RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Alfred Delp

1907 - 1945

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Alfred Friedrich Delp (German: [ˈalfʁeːt ˈdɛlp] ; 15 September 1907 – 2 February 1945) was a German Jesuit priest and philosopher of the German Resistance. A member of the inner Kreisau Circle resistance group, he is considered a significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism. Falsely implicated in the failed 1944 July Plot to overthrow Adolf Hitler, Delp was arrested and sentenced to death. He was executed in 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Delp is the 2,062nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,958th in 2019), the 3,146th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,249th in 2019) and the 78th most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alfred Delp ranks 2,062 out of 3,187Before him are Joseph Butler, Audomar, Abu Dujana, Filipe Neri Ferrão, Agnes Baden-Powell, and Elia Dalla Costa. After him are Aulus Licinius Archias, Frang Bardhi, Gregory VII of Constantinople, Bénézet, Ellen Church, and Salvatore De Giorgi.

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Among people born in 1907, Alfred Delp ranks 165Before him are Luigi Beccali, Martti Miettunen, Anton Schall, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Günter Eich, and Guido Masetti. After him are L. Sprague de Camp, Janusz Kusociński, Annabella, Rosalind Russell, Raymond Braine, and Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer. Among people deceased in 1945, Alfred Delp ranks 211Before him are Hans von Dohnanyi, Yakov Protazanov, Wincenty Witos, Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Roberto Farinacci, and Agnes Baden-Powell. After him are Nikolai Tcherepnin, Óscar R. Benavides, Antal Szerb, Heinrich Ehrler, N. C. Wyeth, and Violette Szabo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alfred Delp ranks 3,148 out of 7,253Before him are Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1787), Günter Wand (1912), Willibald Pirckheimer (1470), Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1747), Rudolf Stammler (1856), and Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1814). After him are Heinz Flohe (1948), Eduard Wagner (1894), Helmut Griem (1932), Anne Buydens (1919), Hans Multscher (1400), and Karl-Heinz Riedle (1965).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Alfred Delp ranks 78Before him are Willigis (940), Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg (1664), Karl Lehmann (1936), Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1671), Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1407), and Alojs Andritzki (1914). After him are Berthold (1180), Ludwig Kaas (1881), Hans Talhoffer (1420), Johannes Cocceius (1603), Engelbert II of Berg (1185), and Paul Augustin Mayer (1911).