SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Hanns Martin Schleyer

1915 - 1977

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Hans "Hanns" Martin Schleyer (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈmaʁtiːn ˈʃlaɪɐ]; 1 May 1915 – 18 October 1977) was a German business executive, employer and industry representative, Nazi SS officer, and lobbyist. He served as president of two powerful commercial organizations: the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (German: Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände, BDA) and the Federation of German Industries (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie, BDI). Schleyer became a target for radical elements of the West German student movement in the 1970s due to his roles in these business organisations, his positions in labour disputes, his aggressive television appearances, his conservative anti-communist views, his prominence as a member of the Christian Democratic Union, and his past as an enthusiastic member of the Nazi student movement. During the Nazi era, Schleyer served as an SS officer and reached the rank of SS-Untersturmführer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hanns Martin Schleyer is the 311th most popular social activist (down from 226th in 2019), the 2,953rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,943rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Hanns Martin Schleyer ranks 311 out of 840. Before him are Anna Hazare, Johannes Kleiman, Túpac Katari, Khudiram Bose, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and Martin Guerre. After him are Kazimierz Świątek, Mohamed Bouazizi, Yagan, Ashin Wirathu, Millicent Fawcett, and Maria Altmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Hanns Martin Schleyer ranks 112. Before him are Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, Lorne Greene, J. C. R. Licklider, Herman Wouk, Sergio Bertoni, and Caterina Boratto. After him are Artur London, David Stirling, Jo Van Fleet, Herma Bauma, Richard Hamming, and Paul Castellano. Among people deceased in 1977, Hanns Martin Schleyer ranks 109. Before him are Isaac Boleslavsky, Kinuyo Tanaka, Fawzi al-Qawuqji, Jim Thompson, Sergei Kruglov, and Richard Carlson. After him are Son Ngoc Thanh, Delmer Daves, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Alexander Tcherepnin, Mwambutsa IV of Burundi, and Henri Langlois.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hanns Martin Schleyer ranks 2,955 out of 7,253. Before him are Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1462), Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1897), Alexander Kluge (1932), Andreas Werckmeister (1645), Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal (1667), and Hans von Kulmbach (1476). After him are Heinrich Barkhausen (1881), Anton Flettner (1885), Hugo Preuß (1860), Oliver Hirschbiegel (1957), Nicole Brown Simpson (1959), and Bruno Lüdke (1908).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Hanns Martin Schleyer ranks 26. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818), Christoph Probst (1919), Ludolf von Alvensleben (1901), Harro Schulze-Boysen (1909), Juliana of Stolberg (1506), and Christa Schroeder (1908). After him are Karl Ludwig Sand (1795), William I, Margrave of Meissen (1343), Anita Augspurg (1857), Inge Scholl (1917), Theodor Loos (1883), and Henriette Herz (1764).

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