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Wilhelm Pieck

1876 - 1960

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Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈpiːk]; 3 January 1876 – 7 September 1960) was a German communist politician who served as the chairman of the Socialist Unity Party from 1946 to 1950 and as president of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 to 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Pieck has received more than 767,103 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Wilhelm Pieck is the 833rd most popular politician (up from 934th in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 266th in 2019) and the 66th most popular German Politician.

Wilhelm Pieck was the first president of the German Democratic Republic, and he was also the first president of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wilhelm Pieck ranks 833 out of 15,577Before him are Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Todor Zhivkov, Vlad II Dracul, Charles XI of Sweden, Charles XIII of Sweden, and Olaf II of Norway. After him are Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, Nur ad-Din, Cao Pi, Cleopatra I Syra, Lech Kaczyński, and Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Wilhelm Pieck ranks 7Before him are Pope Pius XII, Jack London, Konrad Adenauer, Mata Hari, Erich Raeder, and Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb. After him are Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Zewditu, Constantin Brâncuși, Pablo Casals, Manuel de Falla, and Alexander I of Serbia. Among people deceased in 1960, Wilhelm Pieck ranks 7Before him are Albert Camus, Boris Pasternak, Clark Gable, Erich Raeder, Melanie Klein, and Albert Kesselring. After him are Max von Laue, Amanullah Khan, Walther Funk, Paula Hitler, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, and Igor Kurchatov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Pieck ranks 232 out of 6,142Before him are Thomas Müntzer (1489), Herbert Marcuse (1898), Albert Kesselring (1885), John of Austria (1547), Ludwig Erhard (1897), and Jupp Heynckes (1945). After him are Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), Alexandra Feodorovna (1872), Leopold von Ranke (1795), Hermann Hoth (1885), Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), and Heinrich Müller (1900).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Wilhelm Pieck ranks 66Before him are Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), Anton Drexler (1884), Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Walter Ulbricht (1893), Eduard Bernstein (1850), and Wilhelm Frick (1877). After him are Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), and Irma Grese (1923).