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Albert Speer

1905 - 1981

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Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (; German: [ˈʃpeːɐ̯] ; 19 March 1905 – 1 September 1981) was a German architect who served as Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II. A close friend and ally of Adolf Hitler, he was convicted at the Nuremberg trials and sentenced to 20 years in prison. An architect by training, Speer joined the Nazi Party in 1931. His architectural skills made him increasingly prominent within the Party, and he became a member of Hitler's inner circle. Hitler commissioned him to design and construct structures, including the Reich Chancellery and the Nazi Party rally grounds in Nuremberg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Speer is the 12th most popular architect, the 117th most popular biography from Germany (down from 110th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Architect.

Albert Speer was a German architect who was Adolf Hitler's chief architect and armaments minister during World War II. He was convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials and served 20 years in prison.

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Among architects, Albert Speer ranks 12 out of 518. Before him are Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Mimar Sinan, Alvar Aalto, Donato Bramante, Imhotep, and Andrea Palladio. After him are Leon Battista Alberti, Buckminster Fuller, Louis Sullivan, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Zaha Hadid, and Walter Gropius.

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Among people born in 1905, Albert Speer ranks 6. Before him are Jean-Paul Sartre, Ayn Rand, Howard Hughes, Simo Häyhä, and Nevill Francis Mott. After him are Dag Hammarskjöld, Viktor Frankl, Elias Canetti, Christian Dior, Henry Fonda, and Greta Garbo. Among people deceased in 1981, Albert Speer ranks 4. Before him are Bob Marley, Anwar Sadat, and Jacques Lacan. After him are Hans Adolf Krebs, Moshe Dayan, Bill Haley, Frederica of Hanover, Claude Auchinleck, Soong Ching-ling, Max Euwe, and Odd Hassel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Albert Speer ranks 117 out of 7,253. Before him are William Herschel (1738), Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893), Gottlieb Daimler (1834), William the Silent (1533), Ernst Haeckel (1834), and Nikolaus Otto (1832). After 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).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Albert Speer ranks 2. Before him are Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886). After him are Walter Gropius (1883), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), Peter Behrens (1868), Arno Breker (1900), Albert Speer (1934), Peter Parler (1330), Frei Otto (1925), Gottfried Semper (1803), Leo von Klenze (1784), and Hans Scharoun (1893).

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