from 1982 to 1991. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klaus Kinkel has received more than 149,973 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Klaus Kinkel is the 7,340th most popular politician (down from 7,301st in 2019), the 2,067th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,099th in 2019) and the 622nd most popular German Politician.
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Among politicians, Klaus Kinkel ranks 7,340 out of 15,577. Before him are George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Walter V, Count of Brienne, Hayam Wuruk, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Peter Mutharika, and Jimena Díaz. After him are Hugh X of Lusignan, Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, Pedubast I, Cunimund, Dolon, and Duke Louis of Württemberg.
1608 - 1670
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 7,334
1278 - 1311
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 7,335
1334 - 1389
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 7,336
1528 - 1576
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 7,337
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 7,338
1046 - 1116
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 7,339
1936 - 2019
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 7,340
1185 - 1249
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 7,341
1383 - 1441
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 7,342
900 BC - 793 BC
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 7,343
600 - 566
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 7,344
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 7,345
1756 - 1817
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 7,346
Among people born in 1936, Klaus Kinkel ranks 140. Before him are A. B. Yehoshua, Julio María Sanguinetti, Jacques Charrier, Ken Mattingly, Hifikepunye Pohamba, and Arend Lijphart. After him are Leonel Sánchez, Glenda Jackson, Philippe Sollers, Costas Simitis, Frances Shand Kydd, and Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho. Among people deceased in 2019, Klaus Kinkel ranks 114. Before him are Dawda Jawara, Georgiy Daneliya, Branko Lustig, Monkey Punch, Gershon Kingsley, and Yukiya Amano. After him are Sue Lyon, Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, Rip Torn, Rafi Eitan, Kevin Roche, and Antoine Gizenga.
1936 - 2022
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 134
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 135
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 136
1936 - 2023
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 137
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 138
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 139
1936 - 2019
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 140
1936 - 2022
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 141
1936 - 2023
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 142
1936 - 2023
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 143
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 144
1936 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 145
1936 - 2021
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 146
1924 - 2019
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 108
1930 - 2019
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 109
1932 - 2019
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 110
1937 - 2019
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 111
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 112
1947 - 2019
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 113
1936 - 2019
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 114
1946 - 2019
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 115
1929 - 2019
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 116
1931 - 2019
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 117
1926 - 2019
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 118
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 119
1925 - 2019
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 120
Among people born in Germany, Klaus Kinkel ranks 2,067 out of 6,142. Before him are Karl Frenzel (1911), Govert Flinck (1615), Karl Lachmann (1793), Carl Ludvig Engel (1778), Eduard Wirths (1909), and Wilhelm Beer (1797). After him are Otto Brunfels (1488), Joachim Schepke (1912), Hans Poelzig (1869), Louis of Nassau (1538), Magdalene of Bavaria (1587), and Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789).
1911 - 1996
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 2,061
1615 - 1660
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 2,062
1793 - 1851
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 2,063
1778 - 1840
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 2,064
1909 - 1945
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 2,065
1797 - 1850
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 2,066
1936 - 2019
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 2,067
1488 - 1534
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 2,068
1912 - 1941
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 2,069
1869 - 1936
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 2,070
1538 - 1574
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 2,071
1587 - 1628
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 2,072
1789 - 1868
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 2,073
Among politicians born in Germany, Klaus Kinkel ranks 622. Before him are Albert Forster (1902), Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1857), Karl Eberhard Schöngarth (1903), Otto Henry, Elector Palatine (1502), Julius Dorpmüller (1869), and Herbert von Bismarck (1849). After him are Louis of Nassau (1538), Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789), Bertha of Sulzbach (1110), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach (1703), Christian the Younger of Brunswick (1599), and Georg Ebers (1837).
1902 - 1952
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 616
1857 - 1882
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 617
1903 - 1946
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 618
1502 - 1559
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 619
1869 - 1945
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 620
1849 - 1904
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 621
1936 - 2019
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 622
1538 - 1574
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 623
1789 - 1868
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 624
1110 - 1159
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 625
1703 - 1732
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 626
1599 - 1626
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 627
1837 - 1898
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 628