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Adolf Hitler

1889 - 1945

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Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. His invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 marked the start of the Second World War. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust: the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Hitler is the 5th most popular politician (down from 2nd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Politician.

Adolf Hitler was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He initiated World War II in Europe with the invasion of Poland in September 1939, and was a central figure of the Holocaust.

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Among politicians, Adolf Hitler ranks 5 out of 19,576. Before him are Donald Trump, Cleopatra, Elizabeth I of England, and Napoleon. After him are Jimmy Carter, Julius Caesar, Thomas Jefferson, Louis XIV of France, Joseph Stalin, Akbar, and Augustus.

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Among people born in 1889, Adolf Hitler ranks 1. After him are Charlie Chaplin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, António de Oliveira Salazar, Jean Cocteau, Edgar Adrian, Jawaharlal Nehru, Edwin Hubble, Philip Noel-Baker, Paul Karrer, and Ante Pavelić. Among people deceased in 1945, Adolf Hitler ranks 1. After him are Joseph Goebbels, Benito Mussolini, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Anne Frank, Heinrich Himmler, Eva Braun, Béla Bartók, Martin Bormann, Anton Webern, Fedor von Bock, and Walter Model.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Adolf Hitler ranks 2 out of 1,424. Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756). After him are Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), Joseph Haydn (1732), Franz Schubert (1797), Maria Theresa (1717), Marie Antoinette (1755), Franz Liszt (1811), Johann Strauss II (1825), Gustav Klimt (1862), Erwin Schrödinger (1887), and Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Adolf Hitler ranks 1. After him are Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), Maria Theresa (1717), Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527), Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459), Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741), Maximilian I of Mexico (1832), Charles I of Austria (1887), Ferdinand I of Austria (1793), Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), Theodoric the Great (454), and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552).

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