SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen

1818 - 1888

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Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (30 March 1818 – 11 March 1888) was a German mayor and cooperative pioneer. Several credit union systems and cooperative banks have been named after Raiffeisen, who pioneered rural credit unions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen is the 196th most popular social activist (down from 182nd in 2019), the 1,666th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,392nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen ranks 196 out of 840. Before him are Leopold Trepper, Salvador Puig Antich, Ales Bialiatski, Balthasar Gérard, Kartini, and Vladimir Bukovsky. After him are Andrés Bonifacio, Subcomandante Marcos, Tawakkol Karman, Sojourner Truth, Tiradentes, and Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen ranks 34. Before him are Amalia of Oldenburg, Frederick Douglass, Mary Todd Lincoln, Emperor Norton, Francesco Crispi, and Emil du Bois-Reymond. After him are Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Richard Jordan Gatling, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Max Joseph von Pettenkofer. Among people deceased in 1888, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen ranks 19. Before him are Charles-Valentin Alkan, Paul Langerhans, Johannes Zukertort, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Theodor Storm, and Ascanio Sobrero. After him are Auguste Maquet, Ali Rıza Efendi, Jean-Marie Guyau, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Mary Jane Kelly, and Ludvig Nobel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen ranks 1,666 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinz Lammerding (1905), Gottfried Silbermann (1683), Uta Hagen (1919), Jürgen Moltmann (1926), Horst Hrubesch (1951), and Philipp Mainländer (1841). After him are Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria (1319), Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (1728), Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818), Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750), and Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1880).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen ranks 20. Before him are Gerda Christian (1913), Paul Schäfer (1921), Gretl Braun (1915), Klaus Störtebeker (1360), Carl Oberg (1897), and Rudi Dutschke (1940). After him are Christoph Probst (1919), Ludolf von Alvensleben (1901), Harro Schulze-Boysen (1909), Juliana of Stolberg (1506), Christa Schroeder (1908), and Hanns Martin Schleyer (1915).

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