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Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg

1873 - 1969

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Duke Adolf Friedrich Albrecht Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (German: Adolf Friedrich Albrecht Heinrich, Herzog zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin; 10 October 1873 – 5 August 1969), was a German explorer in Africa, a colonial politician, and the first president of the National Olympic Committee of West Germany (1949–1951). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg is the 175th most popular explorer (down from 150th in 2019), the 2,009th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,781st in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg ranks 175 out of 498. Before him are Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Paulo da Gama, Gaspar de Lemos, and Gustav Nachtigal. After him are Carsten Borchgrevink, António de Abreu, Henri Mouhot, Lancelotto Malocello, Edward Wilson, and Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg ranks 68. Before him are Melitta Bentz, Leo Frobenius, Édouard Claparède, Fritz Thyssen, Hans Berger, and Valery Bryusov. After him are Moisei Uritsky, Elena Stasova, Sidney Reilly, Jukums Vācietis, Alexey Shchusev, and Joseph Paul-Boncour. Among people deceased in 1969, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg ranks 70. Before him are Prince Konrad of Bavaria, Ramón Grau, Mark Bernes, Tom Naudé, Leo McCarey, and Léon Brillouin. After him are Joseph Kosma, Adolfo López Mateos, Rómulo Gallegos, Frederic Bartlett, Meher Baba, and Aleksandras Stulginskis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg ranks 2,010 out of 7,253. Before him are Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg (1772), Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825), Johannes Sturm (1507), Michael von Faulhaber (1869), William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532), and Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (1800). After him are Hans-Peter Briegel (1955), Gotthold Eisenstein (1823), Julius Plücker (1801), Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1667), Hermann Priess (1901), and John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1666).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg ranks 8. Before him are Heinrich Barth (1821), Carsten Niebuhr (1733), Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), Adam Olearius (1603), Hans Staden (1525), and Gustav Nachtigal (1834). After him are John Sutter (1803), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), Julius Klaproth (1783), Karl Weyprecht (1838), and Adolf Lüderitz (1834).

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