1920 - 2015
Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker (German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt fɔn ˈvaɪtszɛkɐ] (listen); 15 April 1920 – 31 January 2015) was a German politician (CDU), who served as President of Germany from 1984 to 1994 (of West Germany 1984–1990 and of the reunited Germany 1990–1994). Born into the Weizsäcker family, who were part of the German nobility, he took his first public offices in the Evangelical 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 434,845 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Richard von Weizsäcker is the 1,820th most popular politician (down from 1,636th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from Germany (down from 438th in 2019) and the 136th 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, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 1,820 out of 15,710. Before him are Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Henry II of Castile, Edgar the Peaceful, Ferdinand I of Naples, and Charles VIII of Sweden. After him are Qa'a, Edward the Martyr, Li Keqiang, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Maria Anna of Savoy, and Frederick the Fair.
1679 - 1729
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 1,814
1503 - 1554
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 1,815
1334 - 1379
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 1,816
943 - 975
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 1,817
1423 - 1494
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 1,818
1409 - 1470
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 1,819
1920 - 2015
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 1,820
2950 BC - 2910 BC
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 1,821
962 - 978
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 1,822
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 1,823
1810 - 1859
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 1,824
1803 - 1884
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 1,825
1289 - 1330
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 1,826
Among people born in 1920, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 26. Before him are Boris Vian, Frank Herbert, Melina Mercouri, Amália Rodrigues, John Demjanjuk, and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. After him are Owen Chamberlain, Mickey Rooney, Walter Matthau, Ravi Shankar, François Jacob, and Douglass North. Among people deceased in 2015, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 24. Before him are Josef Masopust, Kim Young-sam, Maya Plisetskaya, Kenan Evren, Ulrich Beck, and Otto Carius. After him are Oliver Sacks, Laura Antonelli, Manoel de Oliveira, Nicholas Winton, James Last, and Colleen McCullough.
1920 - 1959
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 20
1920 - 1986
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 21
1920 - 1994
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 22
1920 - 1999
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 23
1920 - 2012
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 24
1920 - 1975
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 25
1920 - 2015
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 26
1920 - 2006
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 27
1920 - 2014
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 28
1920 - 2000
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 29
1920 - 2012
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 30
1920 - 2013
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 31
1920 - 2015
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 32
1931 - 2015
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 18
1927 - 2015
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 19
1925 - 2015
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 20
1917 - 2015
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 21
1944 - 2015
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 22
1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 23
1920 - 2015
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 24
1933 - 2015
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 25
1941 - 2015
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 26
1908 - 2015
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 27
1909 - 2015
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 28
1929 - 2015
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 29
1937 - 2015
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 30
Among people born in Germany, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 516 out of 5,289. Before him are Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687), Moritz Schlick (1882), Bruno Bauer (1809), John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503), Ernst Udet (1896), and Julius von Mayer (1814). After him are Luz Long (1913), Michael Thonet (1796), Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867), Walther Rathenau (1867), Alexander Grothendieck (1928), and Hans Fischer (1881).
1687 - 1757
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 510
1882 - 1936
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 511
1809 - 1882
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 512
1503 - 1554
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 513
1896 - 1941
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 514
1814 - 1878
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 515
1920 - 2015
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 516
1913 - 1943
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 517
1796 - 1871
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 518
1867 - 1929
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 519
1867 - 1922
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 520
1928 - 2014
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 521
1881 - 1945
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 522
Among politicians born in Germany, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 136. Before him are Pyotr Stolypin (1862), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870), Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), and John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503). After him are Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867), Walther Rathenau (1867), Victoria of Baden (1862), Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), Julia Drusilla (16), and Otto Strasser (1897).
1862 - 1911
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 130
1784 - 1844
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 131
1870 - 1949
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 132
1655 - 1720
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 133
1908 - 1972
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 134
1503 - 1554
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 135
1920 - 2015
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 136
1867 - 1929
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 137
1867 - 1922
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 138
1862 - 1930
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 139
1892 - 1980
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 140
16 - 38
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 141
1897 - 1974
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 142