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August Kubizek

1888 - 1956

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August Friedrich Kubizek (3 August 1888 – 23 October 1956) was an Austrian musical conductor and writer of Czech origin best known for being a close friend of Adolf Hitler, when both were in their late teens. He later wrote about their friendship in his book The Young Hitler I Knew (1955). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Kubizek is the 1,034th most popular writer (down from 1,017th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Austrian Writer.

August Kubizek is most famous for being Adolf Hitler's best friend during their teenage years.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, August Kubizek ranks 1,034 out of 7,302. Before him are Edith Södergran, Paulinus of Nola, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Robert van Gulik, Raymond Radiguet, and Giambattista Marino. After him are Lafcadio Hearn, Thomas Malory, August von Kotzebue, John Malalas, Božena Němcová, and Charles De Coster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, August Kubizek ranks 44. Before him are Carin Göring, Georges Bernanos, Ossip Zadkine, Katherine Mansfield, Josef Albers, and Ernst Kretschmer. After him are Oskar Schlemmer, Ernst Heinkel, Vladimir K. Zworykin, Max Steiner, Nuri al-Said, and Irving Berlin. Among people deceased in 1956, August Kubizek ranks 38. Before him are Alexander Dovzhenko, Walter Sydney Adams, Elisabeth of Romania, Daniel Swarovski, Alfredo Ferrari, and Joseph Wirth. After him are Yakub Kolas, Jan Łukasiewicz, Gianpiero Combi, Gustave Charpentier, Lyonel Feininger, and Juan Negrín.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, August Kubizek ranks 262 out of 1,424. Before him are Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711), Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915), Joseph Lanner (1801), Hans Hahn (1879), Oskar Potiorek (1853), and Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1882). After him are Božena Němcová (1820), Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria (1866), Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (1893), Clemence of Austria (1262), and Udo Jürgens (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, August Kubizek ranks 21. Before him are Hermann Broch (1886), Ingeborg Bachmann (1926), Otto of Freising (1114), Edward Bernays (1891), Franz Grillparzer (1791), and Miep Gies (1909). After him are Božena Němcová (1820), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), Peter Altenberg (1859), Joseph Mohr (1792), Christine Nöstlinger (1936), and Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797).

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