POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Groener

1867 - 1939

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Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈɡʁøːnɐ] ; 22 November 1867 – 3 May 1939) was a German general and politician. His organisational and logistical abilities resulted in a successful military career before and during World War I. After a confrontation with Erich Ludendorff the Quartermaster general (Erster Generalquartiermeister) of the German Army, Groener was reassigned to a field command. When Ludendorff was dismissed in October 1918, Groener succeeded him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Groener has received more than 317,873 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Wilhelm Groener is the 4,186th most popular politician (up from 4,548th in 2019), the 1,132nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,256th in 2019) and the 330th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wilhelm Groener ranks 4,186 out of 19,576. Before him are Zhu Rongji, Cynisca, Dalmatius, Dardanus, Giuseppe Saragat, and Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry. After him are Tukulti-Ninurta I, Emperor Gong of Song, Mahamadou Issoufou, Siad Barre, Bardas, and Amenemnisu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Wilhelm Groener ranks 38. Before him are Joseph Maria Olbrich, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Percy Fawcett, Kurt Eisner, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and Edward B. Titchener. After him are Madam C. J. Walker, Henry L. Stimson, Antti Aarne, Charles Koechlin, Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. Among people deceased in 1939, Wilhelm Groener ranks 30. Before him are Ghazi of Iraq, Otto Rank, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Ernst Toller, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, and Prince Valdemar of Denmark. After him are S. P. L. Sørensen, Evald Aav, Stanislav Kosior, Gerardo Machado, Otto Wels, and Roman Dmowski.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Groener ranks 1,132 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696), Bruno the Great (925), Severinus of Noricum (410), Christoph Scheiner (1575), Ernst Zermelo (1871), and August von Kotzebue (1761). After him are Max Hoffmann (1869), Johannes Frießner (1892), Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618), Lucian Freud (1922), Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1732), and Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Wilhelm Groener ranks 330. Before him are Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse (1777), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria (1831), Gustav Noske (1868), Hans Aumeier (1906), and Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696). After him are Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618), Otto Georg Thierack (1889), Josef Terboven (1898), Theodelinda (570), Carl Clauberg (1898), and Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826).

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