1919 - 2016
Walter Scheel (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈʃeːl] (listen); 8 July 1919 – 24 August 2016) was a German statesman. A member of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP), he first served in government as the Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development from 1961 to 1966 and later as President of Germany from 1974 to 1979. He led the FDP from 1968 to 1974.During the chancellorship of Willy Brandt, Scheel was Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Vice Chancellor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Scheel has received more than 376,797 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Walter Scheel is the 2,504th most popular politician (up from 2,522nd in 2019), the 668th most popular biography from Germany (up from 693rd in 2019) and the 185th most popular German Politician.
Walter Scheel was a politician in Germany who served as the Vice Chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974. He is most famous for his role in the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.
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Among politicians, Walter Scheel ranks 2,504 out of 15,577. Before him are Ma Chao, Yazid II, Lee Teng-hui, Menkauhor Kaiu, Ahmad Shah Durrani, and Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony. After him are Yuan Shu, George, King of Saxony, Gustav Heinemann, Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France, Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, and Sima Zhao.
176 - 222
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 2,498
687 - 724
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 2,499
1923 - 2020
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 2,500
2500 BC - 2420 BC
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 2,501
1722 - 1772
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 2,502
1722 - 1763
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 2,503
1919 - 2016
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 2,504
155 - 199
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 2,505
1832 - 1904
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 2,506
1899 - 1976
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 2,507
1174 - 1237
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 2,508
84 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 2,509
211 - 265
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 2,510
Among people born in 1919, Walter Scheel ranks 21. Before him are Choi Kyu-hah, Donald Pleasence, Kim Jong-suk, Gerhard Barkhorn, Fausto Coppi, and Pierre Trudeau. After him are Hans-Joachim Marseille, Boris Shcherbina, Dino De Laurentiis, Jack Palance, Lex Barker, and Leon Festinger. Among people deceased in 2016, Walter Scheel ranks 38. Before him are Nancy Reagan, Věra Čáslavská, Bernardo Provenzano, Gene Wilder, George Gaynes, and James Cronin. After him are Hilary Putnam, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Michael Cimino, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, René Angélil, and Robert Vaughn.
1919 - 2006
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 15
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 16
1919 - 1949
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 17
1919 - 1983
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 18
1919 - 1960
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 19
1919 - 2000
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 20
1919 - 2016
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 21
1919 - 1942
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 22
1919 - 1990
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 23
1919 - 2010
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 24
1919 - 2006
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 25
1919 - 1973
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 26
1919 - 1989
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 27
1921 - 2016
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 32
1942 - 2016
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 33
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 34
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 35
1917 - 2016
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 36
1931 - 2016
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 37
1919 - 2016
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 38
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 39
1929 - 2016
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 40
1939 - 2016
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 41
1920 - 2016
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 42
1942 - 2016
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 43
1932 - 2016
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 44
Among people born in Germany, Walter Scheel ranks 668 out of 6,142. Before him are George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595), Erich Mielke (1907), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860), Ottmar Hitzfeld (1949), and Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722). After him are George, King of Saxony (1832), Gustav Heinemann (1899), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929), and Otto Ernst Remer (1912).
1595 - 1640
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 662
1907 - 2000
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 663
1805 - 1873
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 664
1860 - 1919
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 665
1949 - Present
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 666
1722 - 1763
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 667
1919 - 2016
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 668
1832 - 1904
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 669
1899 - 1976
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 670
1174 - 1237
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 671
1910 - 1945
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 672
1929 - 2016
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 673
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 674
Among politicians born in Germany, Walter Scheel ranks 185. Before him are Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805), Carlos Kleiber (1930), John William Friso, Prince of Orange (1687), George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595), Erich Mielke (1907), and Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722). After him are George, King of Saxony (1832), Gustav Heinemann (1899), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Otto Ernst Remer (1912), and Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797).
1805 - 1877
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 179
1930 - 2004
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 180
1687 - 1711
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 181
1595 - 1640
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 182
1907 - 2000
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 183
1722 - 1763
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 184
1919 - 2016
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 185
1832 - 1904
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 186
1899 - 1976
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 187
1174 - 1237
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 188
1910 - 1945
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 189
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 190
1797 - 1854
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 191