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Markus Wolf

1923 - 2006

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Markus Johannes Wolf (19 January 1923 – 9 November 2006), also known as Mischa, was an East German spy who served as the head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung), the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, abbr. MfS, commonly known as the Stasi). He was the Stasi's number two for 34 years, which spanned most of the Cold War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Markus Wolf has received more than 685,079 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Markus Wolf is the 11th most popular public worker, the 768th most popular biography from Germany (down from 679th in 2019) and the most popular German Public Worker.

Markus Wolf was a high-ranking East German spy who became head of the Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung (HVA) and was responsible for the surveillance of NATO and West German intelligence operations. He was also in charge of the Stasi's foreign espionage operations.

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Among PUBLIC WORKERS

Among public workers, Markus Wolf ranks 11 out of 15. Before him are Mikhail Kalinin, Gaius Maecenas, Demetrius of Phalerum, Thomas Cromwell, Ali Hassan al-Majid, and Robert Walpole. After him are John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Pascal Lamy, Susan Dougan, and Chelsea Clinton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Markus Wolf ranks 32. Before him are Lee Teng-hui, Bert Trautmann, Alan Shepard, Antoni Tàpies, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, and Arvid Carlsson. After him are Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Anne Baxter, Nizar Qabbani, Morris, René Girard, and Jorge Semprún. Among people deceased in 2006, Markus Wolf ranks 37. Before him are Robert Altman, Lennart Meri, Raymond Davis Jr., Alida Valli, Clifford Geertz, and Alexander Litvinenko. After him are Bülent Ecevit, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, John Kenneth Galbraith, Shohei Imamura, Zoia Ceaușescu, and Telmo Zarra.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Markus Wolf ranks 768 out of 7,253. Before him are Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735), Joachim Frank (1940), Karl Harrer (1890), Ryke Geerd Hamer (1935), Matilda of Ringelheim (894), and Hermann Weyl (1885). After him are Ralf Dahrendorf (1929), Constantin Fehrenbach (1852), Juana Bormann (1893), James Last (1929), Therese Neumann (1898), and Johann Joachim Quantz (1697).

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Among PUBLIC WORKERS In Germany

Among public workers born in Germany, Markus Wolf ranks 1. 

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