1920 - 2015
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.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among politicians, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 1,727 out of 15,577. Before 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.
90 BC - 52 BC
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 1,721
1895 - 1969
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 1,722
1786 - 1817
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 1,723
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 1,724
490 - 552
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 1,725
1756 - 1801
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 1,726
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 1,727
1941 - 1989
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 1,728
712 - 737
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 1,729
1182 - 1204
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 1,730
208 - 218
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 1,731
1892 - 1980
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 1,732
2600 BC - 2499 BC
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 1,733
Among people born in 1920, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 25. Before 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 23. Before 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.
1920 - 1999
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 19
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 20
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 21
1920 - 1966
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 22
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 23
1920 - 2006
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 24
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 25
1920 - 2000
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 26
1920 - 2004
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 27
1920 - 2012
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 28
1920 - 1975
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 29
1920 - 2012
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 30
1920 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 31
1948 - 2015
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 17
1924 - 2015
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 18
1927 - 2015
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 19
1931 - 2015
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 20
1931 - 2015
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 21
1944 - 2015
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 22
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 23
1922 - 2015
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 24
1917 - 2015
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 25
1925 - 2015
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 26
1940 - 2015
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 27
1923 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 28
1920 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 29
Among people born in Germany, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 478 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1892 - 1947
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 472
1906 - 1999
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 473
1488 - 1523
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 474
1933 - 2024
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 475
1912 - 1996
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 476
1572 - 1625
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 477
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 478
1876 - 1959
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 479
1892 - 1980
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 480
1836 - 1913
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 481
1837 - 1895
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 482
1792 - 1873
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 483
1252 - 1268
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 484
Among politicians born in Germany, Richard von Weizsäcker ranks 128. Before 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).
1662 - 1726
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 122
1906 - 1945
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 123
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 124
1911 - 2004
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 125
1174 - 1243
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 126
1876 - 1965
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 127
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 128
1892 - 1980
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 129
1252 - 1268
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 130
1572 - 1619
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 131
1897 - 1974
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 132
1867 - 1929
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 133
893 - 911
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 134