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Richard von Weizsäcker

1920 - 2015

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Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker (German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt fɔn ˈvaɪtszɛkɐ] ; 15 April 1920 – 31 January 2015) was a German politician (CDU), who served as President of Germany from 1984 to 1994. Born into the aristocratic Weizsäcker family, who were part of the German nobility, he took his first public offices in the Protestant Church in Germany. A member of the CDU since 1954, Weizsäcker was elected as a member of parliament at the 1969 elections. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard von Weizsäcker has received more than 710,969 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Richard von Weizsäcker is the 1,567th most popular politician (up from 1,721st in 2019), the 425th most popular biography from Germany (up from 478th in 2019) and the 115th most popular German Politician.

Richard von Weizsäcker is most famous for being the president of Germany from 1984 to 1994.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 1,567 out of 19,576. Before him are Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Öljaitü, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, Mongkut, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, and Princess Isabella of Parma. After him are Yolande de Polastron, Glycerius, Horst Köhler, Francis II Rákóczi, Taejo of Goryeo, and Manuel Noriega.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 21. Before him are Gianni Rodari, Frank Herbert, Amália Rodrigues, Boris Vian, Traudl Junge, and Éric Rohmer. After him are Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Charlie Parker, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Helmut Newton, Nicolaas Bloembergen, and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Among people deceased in 2015, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 21. Before him are Süleyman Demirel, Henning Mankell, Josef Masopust, Laura Antonelli, Val Logsdon Fitch, and Kim Young-sam. After him are Ulrich Beck, Leonard Nimoy, Lemmy, Yitzhak Navon, Tariq Aziz, and Otto Carius.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 425 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto of Bavaria (1848), Arno Allan Penzias (1933), Richard Willstätter (1872), Helmuth Weidling (1891), Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), and Regiomontanus (1436). After him are Ernst Abbe (1840), Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904), Max Bruch (1838), Hans Fischer (1881), Georg von Küchler (1881), and Carol I of Romania (1839).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 115. Before him are Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911), Hans Luther (1879), Louise Mountbatten (1889), Robert Ley (1890), Otto of Bavaria (1848), and Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795). After him are Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904), Carol I of Romania (1839), Elsa Einstein (1876), Hans Fritzsche (1900), Louis the Child (893), and Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662).

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