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Wolfgang Kapp

1858 - 1922

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Wolfgang Kapp (24 July 1858 – 12 June 1922) was a German nationalist and political activist who is best known for his involvement in the 1920 Kapp Putsch. He spent most of his career working for the Prussian Ministry of Finance and then as director of the Agricultural Credit Institute in East Prussia. During World War I, Kapp was a vocal annexationist and critic of the government's policies, which he saw as not aggressive enough. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Kapp has received more than 255,053 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Wolfgang Kapp is the 5,482nd most popular politician (up from 6,000th in 2019), the 1,754th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,042nd in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Wolfgang Kapps by language

Over the past year Wolfgang Kapp has had the most page views in the with 36,214 views, followed by German (21,426), and Russian (7,478). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (878.72%), Czech (258.17%), and Catalan (85.94%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wolfgang Kapp ranks 5,482 out of 19,576. Before him are Lazar Koliševski, Emperor Junna, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Fritz Thyssen, and Aymon, Count of Savoy. After him are Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Hara Takashi, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Alan García, Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, and Catherine of Bohemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Wolfgang Kapp ranks 44. Before him are Prince Henry of Battenberg, Gaetano Mosca, Saitō Makoto, Jan Toorop, Remy de Gourmont, and Alois Riegl. After him are Fernand Khnopff, Carl Auer von Welsbach, Bonar Law, Oldfield Thomas, Albrecht Penck, and Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich. Among people deceased in 1922, Wolfgang Kapp ranks 41. Before him are Henri Désiré Landru, Catherine Dolgorukov, Giovanni Verga, Arthur Nikisch, Gaston, Count of Eu, and Edmund Leighton. After him are Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Vlaho Bukovac, Wilhelm Voigt, Paul Durand-Ruel, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and John William Godward.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wolfgang Kapp ranks 1,754 out of 20,380. Before him are Aaron Copland (1900), George Gaylord Simpson (1902), Margaret Keane (1927), Robert Moog (1934), Emilio Estevez (1962), and Billy Crystal (1948). After him are Robby Krieger (1946), Lloyd Bridges (1913), Kenneth Waltz (1924), Daniel Nathans (1928), Virginia Henderson (1897), and Fats Domino (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Wolfgang Kapp ranks 121. Before him are Caroline Kennedy (1957), Mitt Romney (1947), Chief Seattle (1786), Mark Felt (1913), Mitch McConnell (1942), and Hiram Bingham III (1875). After him are Clement Greenberg (1909), Spiro Agnew (1918), William Walker (1824), Paul Wolfowitz (1943), Sam Houston (1793), and Ben Carson (1951).

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