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Gustav Radbruch

1878 - 1949

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Gustav Radbruch (German: [ˈʁaːtbʁʊx]; 21 November 1878 – 23 November 1949) was a German legal scholar and politician. He served as Minister of Justice of Germany during the early Weimar period. Radbruch is also regarded as one of the most influential legal philosophers of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Radbruch is the 3,910th most popular politician (down from 2,887th in 2019), the 1,017th most popular biography from Germany (down from 775th in 2019) and the 291st most popular German Politician.

Gustav Radbruch is most famous for his work in the field of criminal law. He was a German jurist and legal philosopher who, in the aftermath of World War I, developed the theory of legal positivism.

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Among politicians, Gustav Radbruch ranks 3,910 out of 19,576. Before him are Ante Marković, Salah Jadid, Zwentibold, Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Hetepheres I, and Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg. After him are Cuitláhuac, Amadou Toumani Touré, Catherine of Valois–Courtenay, Edvard Kardelj, Halsten Stenkilsson, and Mykhailo Hrushevsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Gustav Radbruch ranks 27. Before him are Gemma Galgani, George Whipple, Shigeru Yoshida, Sergio Osmeña, Iwane Matsui, and Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany. After him are Louis Chevrolet, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Jan Łukasiewicz, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, Alexander von Falkenhausen, and Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers. Among people deceased in 1949, Gustav Radbruch ranks 30. Before him are Kim Koo, Félix d'Herelle, Henri Giraud, Marcel Cerdan, Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, and Aleksandra Ekster. After him are Solomon R. Guggenheim, László Rajk, Sarojini Naidu, Nikola Zhekov, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Harry Stack Sullivan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gustav Radbruch ranks 1,017 out of 7,253. Before him are Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Friedrich Sertürner (1783), Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), and Zwentibold (870). After him are Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), Roland Emmerich (1955), Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747), Oswald Pohl (1892), Florian Geyer (1490), and Johann Peter Eckermann (1792).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Gustav Radbruch ranks 291. Before him are Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), and Zwentibold (870). After him are Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747), Oswald Pohl (1892), Florian Geyer (1490), Joseph Wirth (1879), Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940), and John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604).

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