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Léon Degrelle

1906 - 1994

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Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle (French: [dəgʁɛl]; 15 June 1906 – 31 March 1994) was a Belgian Walloon politician and Nazi collaborator. He rose to prominence in Belgium in the 1930s as the leader of the Rexist Party (Rex). During the German occupation of Belgium during World War II, he enlisted in the German army and fought in the Walloon Legion on the Eastern Front. After the collapse of the Nazi regime, Degrelle escaped and went into exile in Francoist Spain, where he remained a prominent figure in neo-Nazi politics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Degrelle has received more than 1,092,774 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Degrelle is the 1,539th most popular politician (down from 1,229th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 55th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Belgian Politician.

Léon Degrelle was a Belgian fascist politician and SS officer. He was the founder and leader of the Rexist Party, and a vocal supporter of Nazi Germany. He is most famous for his leadership in the Waffen-SS Charlemagne Division.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Léon Degrelle ranks 1,539 out of 19,576. Before him are Titus Tatius, Louise Mountbatten, Kim Young-sam, Emil Hácha, Mátyás Rákosi, and Robert Ley. After him are Lin Biao, Sunjo of Joseon, Bona Sforza, Otto of Bavaria, Béla III of Hungary, and Bumin Qaghan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Léon Degrelle ranks 34. Before him are Soichiro Honda, Ed Gein, Hermann Fegelein, Alexey Stakhanov, Giuseppe Farina, and Léopold Sédar Senghor. After him are Hans Asperger, Josef Kramer, Klaus Mann, Wassily Leontief, Dino Buzzati, and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga. Among people deceased in 1994, Léon Degrelle ranks 22. Before him are Andrei Chikatilo, Harry Nilsson, Melina Mercouri, Kurt Cobain, Mas Oyama, and Antônio Carlos Jobim. After him are Paul Feyerabend, Jan Tinbergen, Dorothy Hodgkin, Guy Debord, Paul Delvaux, and Telly Savalas.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Léon Degrelle ranks 59 out of 1,190. Before him are Adolphe Sax (1814), Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), Pepin of Landen (585), Django Reinhardt (1910), Jacob Jordaens (1593), and François Englert (1932). After him are James Ensor (1860), Hugo van der Goes (1440), Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559), Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), Maxime Weygand (1867), and Johannes Ockeghem (1410).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Léon Degrelle ranks 21. Before him are Mary of Hungary (1505), Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Eleanor of Austria (1498), Pepin of Herstal (635), Margaret of Parma (1522), and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864). After him are Herman Van Rompuy (1947), Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350), Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (1240), Auguste Beernaert (1829), and Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927).

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