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Erich Honecker

1912 - 1994

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His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2024). Erich Honecker is the 443rd most popular politician (down from 363rd in 2024), the 124th most popular biography from Germany (down from 101st in 2019) and the 33rd most popular German Politician.

Erich Honecker was the leader of the German Democratic Republic from 1971 to 1989. He is most famous for being in charge of the GDR during the time of the Berlin Wall and the Cold War.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Erich Honecker ranks 443 out of 19,576. Before him are Edward III of England, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Henry V of England, Ahmed III, Edward II of England, and Frederick William III of Prussia. After him are Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Eva Perón, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximinus II, Hussein of Jordan, and Lapu-Lapu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Erich Honecker ranks 5. Before him are Pope John Paul I, Kim Il-sung, Alan Turing, and Eva Braun. After him are Otto von Habsburg, Jackson Pollock, Wernher von Braun, Milton Friedman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, and John Cage. Among people deceased in 1994, Erich Honecker ranks 6. Before him are Kim Il-sung, Ayrton Senna, Richard Nixon, Karl Popper, and Charles Bukowski. After him are Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Eugène Ionesco, Elias Canetti, Erik Erikson, Linus Pauling, and Burt Lancaster.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Honecker ranks 124 out of NaN. Before him are Heinrich Schliemann (1822), Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), Claus von Stauffenberg (1907), Philip Melanchthon (1497), Arminius (-17), and Frederick William III of Prussia (1770). After him are Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805), Willy Brandt (1913), Jürgen Habermas (1929), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), Frederick William II of Prussia (1744), and Pope Clement II (1005).

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Among Politicians In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Erich Honecker ranks 33. Before him are Peter III of Russia (1728), Gerhard Schröder (1944), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893), William the Silent (1533), and Frederick William III of Prussia (1770). After him are Willy Brandt (1913), Frederick William II of Prussia (1744), Frederick III, German Emperor (1831), Henry the Fowler (876), Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), and Leopold I of Belgium (1790).

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