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August Bebel

1840 - 1913

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Ferdinand August Bebel (22 February 1840 – 13 August 1913) was a German social democratic politician. He is best known as one of the founders of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP) in 1869, which in 1875 merged with the General German Workers' Association to form what would become the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). As a leader of the German workers' movement for over four decades, Bebel served as a member of parliament in both the North German Confederation and the German Empire, becoming the movement's leading parliamentary voice. Born into poverty in Prussia, Bebel was orphaned at a young age and apprenticed as a woodturner. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2024). August Bebel is the 2,190th most popular politician (down from 2,122nd in 2024), the 587th most popular biography from Germany (up from 593rd in 2019) and the 170th most popular German Politician.

August Bebel was a German socialist who is most famous for his book, Woman and Socialism.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, August Bebel ranks 2,190 out of 19,576. Before him are Antiochus II Theos, Jingtai Emperor, Gwanggaeto the Great, Tancred, Prince of Galilee, Louis I, Duke of Anjou, and Mentuhotep II. After him are Arthur Liebehenschel, Risto Ryti, Haakon II of Norway, Alexander Jagiellon, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, and Rastislav of Moravia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, August Bebel ranks 17. Before him are Edward Drinker Cope, Ernst Abbe, Carl Menger, Hiram Maxim, Father Damien, and John Boyd Dunlop. After him are Crazy Horse, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, George Smith, Hans Makart, and Alfred Thayer Mahan. Among people deceased in 1913, August Bebel ranks 13. Before him are Harriet Tubman, Tobias Asser, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Lesya Ukrainka, Blanche Monnier, and Alfred von Schlieffen. After him are Sophia of Nassau, Philip Sclater, Josephine Cochrane, Francisco I. Madero, Ármin Vámbéry, and Lewis A. Swift.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Bebel ranks 587 out of 7,253. Before him are Werner von Fritsch (1880), Cunigunde of Luxembourg (978), Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668), Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792), Jakob Fugger (1459), and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687). After him are Johann Reuchlin (1455), Karl Schwarzschild (1873), Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1727), Robert the Strong (900), Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839), and Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, August Bebel ranks 170. Before him are Victoria of Baden (1862), Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867), Karl Carstens (1914), Willi Stoph (1914), Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737), and Werner von Fritsch (1880). After him are Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1727), Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839), Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837), Gustav Heinemann (1899), Robert Ritter von Greim (1892), and Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892).

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