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Otto Wels

1873 - 1939

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Otto Wels (15 September 1873 – 16 September 1939) was a German politician who served as a member of the Reichstag from 1912 to 1933 and as the chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1919 until his death in 1939. He was military commander of Berlin in the turbulent early days of the German Revolution of 1918–1919, and during the 1920 Kapp Putsch he was instrumental in organizing the general strike that helped defeat the anti-republican putschists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Wels has received more than 421,138 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Otto Wels is the 4,987th most popular politician (up from 5,314th in 2019), the 1,380th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,497th in 2019) and the 414th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Otto Wels ranks 4,987 out of 15,577. Before him are Gülçiçek Hatun, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Caroline Kennedy, Lucius Antonius, Ugolino della Gherardesca, and Alexander I of Moldavia. After him are María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Bardas, Ernak, Sabuktigin, Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, and Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Otto Wels ranks 43. Before him are Charles Péguy, Ray Ewry, Tullio Levi-Civita, Melitta Bentz, Hayim Nahman Bialik, and Liang Qichao. After him are Jakob Wassermann, Radoje Domanović, Fritz Thyssen, Robert Wiene, Eliel Saarinen, and Hugo Simberg. Among people deceased in 1939, Otto Wels ranks 31. Before him are Anthony Fokker, Ghazi of Iraq, Ernst Toller, Prince Valdemar of Denmark, Wilhelm Groener, and Stanislav Kosior. After him are Norman Bethune, Hans Langsdorff, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Ambroise Vollard, S. P. L. Sørensen, and Vladimir Shukhov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Wels ranks 1,380 out of 6,142. Before him are Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814), Hans Driesch (1867), John George IV, Elector of Saxony (1668), Til Schweiger (1963), Axel Honneth (1949), and Hartmann von Aue (1160). After him are Jakob Wassermann (1873), Johann Eck (1486), Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866), Johann Kuhnau (1660), Julius Schaub (1898), and Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Otto Wels ranks 414. Before him are Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823), William I, Elector of Hesse (1743), Conrad II of Italy (1074), Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884), and John George IV, Elector of Saxony (1668). After him are Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866), Julius Schaub (1898), Franz Seldte (1882), Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (1962), Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1719), and Fritz Thyssen (1873).

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