1797 - 1888
William I or Wilhelm I (German: Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888) was King of Prussia from 2 January 1861 and German Emperor from 18 January 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a united Germany. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William I, German Emperor has received more than 2,765,811 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). William I, German Emperor is the 162nd most popular politician (up from 174th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Germany (down from 54th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Politician.
William I, German Emperor is most famous for being the first emperor of a unified Germany.
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Among politicians, William I, German Emperor ranks 162 out of 15,577. Before him are Alfred the Great, Louis IX of France, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Ivar the Boneless, Darius III, and Mehmed I. After him are Skanderbeg, Rodrigo Duterte, Alexander I of Russia, Pol Pot, Catherine I of Russia, and Demosthenes.
849 - 899
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 156
1214 - 1270
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 157
1685 - 1740
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 158
900 - 873
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 159
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 160
1386 - 1421
HPI: 78.65
Rank: 161
1797 - 1888
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 162
1405 - 1468
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 163
1945 - Present
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 164
1777 - 1825
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 165
1925 - 1998
HPI: 78.53
Rank: 166
1684 - 1727
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 167
384 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 168
Among people born in 1797, William I, German Emperor ranks 2. Before him is Franz Schubert. After him are Heinrich Heine, Mary Shelley, Gaetano Donizetti, Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan, Adolphe Thiers, Hiroshige, Joseph Henry, Charles Lyell, Ghalib, and Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Among people deceased in 1888, William I, German Emperor ranks 1. After him are John Bosco, Frederick III, German Emperor, Rudolf Clausius, Carl Zeiss, John Stith Pemberton, Louisa May Alcott, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Nikolay Przhevalsky, Charles-Valentin Alkan, François Achille Bazaine, and Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine.
1797 - 1828
HPI: 85.86
Rank: 1
1797 - 1888
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 2
1797 - 1856
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 3
1797 - 1851
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 4
1797 - 1848
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 5
1797 - 1871
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 6
1797 - 1877
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 7
1797 - 1858
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 8
1797 - 1878
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 9
1797 - 1875
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 10
1797 - 1869
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 11
1797 - 1870
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 12
1797 - 1888
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 1
1815 - 1888
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 2
1831 - 1888
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 3
1822 - 1888
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 4
1816 - 1888
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 5
1831 - 1888
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 6
1832 - 1888
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 7
1808 - 1888
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 8
1839 - 1888
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 9
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 10
1811 - 1888
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 11
1823 - 1888
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, William I, German Emperor ranks 56 out of 6,142. Before him are Thomas Mann (1875), Karl Benz (1844), Eva Braun (1912), Werner Heisenberg (1901), Joseph Goebbels (1897), and Hildegard of Bingen (1098). After him are Reinhard Heydrich (1904), Klemens von Metternich (1773), Heinrich Heine (1797), Jacques Offenbach (1819), Gerd Müller (1945), and Wilhelm Wundt (1832).
1875 - 1955
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 50
1844 - 1929
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 51
1912 - 1945
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 52
1901 - 1976
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 53
1897 - 1945
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 54
1098 - 1179
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 55
1797 - 1888
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 56
1904 - 1942
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 57
1773 - 1859
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 58
1797 - 1856
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 59
1819 - 1880
HPI: 77.67
Rank: 60
1945 - 2021
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 61
1832 - 1920
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 62
Among politicians born in Germany, William I, German Emperor ranks 11. Before him are Frederick the Great (1712), Heinrich Himmler (1900), Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859), Hermann Göring (1893), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), and Joseph Goebbels (1897). After him are Reinhard Heydrich (1904), Klemens von Metternich (1773), Martin Bormann (1900), Konrad Adenauer (1876), Helmut Kohl (1930), and Charles the Bald (823).
1712 - 1786
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 5
1900 - 1945
HPI: 81.82
Rank: 6
1859 - 1941
HPI: 81.60
Rank: 7
1893 - 1946
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 8
912 - 973
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 9
1897 - 1945
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 10
1797 - 1888
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 11
1904 - 1942
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 12
1773 - 1859
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 13
1900 - 1945
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 14
1876 - 1967
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 15
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 16
823 - 877
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 17