1901 - 1945
Johanna Maria Magdalena "Magda" Goebbels (née Ritschel; 11 November 1901 – 1 May 1945) was the wife of Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. A prominent member of the Nazi Party, she was a close ally, companion, and political supporter of Adolf Hitler. Some historians refer to her as the unofficial "first lady" of Nazi Germany, while others give that title to Emmy Göring.With defeat imminent during the Battle of Berlin at the end of World War II in Europe, she and her husband murdered their six children before committing suicide in the Reich Chancellery gardens. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Magda Goebbels has received more than 3,024,114 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Magda Goebbels is the 39th most popular companion (up from 46th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Germany (up from 204th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Companion.
Magda Goebbels was the wife of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. She and her husband committed suicide on May 1, 1945, after Adolf Hitler's death.
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Among companions, Magda Goebbels ranks 39 out of 673. Before her are Eugénie de Montijo, Maria Theresa of Spain, Livia, Madame du Barry, Catherine Parr, and Zita of Bourbon-Parma. After her are Salman the Persian, Marie Leszczyńska, Désirée Clary, Caroline of Ansbach, Elizabeth Woodville, and Mary Boleyn.
1826 - 1920
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 33
1638 - 1683
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 34
58 BC - 29
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 35
1743 - 1793
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 36
1512 - 1548
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 37
1892 - 1989
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 38
1901 - 1945
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 39
568 - 657
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 40
1703 - 1768
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 41
1777 - 1860
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 42
1683 - 1737
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 43
1437 - 1492
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 44
1499 - 1543
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 45
Among people born in 1901, Magda Goebbels ranks 16. Before her are Clark Gable, Rudolf Höss, Sukarno, Fulgencio Batista, Leopold III of Belgium, and Ngo Dinh Diem. After her are Gary Cooper, Alberto Giacometti, Paul of Greece, Vittorio De Sica, André Malraux, and Princess Märtha of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1945, Magda Goebbels ranks 13. Before her are Joseph Goebbels, Martin Bormann, Béla Bartók, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Fedor von Bock, and Walter Model. After her are Anton Webern, Subhas Chandra Bose, Wilhelm Canaris, Paul Valéry, Heinrich Müller, and Ernst Cassirer.
1901 - 1960
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 10
1901 - 1947
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 11
1901 - 1970
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 12
1901 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 13
1901 - 1983
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 14
1901 - 1963
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 15
1901 - 1945
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 16
1901 - 1961
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 17
1901 - 1966
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 18
1901 - 1964
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 19
1901 - 1974
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 20
1901 - 1976
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 21
1901 - 1954
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 22
1897 - 1945
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 7
1900 - 1945
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 8
1881 - 1945
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 9
1866 - 1945
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 10
1880 - 1945
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 11
1891 - 1945
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 12
1901 - 1945
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 13
1883 - 1945
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 14
1897 - 1945
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 15
1887 - 1945
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 16
1871 - 1945
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 17
1900 - 1945
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 18
1874 - 1945
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 19
Among people born in Germany, Magda Goebbels ranks 175 out of 6,142. Before her are Otto Hahn (1879), Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805), Oswald Spengler (1880), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926), Erich Hartmann (1922), and Max Ernst (1891). After her are Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), Johann Pachelbel (1653), Baron d'Holbach (1723), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Olaf Scholz (1958), and Arnulf of Carinthia (850).
1879 - 1968
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 169
1805 - 1872
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 170
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 171
1926 - 2020
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 172
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 173
1891 - 1976
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 174
1901 - 1945
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 175
1846 - 1926
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 176
1653 - 1706
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 177
1723 - 1789
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 178
1833 - 1911
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 179
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 180
850 - 899
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 181
Among companions born in Germany, Magda Goebbels ranks 5. Before her are Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Eva Braun (1912), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), and Anne of Cleves (1515). After her are Caroline of Ansbach (1683), Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), Sepp Dietrich (1892), Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), Katharina von Bora (1498), and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776).
1837 - 1898
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 1
1912 - 1945
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 2
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 3
1515 - 1557
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 4
1901 - 1945
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 5
1683 - 1737
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 6
1868 - 1914
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 7
1691 - 1750
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 8
1892 - 1966
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 9
1798 - 1860
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 10
1498 - 1552
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 11
1776 - 1810
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 12