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Fritz Thyssen

1873 - 1951

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Friedrich "Fritz" Thyssen (9 November 1873 – 8 February 1951) was a German businessman, born into one of Germany's leading industrial families. He was an early supporter and financial backer of the Nazi Party but later broke with it. He was arrested in 1941 and was confined in Nazi concentration camps. Liberated at the end of the war in Europe, he was found to be a "lesser offender" in denazification proceedings and was fined. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fritz Thyssen is the 7,070th most popular politician (down from 5,478th in 2019), the 1,928th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,503rd in 2019) and the 561st most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fritz Thyssen ranks 7,070 out of 19,576. Before him are Tugay Bey, Armando Guebuza, Al-Hakim I, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, Anna of Hohenstaufen, and Maathorneferure. After him are Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily, Gediminas Kirkilas, Ashur-dan II, Arnulf II, Count of Flanders, Yawar Waqaq, and Rimush.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Fritz Thyssen ranks 65. Before him are Adolph Zukor, Theodor Körner, Ma Barker, Melitta Bentz, Leo Frobenius, and Édouard Claparède. After him are Hans Berger, Valery Bryusov, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Moisei Uritsky, Elena Stasova, and Sidney Reilly. Among people deceased in 1951, Fritz Thyssen ranks 51. Before him are Artur Schnabel, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Robert Grant Aitken, Reggie Walker, Erich Naumann, and Agrippina Vaganova. After him are François Georges-Picot, Émile Chartier, Kijūrō Shidehara, John Sloan, Warner Baxter, and Mikhail Borodin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Fritz Thyssen ranks 1,928 out of 7,253. Before him are Ralf Hütter (1946), Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806), Princess Louise Amelie of Baden (1811), Johannes Oecolampadius (1482), Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (1619), and Maurice de Hirsch (1831). After him are Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (1654), Rainer Bonhof (1952), Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (1614), Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564), Edmund Veesenmayer (1904), and Christoph Probst (1919).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Fritz Thyssen ranks 561. Before him are Prince Henry of Prussia (1726), Otto Abetz (1903), Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884), Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706), Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1664), and Princess Louise Amelie of Baden (1811). After him are Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (1654), Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (1614), Edmund Veesenmayer (1904), Gertrud Scholtz-Klink (1902), Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (1714), and Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460).

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