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Raul Hilberg

1926 - 2007

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Raul Hilberg (June 2, 1926 – August 4, 2007) was a Jewish Austrian-born American political scientist and historian. He was widely considered to be the preeminent scholar on the Holocaust. Christopher R. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raul Hilberg has received more than 428,979 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Raul Hilberg is the 2,142nd most popular writer (down from 1,616th in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from Austria (down from 392nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Austrian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Raul Hilberg ranks 2,142 out of 7,302Before him are Jean Bolland, Rachel Bluwstein, Sven Nordqvist, Judith Kerr, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, and Minna Canth. After him are János Arany, Antonio Skármeta, Osvaldo Moles, Flannery O'Connor, Oliver Goldsmith, and Ernst von Salomon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Raul Hilberg ranks 143Before him are Karel Reisz, Jérôme Lejeune, Choi Eun-hee, Ed McBain, Jürgen Moltmann, and Jean-Marie Lustiger. After him are Bhupen Hazarika, Jambyn Batmönkh, Joshua Fishman, Don Rickles, Marie-Claire Alain, and Morton Feldman. Among people deceased in 2007, Raul Hilberg ranks 115Before him are Julien Gracq, Wally Schirra, Henri Debehogne, Barry Nelson, Jean-Marie Lustiger, and Lothar-Günther Buchheim. After him are Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Ian Stevenson, Tikhon Khrennikov, François-Xavier Ortoli, Aden Adde, and Delbert Mann.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Raul Hilberg ranks 476 out of 1,424Before him are Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria (1827), Franz von Liszt (1851), Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715), Leopold Auenbrugger (1722), Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg (1280), and Elisabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine (1285). After him are Ignaz Seipel (1876), Archduchess Magdalena of Austria (1532), Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley (1897), Leopold Fitzinger (1802), Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart (1824), and Ferdinand Fellner (1847).

Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Raul Hilberg ranks 34Before him are Peter Altenberg (1859), Hermann Bahr (1863), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874), Eva Schloss (1929), and Gitta Sereny (1921). After him are Pauline von Metternich (1836), Johann Nestroy (1801), Marlen Haushofer (1920), Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200), Ilse Aichinger (1921), and Heimito von Doderer (1896).