SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Martin Niemöller

1892 - 1984

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Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller (German: [ˈmaʁtiːn ˈniːmœlɐ] ; 14 January 1892 – 6 March 1984) was a German theologian and Lutheran pastor. He is best known for his opposition to the Nazi regime during the late 1930s and for his 1946 quote "First they came ...". The quote exists in many versions; the one featured on the United States Holocaust Memorial reads: "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a socialist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Niemöller has received more than 1,728,137 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Niemöller is the 42nd most popular social activist (down from 29th in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Germany (down from 243rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Social Activist.

Martin Niemöller was a German Lutheran pastor who is most famous for the following quote: "First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Martin Niemöller ranks 42 out of 840. Before him are Ferdinand Lassalle, Jan Palach, Sophie Scholl, Shirin Ebadi, Simon Wiesenthal, and Emmeline Pankhurst. After him are Angela Davis, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Pheidippides, Emma Goldman, and Lê Đức Thọ.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Martin Niemöller ranks 20. Before him are Theodor Eicke, Oliver Hardy, Sepp Dietrich, Engelbert Dollfuss, Edward Victor Appleton, and Ferdinand Schörner. After him are Arthur Honegger, J. Paul Getty, Mátyás Rákosi, Stefan Banach, Gregor Strasser, and George Paget Thomson. Among people deceased in 1984, Martin Niemöller ranks 11. Before him are Paul Dirac, François Truffaut, Mikhail Sholokhov, Johnny Weissmuller, Mohamed Naguib, and Julio Cortázar. After him are Alfred Kastler, Tigran Petrosian, Ed Gein, Ray Kroc, Stanislaw Ulam, and Martin Ryle.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Martin Niemöller ranks 348 out of 7,253. Before him are Katharina von Bora (1498), Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567), August von Mackensen (1849), Adam Weishaupt (1748), and Richard Dedekind (1831). After him are Katherine Oppenheimer (1910), Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), Ulrike Meinhof (1934), Emil Kraepelin (1856), Thomas à Kempis (1380), and Theodor Schwann (1810).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Martin Niemöller ranks 4. Before him are Claus von Stauffenberg (1907), Thomas Müntzer (1489), and Sophie Scholl (1921). After him are Carl von Ossietzky (1889), Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Horst Wessel (1907), Widukind (755), Anneliese Michel (1952), Hans Scholl (1918), Sophia of Prussia (1870), and Alfred Naujocks (1911).

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