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Conrad Veidt

1893 - 1943

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Hans Walter Conrad Veidt ( FYTE, German: [ˈkɔnʁaːt ˈfaɪt]; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German and British actor. He attracted early attention for his roles in the films Different from the Others (1919), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), and The Man Who Laughs (1928). After a successful career in German silent films, where he was one of the best-paid stars of UFA, Veidt and his new Jewish wife Ilona Prager left Germany in 1933 after the Nazis came to power. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Conrad Veidt is the 1,228th most popular actor (down from 1,006th in 2019), the 1,746th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,515th in 2019) and the 29th most popular German Actor.

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Among actors, Conrad Veidt ranks 1,228 out of 13,578. Before him are Sarah Wayne Callies, Michelle Rodriguez, Claude Brasseur, Amjad Khan, Stockard Channing, and Eva Mendes. After him are Ashton Kutcher, Carrie-Anne Moss, Matt Smith, Jorge Garcia, Feroz Khan, and Rob Reiner.

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Among people born in 1893, Conrad Veidt ranks 69. Before him are Hans Scharoun, Dragiša Cvetković, Paul van Zeeland, Wilhelm Zaisser, Federico Mompou, and Carl Værnet. After him are Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, Dean Acheson, Richard Dix, Nicholas J. Spykman, and Roman Ingarden. Among people deceased in 1943, Conrad Veidt ranks 58. Before him are Ugo Cavallero, Viktor Pavičić, Marina Raskova, Hans Jeschonnek, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, and Franz Jägerstätter. After him are Nicholas J. Spykman, R. G. Collingwood, Kurt Huber, Alexander Schmorell, Czesława Kwoka, and Christoph Probst.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Conrad Veidt ranks 1,746 out of 7,253. Before him are Adolf Hurwitz (1859), Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736), Hans Blumenberg (1920), Edmund Conen (1914), Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1727), and Karl von Piloty (1826). After him are Christian Morgenstern (1871), Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767), Monika Ertl (1937), Ulay (1943), Johann Schein (1586), and Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1579).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Conrad Veidt ranks 28. Before him are Diane Kruger (1976), Anne Wiazemsky (1947), Max Schreck (1879), Brigitte Helm (1906), and Erdoğan Atalay (1966). After him are Karin Dor (1938), Gottfried John (1942), Michael Fassbender (1977), Otto Sander (1941), Christian Oliver (1972), Elke Sommer (1940), and Uta Hagen (1919).

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