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Ernst Hanfstaengl

1887 - 1975

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Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁnst hanfˈʃtɛŋl̩]; 2 February 1887 – 6 November 1975) was a German American businessman and close friend of Adolf Hitler. He eventually fell out of favour with Hitler and defected from Nazi Germany to the United States. He later worked for Franklin D. Roosevelt and was once engaged to the author Djuna Barnes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Hanfstaengl is the 1,464th most popular writer (down from 1,117th in 2019), the 1,559th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,118th in 2019) and the 95th most popular German Writer.

Ernst Hanfstaengl was a German-American historian and advisor to Adolf Hitler. He was also a pianist and composer.

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Among writers, Ernst Hanfstaengl ranks 1,464 out of 7,302. Before him are Lee Child, Naim Frashëri, Marcus Garvey, Sadegh Hedayat, César Vallejo, and Phrynichus. After him are J. Michael Straczynski, Albert of Aix, Vasily Shukshin, Bernard Cornwell, Victor Serge, and Liang Qichao.

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Among people born in 1887, Ernst Hanfstaengl ranks 75. Before him are Sivananda Saraswati, James Paul Moody, Hermine Reuss of Greiz, Conrad Hilton, Marcus Garvey, and Paul Wittgenstein. After him are Tetsu Katayama, Hugo Steinhaus, Raoul Walsh, Simko Shikak, Vasily Chapayev, and Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg. Among people deceased in 1975, Ernst Hanfstaengl ranks 53. Before him are Marguerite Perey, Luigi Dallapiccola, William Phillips, Joseph Bech, Susan Hayward, and Gunnar Gunnarsson. After him are Thornton Wilder, Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud, George Stevens, Lung Chien, Al Lettieri, and Fredric March.

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Among people born in Germany, Ernst Hanfstaengl ranks 1,559 out of 7,253. Before him are Henry III, Margrave of Meissen (1218), Alexander von Kluck (1846), Ernst-Robert Grawitz (1899), Albert of Saxony (1316), Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1597), and Ernst-Günther Schenck (1904). After him are Florian Schneider (1947), Hans-Gert Pöttering (1945), Anton von Werner (1843), Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp (1631), Albert of Aix (1060), and Anton Dostler (1891).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Ernst Hanfstaengl ranks 95. Before him are Jakob Wassermann (1873), Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825), Georg Kaiser (1878), Wilhelm Weitling (1808), Hartmann Schedel (1440), and Joachim Fest (1926). After him are Albert of Aix (1060), Paul Rée (1849), Gustav Landauer (1870), August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), Siegfried Lenz (1926), and Marianne Weber (1870).

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