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Günther Quandt

1881 - 1954

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Günther Quandt (28 July 1881 – 30 December 1954) was a German industrialist who founded an industrial empire that today includes BMW and Altana, a car and chemical company, respectively. Between 1921 and 1929, he was married to Magda Ritschel, later the wife of Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. In the 1930s he joined the Nazi Party, becoming one of its strong financial supporters. His descendants were ranked as the wealthiest Germans by Manager Magazin in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Günther Quandt is the 6,322nd most popular politician (down from 6,276th in 2019), the 1,691st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,723rd in 2019) and the 500th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Günther Quandt ranks 6,322 out of 19,576. Before him are Mirwais Hotak, Witteric, Vazul, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Prince Charles of Prussia. After him are Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, Joseph Nasi, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, Mithridates III of Pontus, and Empress Dowager Longyu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Günther Quandt ranks 62. Before him are Hakaru Hashimoto, Kim Kyu-sik, Giovanni Papini, Franz Gürtner, Victor Klemperer, and Max Pechstein. After him are Vincenzo Peruggia, Augustin Bea, Patrick Ryan, Ramón Grau, Hugo Meisl, and Paul Cornu. Among people deceased in 1954, Günther Quandt ranks 42. Before him are Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Theodore Lyman IV, Fritz London, Princess Margaret of Prussia, and Marianne Weber. After him are Stig Dagerman, Viktor Abakumov, Wilhelm Schmidt, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Franz Josef Popp, and Oscar Straus.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Günther Quandt ranks 1,691 out of 7,253. Before him are Wolfram Sievers (1905), Christian Schmidt (1957), Ferdinand Hiller (1811), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783), Robert Prosinečki (1969), and Prince Charles of Prussia (1801). After him are Gottfried August Bürger (1747), Wolfgang Wagner (1919), Hermann Abendroth (1883), Georg Gänswein (1956), Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (1730), and Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Günther Quandt ranks 500. Before him are Prince Frederick of the Netherlands (1797), Franz Xaver Schwarz (1875), Wolfram Sievers (1905), Christian Schmidt (1957), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783), and Prince Charles of Prussia (1801). After him are Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806), Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia (1000), Frederick III, Elector Palatine (1515), Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (1344), Viktor Brack (1904), and Princess Marie of Baden (1782).

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