Politician

Paul von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal, statesman, and president of Germany

1847 - 1934

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Paul von Hindenburg

His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2024). Paul von Hindenburg is the 268th most popular politician (down from 180th in 2024), the 12th most popular biography from Poland (down from 10th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Politician.

Paul von Hindenburg was a German field marshal who became the first President of Germany in 1925. He is most famous for being the commander of the German army during World War I.

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Paul von Hindenburg ranks #12 among 2,054 people in Pantheon born in Poland, inside the top 1% of that group.

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Paul von Hindenburg's Wikipedia page drew 2.0M views over the past year, 12× the average among Politicians.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Paul von Hindenburg ranks 268 out of 20,022. Before him are Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Mehmed IV, Enver Hoxha, Konrad Adenauer, and Frederik IX. After him are Mehmed I, Elagabalus, Olav V of Norway, Edward the Martyr, Lucius Verus, and Slobodan Milošević.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Paul von Hindenburg ranks 3. Before him are Thomas Edison, and Alexander Graham Bell. After him are Maria Feodorovna, Otto Wallach, Bram Stoker, Auguste Escoffier, Joseph Pulitzer, Jesse James, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Georges Sorel, and Jean Casimir-Perier. Among people deceased in 1934, Paul von Hindenburg ranks 2. Before him is Marie Curie. After him are Lev Vygotsky, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Edward Elgar, Fritz Haber, Ernst Röhm, Raymond Poincaré, Albert I of Belgium, Nestor Makhno, Kurt von Schleicher, and Sergey Kirov.

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Thomas Edison
INVENTOR
1847 - 1931
HPI: 91.65
Rank: 1
Alexander Graham Bell
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1847 - 1922
HPI: 85.31
Rank: 2
Paul von Hindenburg
POLITICIAN
1847 - 1934
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 3
Maria Feodorovna
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1847 - 1928
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 4
Otto Wallach
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HPI: 78.30
Rank: 5
Bram Stoker
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1847 - 1912
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 6
Auguste Escoffier
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1847 - 1935
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 7
Joseph Pulitzer
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1847 - 1911
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 8
Jesse James
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1847 - 1882
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 9
Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria
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HPI: 72.76
Rank: 10
Georges Sorel
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1847 - 1922
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Jean Casimir-Perier
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