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Willi Graf

1918 - 1943

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Wilhelm "Willi" Graf (2 January 1918 – 12 October 1943) was a German member of the White Rose resistance group in Nazi Germany. The Catholic Church in Germany included Graf in their list of martyrs of the 20th century. In 2017, his cause for beatification was opened. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willi Graf has received more than 191,468 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Willi Graf is the 326th most popular physician (up from 359th in 2019), the 2,504th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,737th in 2019) and the 51st most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Willi Graf ranks 326 out of 726Before him are Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, William Cullen, Dorothea Erxleben, Howard Florey, and James Curtis Hepburn. After him are Clarke Abel, Carlos Finlay, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Tomáš Špidlík, Eugene Botkin, and Gabor Maté.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Willi Graf ranks 116Before him are Helmut Lent, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Robert Walker, Bobby Riggs, Raimon Panikkar, and Adolfo Pedernera. After him are Dora Ratjen, Ángel Labruna, Antonín Mrkos, Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, Humaira Begum, and Kevin A. Lynch. Among people deceased in 1943, Willi Graf ranks 85Before him are Eric Knight, Constantin Prezan, Maria Restituta Kafka, Zabel Yesayan, Vladimir Kokovtsov, and Yekaterina Budanova. After him are Ivo Lola Ribar, Agustín Pedro Justo, Manshuk Mametova, Hàm Nghi, Johann Niemann, and Guido Fubini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Willi Graf ranks 2,504 out of 7,253Before him are Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (1536), Christine of Saxony (1505), Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794), Edith Hamilton (1867), Holger Osieck (1948), and Antonio Rüdiger (1993). After him are Manfred Wörner (1934), Theo Albrecht (1922), Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1636), Prince George William of Hanover (1915), Louise Catherine Breslau (1856), and Dora Ratjen (1918).

Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Willi Graf ranks 51Before him are Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (1783), Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780), Johann Christian Reil (1759), Friedrich Hoffmann (1660), Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875), and Dorothea Erxleben (1715). After him are Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (1736), Johann Peter Frank (1745), Ewald Hering (1834), Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819), Justinus Kerner (1786), and Johann von Staupitz (1465).