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Walter Hallstein

1901 - 1982

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Walter Hallstein (17 November 1901 – 29 March 1982) was a German academic, diplomat and statesman who was the first president of the Commission of the European Economic Community and one of the founding fathers of the European Union. Hallstein began his academic career in the 1920s Weimar Republic and became Germany's youngest law professor in 1930, at the age of 29. During World War II he served as a First Lieutenant in the German Army in France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Hallstein has received more than 541,996 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Walter Hallstein is the 3,375th most popular politician (down from 2,815th in 2019), the 918th most popular biography from Germany (down from 787th in 2019) and the 268th most popular German Politician.

Walter Hallstein is most famous for his work in the European Union. He was the first president of the European Commission and is credited with the idea of the European Economic Community.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Walter Hallstein ranks 3,375 out of 15,577. Before him are Antiphon, Verres, Kaykhusraw I, Emperor Keikō, Hiram I, and Deioces. After him are Empress Kōgyoku, Istakhri, Jeong Dojeon, Tiberius Gemellus, Piye, and Harald III of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Walter Hallstein ranks 55. Before him are Lee Strasberg, Zhang Xueliang, Eisaku Satō, Itzhak Stern, Charles Brenton Huggins, and Alice Prin. After him are José Leandro Andrade, Paul Lazarsfeld, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Erhard Heiden, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, and Luis Monti. Among people deceased in 1982, Walter Hallstein ranks 47. Before him are Lee Strasberg, Peter Weiss, E. H. Carr, William Giauque, Varlam Shalamov, and Gershom Scholem. After him are Anna German, Hermann Balck, Vinoba Bhave, Bachir Gemayel, Philip Noel-Baker, and Meša Selimović.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Hallstein ranks 918 out of 6,142. Before him are William II of Württemberg (1848), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), Emmy Göring (1893), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), and Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940). After him are Ralf Rangnick (1958), Marie of Prussia (1825), Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845), Rudi Völler (1960), Theodor Billroth (1829), and Ernst vom Rath (1909).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Walter Hallstein ranks 268. Before him are Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370), John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525), William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493), Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), William II of Württemberg (1848), and Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940). After him are Marie of Prussia (1825), Ernst vom Rath (1909), Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557), Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), Ulrich von Jungingen (1360), and Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1724).

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