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Rudolf Wolters

1903 - 1983

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Rudolf Wolters (3 August 1903 – 7 January 1983) was a German architect and government official, known for his longtime association with fellow architect and Third Reich official Albert Speer. A friend and subordinate of Speer, Wolters received the many papers which were smuggled out of Spandau Prison for Speer while he was imprisoned there, and kept them for him until Speer was released in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Wolters has received more than 144,247 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Wolters is the 367th most popular architect (down from 300th in 2019), the 4,125th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,240th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Rudolf Wolters ranks 367 out of 518Before him are Francesco Laparelli, Wang Shu, John Soane, Moisei Ginzburg, Tylman van Gameren, and Christoph Dientzenhofer. After him are Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, Theodor Fischer, Alexander Kokorinov, Wilhelm Kreis, Victor Laloux, and Auguste de Montferrand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Rudolf Wolters ranks 212Before him are Graham Sutherland, Leo Huberman, Ronald Syme, René Wellek, Lev Dovator, and Pierre Veyron. After him are Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Camilla Horn, Peppino De Filippo, Khalid al-Azm, Big Bill Broonzy, and Carlos Prío Socarrás. Among people deceased in 1983, Rudolf Wolters ranks 146Before him are Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Gunnar Thoroddsen, Adrian Boult, Harry James, Émile Veinante, and Higinio Morínigo. After him are Semyon Ignatyev, Arvīds Pelše, George Hodgson, Rodolfo Volk, John Bodkin Adams, and Larysa Hienijuš.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Wolters ranks 4,125 out of 7,253Before him are Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786), Richard Goldschmidt (1878), Wilhelm Heye (1869), Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen (1696), Wolfgang Becker (1954), and Erich Ollenhauer (1901). After him are Helmuth Rilling (1933), Heinz Stuy (1945), Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1767), George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1591), Rolf Singer (1906), and Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824).

Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Rudolf Wolters ranks 42Before him are Dominikus Zimmermann (1685), Helmut Jahn (1940), Carl Humann (1839), Heinrich Tessenow (1876), Herman Sörgel (1885), and Peter Joseph Lenné (1789). After him are Theodor Fischer (1862), Wilhelm Kreis (1873), Hermann Bollé (1845), Arnold Bode (1900), Dankmar Adler (1844), and Martin Gropius (1824).