SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Hans Scholl

1918 - 1943

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Hans Fritz Scholl (German: [hans ʃɔl] ; 22 September 1918 – 22 February 1943) was, along with Alexander Schmorell, one of the two founding members of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Scholl is the 134th most popular social activist (down from 119th in 2019), the 979th most popular biography from Germany (down from 917th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Social Activist.

Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie were members of the White Rose group, which was a German resistance movement against the Nazi regime. They helped to produce and distribute anti-Nazi leaflets in Munich. Hans was executed by guillotine on February 22, 1943, and Sophie was executed by guillotine on October 16, 1943.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Hans Scholl ranks 134 out of 840. Before him are Georgy Gapon, Kang Pan-sok, Alexander Parvus, Steve Biko, Vasil Levski, and Bugsy Siegel. After him are Stokely Carmichael, Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, Emilie Schindler, Kasturba Gandhi, Al-Mu'tazz, and Mordechai Anielewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Hans Scholl ranks 53. Before him are Betty Ford, Maurice Druon, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Birgit Nilsson, Yasuhiro Nakasone, and François Tombalbaye. After him are Pavlik Morozov, Robert Walker, André Bazin, Lila Kedrova, João Figueiredo, and Anna Mani. Among people deceased in 1943, Hans Scholl ranks 33. Before him are Beatrice Webb, Jean Moulin, Gustav Vigeland, Etty Hillesum, Otto Jespersen, and Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal. After him are Mordechai Anielewicz, Aurel Stein, Oskar Schlemmer, André Antoine, Charley Paddock, and Sophie Taeuber-Arp.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Scholl ranks 979 out of 7,253. Before him are Gottfried Semper (1803), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715). After him are Christina of Saxony (1461), Agnes of Merania (1175), Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709), Mechtilde (1241), Hartmann von Aue (1160), and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Hans Scholl ranks 11. Before him are Carl von Ossietzky (1889), Horst Wessel (1907), Anneliese Michel (1952), Martin Niemöller (1892), Jenny von Westphalen (1814), and Widukind (755). After him are Marianne Bachmeier (1950), Alfred Naujocks (1911), Gerda Christian (1913), Paul Schäfer (1921), Gretl Braun (1915), and Klaus Störtebeker (1360).

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