1893 - 1958
Wilhelm Zaisser (20 June 1893 – 3 March 1958) was a German communist politician and statesman who served as the founder and first Minister for State Security of the German Democratic Republic (1950–1953). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Zaisser has received more than 130,743 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Zaisser is the 5,768th most popular politician (up from 5,924th in 2019), the 1,591st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,662nd in 2019) and the 482nd most popular German Politician.
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Among politicians, Wilhelm Zaisser ranks 5,768 out of 15,577. Before him are Agatha Barbara, Sheng Shicai, Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko, Kusunoki Masashige, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, and Neeme Järvi. After him are Htin Kyaw, Peire de Montagut, Tudhaliya II, Hedwig of Saxony, Mariamne I, and Leon of Sparta.
1923 - 2002
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 5,762
1895 - 1970
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 5,763
1883 - 1938
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 5,764
1294 - 1336
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 5,765
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 5,766
1937 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 5,767
1893 - 1958
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 5,768
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 5,769
1200 - 1232
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 5,770
1350 BC - 1355 BC
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 5,771
922 - 965
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 5,772
54 BC - 29 BC
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 5,773
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 5,774
Among people born in 1893, Wilhelm Zaisser ranks 69. Before him are Ivan Panfilov, Edsel Ford, Carl Værnet, Dragiša Cvetković, Gillis Grafström, and Mário de Andrade. After him are Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Conrad Veidt, Kurt Huber, Federico Mompou, Roman Ingarden, and Clark Ashton Smith. Among people deceased in 1958, Wilhelm Zaisser ranks 40. Before him are Duncan Edwards, Princess Louise of Orléans, Prince Oskar of Prussia, Henri Farman, Peter Collins, and Nuri al-Said. After him are Viktor Schauberger, Franz Bardon, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Luigi Musso, Florent Schmitt, and Otto Abetz.
1893 - 1941
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 63
1893 - 1943
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 64
1893 - 1965
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 65
1893 - 1969
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 66
1893 - 1938
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 67
1893 - 1945
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 68
1893 - 1958
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 69
1893 - 1968
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 70
1893 - 1943
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 71
1893 - 1943
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 72
1893 - 1987
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 73
1893 - 1970
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 74
1893 - 1961
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 75
1936 - 1958
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 34
1882 - 1958
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 35
1888 - 1958
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 36
1874 - 1958
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 37
1931 - 1958
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 38
1888 - 1958
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 39
1893 - 1958
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 40
1885 - 1958
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 41
1909 - 1958
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 42
1894 - 1958
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 43
1924 - 1958
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 44
1870 - 1958
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 45
1903 - 1958
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 46
Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Zaisser ranks 1,591 out of 6,142. Before him are Heinrich Schwarz (1906), Günter Guillaume (1927), Oskar Lafontaine (1943), Albrecht Penck (1858), Thomas Müller (1989), and Rupert II, Elector Palatine (1325). After him are Viktor Brack (1904), Mike Nichols (1931), Wilhelm Backhaus (1884), Horst Eckel (1932), Heinrich Göbel (1818), and Gottfried Böhm (1920).
1906 - 1947
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 1,585
1927 - 1995
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,586
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1,587
1858 - 1945
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,588
1989 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,589
1325 - 1398
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,590
1893 - 1958
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,591
1904 - 1948
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 1,592
1931 - 2014
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,593
1884 - 1969
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 1,594
1932 - 2021
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 1,595
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 1,596
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 1,597
Among politicians born in Germany, Wilhelm Zaisser ranks 482. Before him are Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825), Adolph Diesterweg (1790), Wilhelm Stuckart (1902), Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1722), Heinrich Schwarz (1906), and Oskar Lafontaine (1943). After him are Viktor Brack (1904), Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783), Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772), Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (1200), Horst Seehofer (1949), and Joschka Fischer (1948).
1825 - 1864
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 476
1790 - 1866
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 477
1902 - 1953
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 478
1722 - 1780
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 479
1906 - 1947
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 480
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 481
1893 - 1958
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 482
1904 - 1948
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 483
1783 - 1851
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 484
1772 - 1806
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 485
1200 - 1227
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 486
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 487
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 488