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Hans F. K. Günther

1891 - 1968

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Hans Friedrich Karl Günther (16 February 1891 – 25 September 1968) was a German writer, advocate of scientific racism and eugenicist in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. He was also known as "Rassengünther" ("Race Günther") or "Rassenpapst" ("Race Pope"). He is considered to have been a major influence on Nazi racialist thought. Günther taught at the universities of Jena, Berlin, and Freiburg, writing numerous books and essays on racial theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans F. K. Günther is the 1,849th most popular writer (down from 1,725th in 2019), the 2,029th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,819th in 2019) and the 116th most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Hans F. K. Günther ranks 1,849 out of 7,302. Before him are Joseph Joubert, I. L. Peretz, Simon Dach, Giovannino Guareschi, Marcel Schwob, and Namık Kemal. After him are Erle Stanley Gardner, Sarah Moore Grimké, R. M. Ballantyne, Miklós Nyiszli, John Green, and Aelianus Tacticus.

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Among people born in 1891, Hans F. K. Günther ranks 72. Before him are Dimitrije Ljotić, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Oswald Boelcke, Walter A. Shewhart, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, and Lajos Zilahy. After him are Kim Seong-su, Poul Nielsen, Johannes R. Becher, Kálmán Kalocsay, Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, and Otto Schmidt. Among people deceased in 1968, Hans F. K. Günther ranks 65. Before him are Husband E. Kimmel, Augustin Bea, Eben Dönges, Konstantin Paustovsky, Upton Sinclair, and Giovannino Guareschi. After him are Nikolay Voronov, Jo Schlesser, Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Soraya Tarzi, Fedor Tokarev, and Jean Paulhan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans F. K. Günther ranks 2,030 out of 7,253. Before him are Fredrik Pacius (1809), Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (1922), Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818), John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1584), and Wilhelm Souchon (1864). After him are Otto Dietrich (1897), Heinrich Schwarz (1906), Theodore of Corsica (1694), Rupert II, Elector Palatine (1325), Ulrich von Hassell (1881), and Manfred Wörner (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hans F. K. Günther ranks 116. Before him are Friedrich Rückert (1788), Theodor Nöldeke (1836), Handrij Zejler (1804), Stéphane Hessel (1917), Eduard Mörike (1804), and Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797). After him are Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871), Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901), Salvian (405), Paul Gerhardt (1607), and Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752).

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