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Ferdinand Lassalle

1825 - 1864

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Ferdinand Johann Gottlieb Lassalle (born Lassal; 11 April 1825 – 31 August 1864) was a German jurist, philosopher, and socialist activist. Best remembered as an initiator of the social democratic movement in Germany, in 1863 he founded the General German Workers' Association (ADAV), the first independent German workers' party. His political theories included state socialism and the popularisation of the iron law of wages. Born in Breslau to a prosperous Jewish family, Lassalle became a follower of Hegelian philosophy in his youth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Lassalle is the 37th most popular social activist (down from 36th in 2024), the 63rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 60th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Social Activist.

Ferdinand Lassalle was a German socialist and a co-founder of the German Social Democratic Party. He is most famous for his theory of "iron law of wages."

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Ferdinand Lassalle ranks 37 out of 840. Before him are Charlotte Corday, Thích Quảng Đức, Emiliano Zapata, Bacha Khan, Toussaint Louverture, and Jan Palach. After him are Irena Sendler, Omar Mukhtar, Simon Wiesenthal, Sadako Sasaki, Lady Godiva, and Simon bar Kokhba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Ferdinand Lassalle ranks 5. Before him are Johann Strauss II, Pedro II of Brazil, Thomas Henry Huxley, and William-Adolphe Bouguereau. After him are Jean-Martin Charcot, Johann Jakob Balmer, Julia, Princess of Battenberg, Charles Garnier, Charles Frederick Worth, Paul Kruger, and Henry Walter Bates. Among people deceased in 1864, Ferdinand Lassalle ranks 3. Before him are George Boole, and Maximilian II of Bavaria. After him are Giacomo Meyerbeer, Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, Vuk Karadžić, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Cheoljong of Joseon, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Princess Charlotte of Denmark, Hong Xiuquan, and J. E. B. Stuart.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Ferdinand Lassalle ranks 63 out of 1,694. Before him are Ernst Cassirer (1874), Jakob Böhme (1575), Sigismund I the Old (1467), Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941), Maximilian Kolbe (1894), and Władysław III of Poland (1424). After him are Irena Sendler (1910), Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896), Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), Gustav Fechner (1801), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), and Friedrich Bergius (1884).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Poland

Among social activists born in Poland, Ferdinand Lassalle ranks 2. Before him are Rosa Luxemburg (1871). After him are Irena Sendler (1910), Mordechai Anielewicz (1919), Jan Karski (1914), Leopold Trepper (1904), Czesława Kwoka (1943), Franciszek Gajowniczek (1901), Jan Gotlib Bloch (1836), Ryszard Siwiec (1909), Franceska Mann (1917), and Danuta Wałęsa (1949).

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