POLITICIAN

Kurt Biedenkopf

1930 - 2021

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Kurt Hans Biedenkopf (German pronunciation: [kʊʁt ˈbiːdn̩ˌkɔp͡f] ; 28 January 1930 – 12 August 2021) was a German jurist, academic teacher and politician of the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) party. He was rector of the Ruhr University Bochum. Biedenkopf made a political career first in North Rhine-Westphalia, where he was chairman of the party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Biedenkopf has received more than 72,088 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Biedenkopf is the 15,313th most popular politician (down from 13,580th in 2019), the 4,932nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,126th in 2019) and the 1,219th most popular German Politician.

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  • 72k

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  • 46.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Kurt Biedenkopf has had the most page views in the with 45,912 views, followed by English (7,472), and Spanish (909). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lower Sorbian (45.80%), Simple English (35.71%), and Upper Sorbian (30.59%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kurt Biedenkopf ranks 15,313 out of 19,576Before him are Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino, Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, Basil Boioannes, Jorge Illueca, Richard Henry Lee, and Juan Natalicio González. After him are Jean Carnahan, Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus, Robert A. Lovett, Melville Fuller, Yury Chaika, and Cecilio Báez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Kurt Biedenkopf ranks 456Before him are Günter Lamprecht, Eugen Meier, Olavi Mannonen, Dan Pagis, Bob Baetens, and Beryl Penrose. After him are Richard Lynn, José Guardiola, José Luis Artetxe, Pavel Kolchin, Adam Maida, and Adam Darius. Among people deceased in 2021, Kurt Biedenkopf ranks 459Before him are Tim Bogert, Juan Rodríguez Vega, Michael K. Williams, Bronius Kutavičius, Willard Scott, and Beryl Penrose. After him are Djibril Tamsir Niane, Lubomir Kavalek, Giuseppe Galante, Abubakar Shekau, Norm Macdonald, and Jan Sokol.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kurt Biedenkopf ranks 4,932 out of 7,253Before him are Eduard von Martens (1831), Gerhard Lamprecht (1897), Wolfgang Peters (1929), Tomer Sisley (1974), Bruno Labbadia (1966), and Peter Baltes (1958). After him are Franz Sigel (1824), John Cordts (1935), Margot Eskens (1936), Wolfgang Krull (1899), Ludwig Ganghofer (1855), and Marius Müller-Westernhagen (1948).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Kurt Biedenkopf ranks 1,219Before him are Heide Simonis (1943), Otto Winzer (1902), Paul Matschie (1861), Walter Lübcke (1953), Gabriele Zimmer (1955), and Erhard Keller (1944). After him are Hanns Seidel (1901), Ernst Benda (1925), Walther Schreiber (1884), Otto Scheff (1889), Wolfgang Clement (1940), and Barbara Hendricks (1952).