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Hans Luther

1879 - 1962

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Hans Luther () (10 March 1879 – 11 May 1962) was a German politician and Chancellor of Germany for 482 days in 1925 to 1926. As Minister of Finance he helped stabilize the Mark during the hyperinflation of 1923. From 1930 to 1933, Luther was head of the Reichsbank and from 1933 to 1937 he served as German Ambassador to the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Luther is the 1,983rd most popular politician (down from 1,507th in 2019), the 512th most popular biography from Germany (down from 402nd in 2019) and the 146th most popular German Politician.

Hans Luther is most famous for being the German chancellor who signed the Munich Agreement in 1938, which allowed Nazi Germany to annex the Czechoslovakian regions of Bohemia and Moravia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hans Luther ranks 1,983 out of 19,576. Before him are Nabis, Wied, Prince of Albania, Hafizullah Amin, Huni, Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, and Margaret of Anjou. After him are Jeconiah, Senusret III, Karl Renner, William II, Prince of Orange, Seti II, and Senakhtenre Ahmose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Hans Luther ranks 16. Before him are Max von Laue, Margaret Sanger, Emiliano Zapata, Symon Petliura, Alma Mahler, and Milutin Milanković. After him are Rudolf von Laban, Francis Picabia, Ottorino Respighi, Ramana Maharshi, An Jung-geun, and Italo Gariboldi. Among people deceased in 1962, Hans Luther ranks 16. Before him are Lucky Luciano, Arthur Compton, Georges Bataille, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Gaston Bachelard, and Yves Klein. After him are Auguste Piccard, René Coty, Gabriele Münter, Fritz Kreisler, Michael Curtiz, and Vasily Stalin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Luther ranks 512 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742), Johannes Rau (1931), Hans von Aachen (1552), Adam Weishaupt (1748), Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817), and Wied, Prince of Albania (1876). After him are Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804), Jost Gippert (1956), Jean Paul (1763), Robert Ley (1890), Wilhelm Schickard (1592), and Hans Geiger (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Hans Luther ranks 146. Before him are Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Roman Herzog (1934), John William Friso, Prince of Orange (1687), Heinrich Brüning (1885), Johannes Rau (1931), and Wied, Prince of Albania (1876). After him are Robert Ley (1890), Bernhard von Bülow (1849), Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801), Walter Schellenberg (1910), Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867), and Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1546).

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