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Raoul Wallenberg

1912 - 1947

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Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg (4 August 1912 – disappeared 17 January 1945) was a Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian. He saved thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust from German Nazis and Hungarian fascists during the later stages of World War II. While serving as Sweden's special envoy in Budapest between July and December 1944, Wallenberg issued protective passports and sheltered Jews in buildings which he declared as Swedish territory. On 17 January 1945, during the Siege of Budapest by the Red Army, agents of SMERSH detained Wallenberg on suspicion of espionage, and he subsequently disappeared. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raoul Wallenberg has received more than 2,433,394 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Raoul Wallenberg is the 11th most popular diplomat, the 51st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 49th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Diplomat.

Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of tens of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. He was captured by the Soviet Union in 1945 and never seen again.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Raoul Wallenberg ranks 11 out of 90. Before him are Gaius Marius, Dag Hammarskjöld, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Alexandra Kollontai, Ban Ki-moon, and Ferdinand de Lesseps. After him are Lucien Bonaparte, Madeleine Albright, Folke Bernadotte, John R. Bolton, Chaim Herzog, and Mohamed ElBaradei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Raoul Wallenberg ranks 13. Before him are Wernher von Braun, Otto von Habsburg, Jackson Pollock, Michelangelo Antonioni, János Kádár, and Millvina Dean. After him are Jorge Amado, Alfredo Stroessner, John Cage, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Heinrich Harrer, and Clara Petacci. Among people deceased in 1947, Raoul Wallenberg ranks 14. Before him are Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Aleister Crowley, Kurt Lewin, George II of Greece, Jozef Tiso, and Victor Horta. After him are Alfred North Whitehead, Ettore Bugatti, Halford Mackinder, Anton Denikin, Aung San, and Ernst Lubitsch.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Raoul Wallenberg ranks 51 out of 1,879. Before him are Allvar Gullstrand (1862), Pär Lagerkvist (1891), Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755), Gunnar Myrdal (1898), Carl Larsson (1853), and Eric XIV of Sweden (1533). After him are Benny Andersson (1946), Gustaf Dalén (1869), Max von Sydow (1929), Stellan Skarsgård (1951), Astrid of Sweden (1905), and Anita Ekberg (1931).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Sweden

Among diplomats born in Sweden, Raoul Wallenberg ranks 2. Before him are Dag Hammarskjöld (1905). After him are Folke Bernadotte (1895), Alva Myrdal (1902), and Hans Blix (1928).

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