1955 - Today
Martin Schulz (born 20 December 1955) is a German politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany from 1994 to 2017 and a Member of the Bundestag (MdB) from 2017 to 2021. During his tenure he was Leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats from 2004 to 2012, President of the European Parliament from 2012 to 2017 and Leader of the Social Democratic Party from 2017 to 2018.In November 2016, Schulz announced he would not seek a third term as President of the European Parliament, but instead would stand in 2017 as the SPD candidate for the German Chancellorship. In January 2017, Sigmar Gabriel announced he would not stand for re-election as party leader and as the SPD candidate for the German Chancellorship, Gabriel recommended Schulz as his replacement.After the elections of September 2017, which resulted in a postwar low for the SPD, Schulz declared the end of the existing Grand coalition under Angela Merkel and explicitly refused to serve in a Merkel government. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Schulz has received more than 1,258,100 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Martin Schulz is the 3,777th most popular politician (up from 4,917th in 2019), the 1,036th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,402nd in 2019) and the 308th most popular German Politician.
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Among politicians, Martin Schulz ranks 3,777 out of 15,577. Before him are Emperor Wu of Liang, Katsura Tarō, Fikret Abdić, Al-Adid, Pentawer, and Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg. After him are Dalia Grybauskaitė, Empress Jitō, Coluccio Salutati, Jindeok of Silla, Plutarco Elías Calles, and Zuzana Čaputová.
464 - 549
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 3,771
1848 - 1913
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 3,772
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 3,773
1149 - 1171
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 3,774
1173 BC - 1155 BC
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 3,775
1711 - 1794
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 3,776
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 3,777
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 3,778
645 - 703
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 3,779
1331 - 1406
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 3,780
650 - 654
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 3,781
1877 - 1945
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 3,782
1973 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 3,783
Among people born in 1955, Martin Schulz ranks 45. Before him are Héctor Cúper, Denis Mukwege, Katalin Karikó, Egils Levits, J. K. Simmons, and Shoko Asahara. After him are Billy Idol, Brendan Gleeson, François Cluzet, Haitham bin Tariq, Yuriy Sedykh, and Eddie Van Halen.
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 39
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 40
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 41
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 42
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 43
1955 - 2018
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 44
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 45
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 46
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 47
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 48
1955 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 49
1955 - 2021
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 50
1955 - 2020
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 51
Among people born in Germany, Martin Schulz ranks 1,036 out of 6,142. Before him are Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671), Klaus Fuchs (1911), Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831), Ernst Barlach (1870), Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1759), and Stefan Lochner (1410). After him are Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830), Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1755), William Stern (1871), Alfred Brehm (1829), Josef Harpe (1887), and Uli Hoeneß (1952).
1671 - 1702
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,030
1911 - 1988
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 1,031
1831 - 1909
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 1,032
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,033
1759 - 1838
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,034
1410 - 1451
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 1,035
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 1,036
1830 - 1911
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1,037
1755 - 1801
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1,038
1871 - 1938
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 1,039
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 1,040
1887 - 1968
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 1,041
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 1,042
Among politicians born in Germany, Martin Schulz ranks 308. Before him are Florian Geyer (1490), Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1336), Manfred Rommel (1928), Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862), Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671), and Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1759). After him are Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830), Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1755), Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887), Walter Christaller (1893), Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696), and Princess Alexandrine of Baden (1820).
1490 - 1525
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 302
1336 - 1404
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 303
1928 - 2013
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 304
1862 - 1959
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 305
1671 - 1702
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 306
1759 - 1838
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 307
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 308
1830 - 1911
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 309
1755 - 1801
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 310
1887 - 1949
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 311
1893 - 1969
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 312
1696 - 1762
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 313
1820 - 1904
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 314