1943 - Today
Oskar Lafontaine (German pronunciation: [ˈlafɔntɛn]; born 16 September 1943) is a German politician. He served as Minister-President of the state of Saarland from 1985 to 1998, and was federal leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1995 to 1999. He was the lead candidate for the SPD in the 1990 German federal election, but lost by a wide margin. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oskar Lafontaine has received more than 394,915 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Oskar Lafontaine is the 5,695th most popular politician (up from 7,413th in 2019), the 1,587th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,133rd in 2019) and the 479th most popular German Politician.
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Among politicians, Oskar Lafontaine ranks 5,695 out of 15,577. Before him are Beatrice of Provence, Ryutaro Hashimoto, Thomas Gresham, Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei, Aistulf, and Gaius Antonius Hybrida. After him are Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, Ōyama Iwao, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Agatha Barbara, Sheng Shicai, and Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko.
1229 - 1267
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 5,689
1937 - 2006
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 5,690
1519 - 1579
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 5,691
408 - Present
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 5,692
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 5,693
90 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 5,694
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 5,695
1670 - 1734
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 5,696
1842 - 1916
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 5,697
1918 - 1990
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 5,698
1923 - 2002
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 5,699
1895 - 1970
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 5,700
1883 - 1938
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 5,701
Among people born in 1943, Oskar Lafontaine ranks 123. Before him are Otoya Yamaguchi, Richard Smalley, René Préval, Jack Bruce, Mohammed Badie, and Griselda Blanco. After him are Robert Lefkowitz, Ken Norton, Richard J. Roberts, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, John Nettles, and Lorenzo Sanz.
1943 - 1960
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 117
1943 - 2005
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 118
1943 - 2017
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 119
1943 - 2014
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 120
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 121
1943 - 2012
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 122
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 123
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 124
1943 - 2013
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 125
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 126
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 127
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 128
1943 - 2020
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 129
Among people born in Germany, Oskar Lafontaine ranks 1,587 out of 6,142. Before him are Gottfried August Bürger (1747), Hans Berger (1873), Wilhelm Stuckart (1902), Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1722), Heinrich Schwarz (1906), and Günter Guillaume (1927). After him are Albrecht Penck (1858), Thomas Müller (1989), Rupert II, Elector Palatine (1325), Wilhelm Zaisser (1893), Viktor Brack (1904), and Mike Nichols (1931).
1747 - 1794
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,581
1873 - 1941
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,582
1902 - 1953
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,583
1722 - 1780
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 1,584
1906 - 1947
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 1,585
1927 - 1995
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,586
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1,587
1858 - 1945
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,588
1989 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,589
1325 - 1398
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,590
1893 - 1958
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,591
1904 - 1948
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 1,592
1931 - 2014
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,593
Among politicians born in Germany, Oskar Lafontaine ranks 479. Before him are Walther Hewel (1904), Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825), Adolph Diesterweg (1790), Wilhelm Stuckart (1902), Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1722), and Heinrich Schwarz (1906). After him are Wilhelm Zaisser (1893), Viktor Brack (1904), Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783), Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772), Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (1200), and Horst Seehofer (1949).
1904 - 1945
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 473
1825 - 1864
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 474
1790 - 1866
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 475
1902 - 1953
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 476
1722 - 1780
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 477
1906 - 1947
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 478
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 479
1893 - 1958
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 480
1904 - 1948
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 481
1783 - 1851
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 482
1772 - 1806
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 483
1200 - 1227
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 484
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 485