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Walther Rathenau

1867 - 1922

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Walther Rathenau (29 September 1867 – 24 June 1922) was a German industrialist, writer and politician who served as foreign minister of Germany from February to June 1922. Rathenau was the son of Emil Rathenau, a prominent Jewish businessman and founder of the electrical engineering company Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG). After obtaining a doctorate in physics from the University of Berlin, he held a number of industry positions before joining the AEG board, establishing himself as a leading industrialist in the late German Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walther Rathenau has received more than 697,478 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Walther Rathenau is the 1,716th most popular politician (up from 2,293rd in 2019), the 472nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 631st in 2019) and the 133rd most popular German Politician.

Walther Rathenau was a German industrialist and statesman who was assassinated in 1922. He was most famous for being the first foreign minister of the Weimar Republic.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

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Over the past year Walther Rathenau has had the most page views in the with 125,935 views, followed by English (90,576), and Russian (16,534). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are North Frisian (1,038.18%), Simple English (74.37%), and Italian (66.87%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Walther Rathenau ranks 1,716 out of 19,576. Before him are Munjong of Joseon, Sebastián Piñera, Niels, King of Denmark, Lazare Carnot, Maria Josepha of Austria, and Gongmin of Goryeo. After him are Werner von Fritsch, Jehu, Fumio Kishida, Demetrius I of Macedon, Kamose, and Conrad I of Germany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Walther Rathenau ranks 15. Before him are Emil Nolde, Mary of Teck, Käthe Kollwitz, John Galsworthy, Natsume Sōseki, and Prince Maximilian of Baden. After him are Maxime Weygand, Johannes Fibiger, Władysław Reymont, Pierre Bonnard, Enrique Granados, and Stanley Baldwin. Among people deceased in 1922, Walther Rathenau ranks 11. Before him are Enver Pasha, Erich von Falkenhayn, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Fredrik Bajer, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, and Hermann Rorschach. After him are Georges Sorel, Djemal Pasha, Michael Collins, Ernest Shackleton, Albert I, Prince of Monaco, and Ernest Solvay.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walther Rathenau ranks 472 out of 7,253. Before him are Oliver Kahn (1969), Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817), Jakob Fugger (1459), Bernhard von Bülow (1849), Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867), and Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573). After him are Werner von Fritsch (1880), Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837), Ernst Busch (1885), Henri Nestlé (1814), Wilhelm Schickard (1592), and Hermann Staudinger (1881).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Walther Rathenau ranks 133. Before him are Ananda Mahidol (1925), Maria Josepha of Bavaria (1739), Friedrich Fromm (1888), Pyotr Stolypin (1862), Bernhard von Bülow (1849), and Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867). After him are Werner von Fritsch (1880), Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (1572), Rupert, King of Germany (1352), and Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075).

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