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Felix Kersten

1898 - 1960

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Eduard Alexander Felix Kersten (30 September 1898 – 16 April 1960) was the personal physical therapist of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Felix Kersten is the 4,179th most popular politician (down from 3,898th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 15th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Estonian Politician.

Felix Kersten was a German doctor and masseur who was hired by Heinrich Himmler to treat his chronic pain and sciatica. Kersten became a confidant of Himmler and was able to use his position to save the lives of many people, including Jews.

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Among politicians, Felix Kersten ranks 4,179 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean de Dunois, Franz, Duke of Bavaria, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Veljko Kadijević, and Inejiro Asanuma. After him are Peter Minuit, Aristobulus I, Empress Kōken, Sin-Muballit, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, and Khalil Sultan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Felix Kersten ranks 56. Before him are Julius Schreck, Therese Neumann, Totò, Joris Ivens, Hanns Eisler, and Inejiro Asanuma. After him are Carl Clauberg, Peggy Guggenheim, Latife Uşşaki, Hastings Banda, Günther Korten, and Leopold Infeld. Among people deceased in 1960, Felix Kersten ranks 30. Before him are Clara Haskil, August Kopff, Henri Guisan, Victor Sjöström, Héctor Castro, and Inejiro Asanuma. After him are Said Nursî, Friedrich Adler, Soghomon Tehlirian, Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, John B. Kelly Sr., and I. I. Chundrigar.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Felix Kersten ranks 20 out of 351. Before him are Alar Karis (1958), Paul von Rennenkampf (1854), Siim Kallas (1948), Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1929), Jakob von Uexküll (1864), and Adolf von Harnack (1851). After him are Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803), Ernst Öpik (1893), Jacob De la Gardie (1583), Andrus Ansip (1956), Johan Laidoner (1884), and Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770).

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Among POLITICIANS In Estonia

Among politicians born in Estonia, Felix Kersten ranks 9. Before him are Arnold Rüütel (1928), Konstantin Päts (1874), Lennart Meri (1929), Kaja Kallas (1977), Alar Karis (1958), and Siim Kallas (1948). After him are Jacob De la Gardie (1583), Andrus Ansip (1956), Kersti Kaljulaid (1969), Alexander Gorchakov (1798), Neeme Järvi (1937), and Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622).

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