1918 - 2007
Kurt Josef Waldheim (German: [ˈkʰʊɐ̯t ˈvalthaɪm] ; 21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 and president of Austria from 1986 to 1992. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Waldheim has received more than 1,890,289 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Waldheim is the 929th most popular politician (down from 678th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Austria (down from 68th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Austrian Politician.
Kurt Waldheim was the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981. He was also the President of Austria from 1986 to 1992.
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Among politicians, Kurt Waldheim ranks 929 out of 15,577. Before him are Basil II, Andrew II of Hungary, Sebastian of Portugal, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, Louis V of France, and Benjamin Disraeli. After him are Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, Park Geun-hye, Ptolemy IV Philopator, Balbinus, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, and Alberto Fujimori.
958 - 1025
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 923
1175 - 1235
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 924
1554 - 1578
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 925
1620 - 1688
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 926
967 - 987
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 927
1804 - 1881
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 928
1918 - 2007
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 929
1778 - 1837
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 930
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 931
244 BC - 205 BC
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 932
178 - 238
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 933
1750 - 1822
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 934
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 935
Among people born in 1918, Kurt Waldheim ranks 14. Before him are Robert Wadlow, Rita Hayworth, Ken Miles, Louis Althusser, Helmut Schmidt, and Leonard Bernstein. After him are Frederick Sanger, Gertrude B. Elion, Alberto Ascari, Katherine Johnson, Jørn Utzon, and Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Among people deceased in 2007, Kurt Waldheim ranks 8. Before him are Ingmar Bergman, Luciano Pavarotti, Michelangelo Antonioni, Mohammed Zahir Shah, Jean Baudrillard, and Marcel Marceau. After him are Carlo Ponti, Mstislav Rostropovich, Ève Curie, Paul Tibbets, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Kurt Vonnegut.
1918 - 1940
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 8
1918 - 1987
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 9
1918 - 1966
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 10
1918 - 1990
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 11
1918 - 2015
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 12
1918 - 1990
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 13
1918 - 2007
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 14
1918 - 2013
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 15
1918 - 1999
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 16
1918 - 1955
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 17
1918 - 2020
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 18
1918 - 2008
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 19
1918 - 2004
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 20
1918 - 2007
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 2
1935 - 2007
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 3
1912 - 2007
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 4
1914 - 2007
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 5
1929 - 2007
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 6
1923 - 2007
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 7
1918 - 2007
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 8
1912 - 2007
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 9
1927 - 2007
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 10
1904 - 2007
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 11
1915 - 2007
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 12
1928 - 2007
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 13
1922 - 2007
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 14
Among people born in Austria, Kurt Waldheim ranks 81 out of 1,237. Before him are Oskar Kokoschka (1886), Alban Berg (1885), Christoph Waltz (1956), Heinrich Harrer (1912), Robert Musil (1880), and Otto Wagner (1841). After him are Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791), Archduchess Sophie of Austria (1855), Geli Raubal (1908), Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (1554), Baroness Mary Vetsera (1871), and Arthur Schnitzler (1862).
1886 - 1980
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 75
1885 - 1935
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 76
1956 - Present
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 77
1912 - 2006
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 78
1880 - 1942
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 79
1841 - 1918
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 80
1918 - 2007
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 81
1791 - 1844
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 82
1855 - 1857
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 83
1908 - 1931
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 84
1554 - 1592
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 85
1871 - 1889
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 86
1862 - 1931
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 87
Among politicians born in Austria, Kurt Waldheim ranks 25. Before him are Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903), Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527), Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856), Maria Carolina of Austria (1752), Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833), and Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861). After him are Archduchess Sophie of Austria (1855), Charles II, Archduke of Austria (1540), Archduke Otto of Austria (1865), Theodoric the Great (454), Albert II of Germany (1397), and Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (1742).
1903 - 1946
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 19
1527 - 1576
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 20
1856 - 1932
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 21
1752 - 1814
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 22
1833 - 1896
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 23
1861 - 1948
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 24
1918 - 2007
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 25
1855 - 1857
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 26
1540 - 1590
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 27
1865 - 1906
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 28
454 - 526
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 29
1397 - 1439
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 30
1742 - 1798
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 31