1945 - Today
Thilo Sarrazin (born 12 February 1945) is a German politician and former member of the SPD, writer, senator of finance for the State of Berlin from January 2002 until April 2009, former member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank until 2010.He became well known after publishing a controversial book about Muslim immigrants in Germany in 2010. In his book Deutschland schafft sich ab (Germany Abolishes Itself), he denounces what he sees as the failure of Germany's post-war immigration policy, sparking a nationwide controversy about the costs and benefits of multiculturalism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thilo Sarrazin has received more than 254,643 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Thilo Sarrazin is the 10,594th most popular politician (down from 10,036th in 2019), the 3,091st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,932nd in 2019) and the 924th most popular German Politician.
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Among politicians, Thilo Sarrazin ranks 10,594 out of 15,577. Before him are Pedro Santana, Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen, Ivica Dačić, Pandulf Ironhead, Count Richard Belcredi, and Marduk-zakir-shumi II. After him are Antiochus Hierax, Patriarch Miron of Romania, Lucius Aelius Lamia, Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia, Philaretos Brachamios, and Vuk Grgurević.
1801 - 1864
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 10,588
1060 - 1090
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 10,589
1966 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 10,590
1000 - 981
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 10,591
1823 - 1902
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 10,592
800 BC - 703 BC
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 10,593
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 10,594
266 BC - 226 BC
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 10,595
1868 - 1939
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 10,596
100 BC - 33
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 10,597
300 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 10,598
1100 - 1092
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 10,599
1440 - 1485
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 10,600
Among people born in 1945, Thilo Sarrazin ranks 234. Before him are Werner Schroeter, Linda Harrison, Roger Donaldson, John Carlos, Earl Boen, and Anselm Grün. After him are Michael Nouri, Bob Klose, John Perkins, Larry Tesler, Doug Clifford, and Al Stewart.
1945 - 2010
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 228
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 229
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 230
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 231
1945 - 2023
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 232
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 233
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 234
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 235
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 236
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 237
1945 - 2020
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 238
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 239
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 240
Among people born in Germany, Thilo Sarrazin ranks 3,091 out of 6,142. Before him are Thomas Gottschalk (1950), Karl Koller (1898), Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (1873), Hamit Altıntop (1982), Rolf Carls (1885), and Udo Zimmermann (1943). After him are Johann Karl Rodbertus (1805), Ingrid Caven (1938), Kurt Jooss (1901), Étienne Laspeyres (1834), Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1425), and Eduard Wagner (1894).
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 3,085
1898 - 1951
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,086
1873 - 1962
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,087
1982 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,088
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,089
1943 - 2021
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 3,090
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 3,091
1805 - 1875
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 3,092
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 3,093
1901 - 1979
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 3,094
1834 - 1913
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 3,095
1425 - 1475
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 3,096
1894 - 1944
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 3,097
Among politicians born in Germany, Thilo Sarrazin ranks 924. Before him are Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine (1539), Heinrich von Brentano (1904), Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1891), Thomas de Maizière (1954), Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1675), and Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1826). After him are Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1425), Winfried Kretschmann (1948), Adolf III of Holstein (1160), John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1567), Hugo Preuß (1860), and Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1672).
1539 - 1582
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 918
1904 - 1964
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 919
1891 - 1965
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 920
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 921
1675 - 1713
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 922
1826 - 1896
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 923
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 924
1425 - 1475
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 925
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 926
1160 - 1225
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 927
1567 - 1618
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 928
1860 - 1925
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 929
1672 - 1724
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 930