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Heinz Linge

1913 - 1980

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Heinz Linge (23 March 1913 – 9 March 1980) was a German SS officer who served as a valet for the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, and became known for his close personal proximity to historical events. Linge was present in the Führerbunker on 30 April 1945, when Hitler committed suicide. Linge's ten-year service to Hitler ended at that time. In the aftermath of the Second World War in Europe, Linge spent ten years in Soviet captivity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinz Linge is the 439th most popular painter (up from 500th in 2019), the 1,215th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,353rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Heinz Linge ranks 439 out of 2,023. Before him are Gino Severini, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, James Tissot, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Hannah Höch, and Orcagna. After him are Max Klinger, Marie Laurencin, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Sigmar Polke, Hubert Robert, and Piero Manzoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Heinz Linge ranks 60. Before him are Masanobu Fukuoka, Muddy Waters, Charles Trenet, Alan Ladd, Tony Martin, and Jan Kubiš. After him are Tadao Horie, Irwin Shaw, Tito Gobbi, Luz Long, Stewart Granger, and Stanley Kramer. Among people deceased in 1980, Heinz Linge ranks 54. Before him are Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Mae West, Tadao Takayama, Mohammad Hatta, Fritz Strassmann, and Yigal Allon. After him are Ludwig Guttmann, Patrick Depailler, Seretse Khama, Vinicius de Moraes, Nadezhda Mandelstam, and Stanisława Walasiewicz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinz Linge ranks 1,215 out of 7,253. Before him are Gotthard of Hildesheim (960), Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826), Walther Flemming (1843), Thomas Abbt (1738), Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765), and Hermann Schlegel (1804). After him are Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1727), Otto of Bamberg (1060), Karl von Bülow (1846), Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), Max Klinger (1857), and Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Heinz Linge ranks 45. Before him are Oskar Schlemmer (1888), Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789), Michael Wolgemut (1434), Adam Elsheimer (1578), Godfrey Kneller (1646), and Hannah Höch (1889). After him are Max Klinger (1857), Sigmar Polke (1941), Lucian Freud (1922), Heinrich Füger (1751), Wilhelm Busch (1832), and Anselm Feuerbach (1829).

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