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Philipp Scheidemann

1865 - 1939

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Philipp Heinrich Scheidemann (26 July 1865 – 29 November 1939) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). In the first quarter of the 20th century he played a leading role in both his party and in the young Weimar Republic. During the German Revolution of 1918–1919 that broke out after Germany's defeat in World War I, Scheidemann proclaimed a German Republic from a balcony of the Reichstag building. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philipp Scheidemann has received more than 465,100 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Philipp Scheidemann is the 1,970th most popular politician (up from 2,061st in 2019), the 542nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 585th in 2019) and the 146th most popular German Politician.

Philipp Scheidemann is most famous for being the first chancellor of the Weimar Republic.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Philipp Scheidemann has had the most page views in the with 76,345 views, followed by English (59,061), and Russian (8,409). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Tagalog (201.36%), Simple English (160.51%), and Ido (113.26%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philipp Scheidemann ranks 1,970 out of 19,576. Before him are Jarosław Kaczyński, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, Hun Sen, Risto Ryti, Boris Johnson, and Afonso VI of Portugal. After him are Lothair II, Aurelius Victor, Benazir Bhutto, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, John II of Aragon, and Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Philipp Scheidemann ranks 17. Before him are Arthur Harden, W. B. Yeats, Carl Nielsen, Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Sven Hedin, and Andranik. After him are Paul Dukas, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Alfred Hugenberg, Benjamin Guggenheim, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, and Félix Vallotton. Among people deceased in 1939, Philipp Scheidemann ranks 11. Before him are Nadezhda Krupskaya, Joseph Roth, Eugen Bleuler, W. B. Yeats, James Naismith, and Werner von Fritsch. After him are Anton Makarenko, Karl Radek, Matthias Sindelar, Douglas Fairbanks, Edward Sapir, and Lucien Lévy-Bruhl.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Philipp Scheidemann ranks 542 out of 7,253. Before him are Klaus Fuchs (1911), Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), Jochen Rindt (1942), Adolf Galland (1912), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), and Rudi Völler (1960). After him are Aby Warburg (1866), Wilhelm List (1880), Wilhelm Marx (1863), Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870), Kurt Student (1890), and Willi Stoph (1914).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Philipp Scheidemann ranks 146. Before him are Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847), Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), Walter Schellenberg (1910), Josef Kramer (1906), and Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841). After him are Wilhelm Marx (1863), Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870), Willi Stoph (1914), Robert Ritter von Greim (1892), Albert the Bear (1100), and Albert, King of Sweden (1340).

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