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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 662,962 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Richard von Weizsäcker is the 1,727th most popular politician (up from 1,816th in 2019), the 478th most popular biography from Germany (up from 516th in 2019) and the 128th 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 1,727 out of 15,577Before him are Publius Clodius Pulcher, Levi Eshkol, Marie Walewska, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Bumin Qaghan, and Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria. After him are Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Theuderic IV, Alexios IV Angelos, Diadumenian, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, and Shepseskaf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 25Before him are Amália Rodrigues, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Traudl Junge, Montgomery Clift, Boris Vian, and Owen Chamberlain. After him are Walter Matthau, Helmut Newton, John Demjanjuk, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Ravi Shankar, and Douglass North. Among people deceased in 2015, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 23Before him are Henning Mankell, Süleyman Demirel, Kim Young-sam, Josef Masopust, Leonard Nimoy, and Ulrich Beck. After him are Otto Carius, Kenan Evren, Maya Plisetskaya, Eduardo Galeano, Val Logsdon Fitch, and Douglass North.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 478 out of 6,142Before him are Ernst Lubitsch (1892), Wassily Leontief (1906), Ulrich von Hutten (1488), Arno Allan Penzias (1933), Adolf Galland (1912), and Johann Bayer (1572). After him are Adolf Windaus (1876), Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), Sophia of Nassau (1836), Adam Opel (1837), Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792), and Conradin (1252).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 128Before him are Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662), Josef Kramer (1906), Otto of Bavaria (1848), Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911), Hedwig of Silesia (1174), and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876). After him are Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), Conradin (1252), John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (1572), Otto Strasser (1897), Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867), and Louis the Child (893).