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Robert Ley

1890 - 1945

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Robert Ley (German: [ˈlaɪ]; 15 February 1890 – 25 October 1945) was a German politician during the Nazi era, who headed the German Labour Front during its entire existence, from 1933 to 1945. He also held many other high positions in the German Nazi Party, including Gauleiter, Reichsleiter and Reichsorganisationsleiter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Ley has received more than 1,101,509 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Robert Ley is the 1,538th most popular politician (down from 1,440th in 2019), the 416th most popular biography from Germany (down from 400th in 2019) and the 112th most popular German Politician.

Robert Ley was a Nazi politician who is most famous for being the head of the German Labor Front from 1933 to 1945.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Robert Leys by language

Over the past year Robert Ley has had the most page views in the with 144,586 views, followed by German (88,083), and Russian (27,582). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (526.03%), Basque (75.74%), and Catalan (50.09%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Ley ranks 1,538 out of 19,576. Before him are Tony Tan, Titus Tatius, Louise Mountbatten, Kim Young-sam, Emil Hácha, and Mátyás Rákosi. After him are Léon Degrelle, Lin Biao, Sunjo of Joseon, Bona Sforza, Otto of Bavaria, and Béla III of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Robert Ley ranks 21. Before him are Lawrence Bragg, Colonel Sanders, Stan Laurel, Man Ray, Carlos Gardel, and Walther Funk. After him are Fanny Kaplan, El Lissitzky, Franz Werfel, Kurt Student, Michael Collins, and Bohuslav Martinů. Among people deceased in 1945, Robert Ley ranks 34. Before him are August von Mackensen, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Hermann Fegelein, Clara Petacci, Käthe Kollwitz, and Emil Hácha. After him are Hans Fischer, Stefan Banach, Hans Krebs, Roland Freisler, Giovanni Agnelli, and Friedrich Fromm.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Robert Ley ranks 416 out of 7,253. Before him are Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848), Karl Drais (1785), Anna Magdalena Bach (1701), Louise Mountbatten (1889), Traudl Junge (1920), and Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804). After him are Harald zur Hausen (1936), Jürgen Klopp (1967), Otto of Bavaria (1848), Arno Allan Penzias (1933), Richard Willstätter (1872), and Helmuth Weidling (1891).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Robert Ley ranks 112. Before him are Chlodio (393), Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Leo von Caprivi (1831), Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911), Hans Luther (1879), and Louise Mountbatten (1889). After him are Otto of Bavaria (1848), Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), Richard von Weizsäcker (1920), Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904), Carol I of Romania (1839), and Elsa Einstein (1876).

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