1921 - 2010
Paul Schäfer Schneider (4 December 1921 – 24 April 2010) was a German-Chilean Christian minister, and the founder and leader of a sect and agricultural commune of 300 German immigrants called Colonia Dignidad (Dignity Colony) (later renamed Villa Baviera) located in Parral in southern Chile, about 340 km (210 miles) south of Santiago from 1961 to 2005. Schäfer led his followers in the teachings of William Branham. Aside from human rights abuses against members of Colonia Dignidad, including rape and sexual and physical abuse (including torture) of young children, Schäfer maintained a relationship with Pinochet's military dictatorship (1973–1990) and was involved in weapons smuggling and the torture and extrajudicial killings of political dissidents. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Schäfer has received more than 1,796,969 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Paul Schäfer is the 109th most popular social activist (up from 115th in 2019), the 861st most popular biography from Germany (up from 982nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Social Activist.
Paul Schäfer is most famous for being the founder of Colonia Dignidad, a German commune in Chile.
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Among social activists, Paul Schäfer ranks 109 out of 538. Before him are Susan B. Anthony, José Rizal, Zhang Jue, Yun Chi-ho, Vlado Chernozemski, and Kim Hyong-jik. After him are Frank Costello, Mordechai Anielewicz, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Jody Williams, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, and George Stinney.
1820 - 1906
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 103
1861 - 1896
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 104
200 - 184
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 105
1864 - 1945
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 106
1897 - 1934
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 107
1894 - 1926
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 108
1921 - 2010
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 109
1891 - 1973
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 110
1919 - 1943
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 111
1866 - 1915
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 112
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 113
1923 - 1941
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 114
1929 - 1944
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 115
Among people born in 1921, Paul Schäfer ranks 50. Before him are Arthur Leonard Schawlow, György Cziffra, Zdeněk Miler, Nexhmije Hoxha, Lydia Litvyak, and Abdul Salam Arif. After him are Alida Valli, Jane Russell, James Jones, Sugar Ray Robinson, Telmo Zarra, and Seretse Khama. Among people deceased in 2010, Paul Schäfer ranks 31. Before him are Dino De Laurentiis, Miep Gies, Francesco Cossiga, Blake Edwards, Néstor Kirchner, and Algirdas Brazauskas. After him are Louise Bourgeois, Bruno Cremer, Henryk Górecki, Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, Jean-Joseph Sanfourche, and Alice Miller.
1921 - 1999
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 44
1921 - 1994
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 45
1921 - 2011
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 46
1921 - 2020
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 47
1921 - 1943
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 48
1921 - 1966
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 49
1921 - 2010
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 50
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 51
1921 - 2011
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 52
1921 - 1977
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 53
1921 - 1989
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 54
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 55
1921 - 1980
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 56
1919 - 2010
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 25
1909 - 2010
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 26
1928 - 2010
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 27
1922 - 2010
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 28
1950 - 2010
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 29
1932 - 2010
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 30
1921 - 2010
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 31
1911 - 2010
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 32
1929 - 2010
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 33
1933 - 2010
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 34
1930 - 2010
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 35
1929 - 2010
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 36
1923 - 2010
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 37
Among people born in Germany, Paul Schäfer ranks 861 out of 6,142. Before him are Carl Spitzweg (1808), Hans Sachs (1494), Joseph Berchtold (1897), Roland Emmerich (1955), Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche (1846), and Viktor Lutze (1890). After him are Robert Aumann (1930), Johannes Trithemius (1462), Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862), Carl von Linde (1842), Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777), and Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868).
1808 - 1885
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 855
1494 - 1576
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 856
1897 - 1962
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 857
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 858
1846 - 1935
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 859
1890 - 1943
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 860
1921 - 2010
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 861
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 862
1462 - 1516
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 863
1862 - 1934
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 864
1842 - 1934
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 865
1777 - 1836
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 866
1868 - 1937
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 867
Among social activists born in Germany, Paul Schäfer ranks 9. Before him are Martin Niemöller (1892), Sophie Scholl (1921), Carl von Ossietzky (1889), Anneliese Michel (1952), Horst Wessel (1907), and Jenny von Westphalen (1814). After him are Hans Scholl (1918), Alfred Naujocks (1911), Sophia of Prussia (1870), Gerda Christian (1913), Klaus Störtebeker (1360), and Rudi Dutschke (1940).
1892 - 1984
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 3
1921 - 1943
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 4
1889 - 1938
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 5
1952 - 1976
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 6
1907 - 1930
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 7
1814 - 1881
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 8
1921 - 2010
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 9
1918 - 1943
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 10
1911 - 1966
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 11
1870 - 1932
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 12
1913 - 1997
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 13
1360 - 1401
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 14
1940 - 1979
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 15