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Roman Herzog

1934 - 2017

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Roman Herzog (German: [ˈʁoːman ˈhɛʁtsoːk] ; 5 April 1934 – 10 January 2017) was a German politician, judge and legal scholar, who served as the president of Germany from 1994 to 1999. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he was the first president to be elected after the reunification of Germany. He previously served as a judge of the Federal Constitutional Court, and he was the President of the court 1987–1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roman Herzog has received more than 400,365 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Roman Herzog is the 2,101st most popular politician (up from 2,203rd in 2019), the 584th most popular biography from Germany (up from 611th in 2019) and the 156th most popular German Politician.

Roman Herzog is a German politician and lawyer who served as the President of Germany from 1994 to 1999. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

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  • 65.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Roman Herzog ranks 2,101 out of 19,576. Before him are Thongloun Sisoulith, Béla I of Hungary, Walter Scheel, Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Amyntas III of Macedon, and Amyntas IV of Macedon. After him are John VII Palaiologos, Ajax the Lesser, Dihya, Theodora Porphyrogenita, Antonio López de Santa Anna, and Manasseh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Roman Herzog ranks 37. Before him are Niklaus Wirth, Larisa Latynina, Ronald Wayne, Renata Scotto, Kurt Hamrin, and Richard Meier. After him are Richard Chamberlain, Bill Bixby, Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Alan Arkin, Otar Iosseliani, and Tarcisio Bertone. Among people deceased in 2017, Roman Herzog ranks 31. Before him are Simone Veil, Glen Campbell, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Mário Soares, Martin Landau, and Hans Georg Dehmelt. After him are Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Hiroto Muraoka, Derek Walcott, Tzvetan Todorov, Louise Hay, and Emmanuelle Riva.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Roman Herzog ranks 584 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Rehhagel (1938), Friedrich List (1789), Dietrich Eckart (1868), Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1811), Bert Hellinger (1925), and Walter Scheel (1919). After him are Robert the Strong (900), Widukind (755), Andreas Brehme (1960), Karl Ziegler (1898), Nina Hagen (1955), and August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Roman Herzog ranks 156. Before him are Robert Ritter von Greim (1892), Albert the Bear (1100), Albert, King of Sweden (1340), Johannes Rau (1931), Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817), and Walter Scheel (1919). After him are August Bebel (1840), Heinrich Brüning (1885), Julia Drusilla (16), Wolfgang Schäuble (1942), Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819), and Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801).

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