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Henry Morgenthau Sr.

1856 - 1946

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Henry Morgenthau (; April 26, 1856 – November 25, 1946) was a German-born American lawyer and businessman, best known for his role as the ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Morgenthau was one of the most prominent Americans who spoke about the Greek genocide and the Armenian genocide of which he stated, "I am firmly convinced that this is the greatest crime of the ages." Morgenthau was the father of the politician Henry Morgenthau Jr. His grandchildren include Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of Manhattan for 35 years, and Barbara W. Tuchman, a historian who earned the Pulitzer Prize for her book The Guns of August. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Morgenthau Sr. is the 2,750th most popular politician (up from 8,635th in 2019), the 724th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,438th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 2,750 out of 19,576. Before him are Sebastián Piñera, Émile Lahoud, Pharnaces II of Pontus, Kara Ahmed Pasha, Alpha Condé, and Æthelflæd. After him are Thomas Fairfax, Mykola Azarov, Emperor Hui of Han, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, Yasuo Fukuda, and Thaïs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 18. Before him are Emil Kraepelin, Georgi Plekhanov, Robert Peary, Ivan Franko, Émile Picard, and Robert Nivelle. After him are Svetozar Boroević, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, L. Frank Baum, Frank B. Kellogg, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, and Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli. Among people deceased in 1946, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 38. Before him are Kurt Daluege, László Moholy-Nagy, Wilhelm Marx, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Empress Wanrong, and Felix Hoffmann. After him are Milan Nedić, Helene Schjerfbeck, Vojtech Tuka, Ernest Thompson Seton, Ignacy Mościcki, and Friedrich Jeckeln.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 724 out of 7,253. Before him are Matilda of Ringelheim (894), Clemens Brentano (1778), Johann Georg Faust (1480), Nina Hagen (1955), Werner Sombart (1863), and Hermann von Salza (1170). After him are Louis Spohr (1784), Moritz Schlick (1882), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), Erich Koch (1896), Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937), and Rudolf Schenker (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Henry Morgenthau Sr. ranks 203. Before him are Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (1574), Richard Baer (1911), Julia Drusilla (16), Otto Strasser (1897), Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797), and Hermann von Salza (1170). After him are Erich Koch (1896), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Manfred Gerlach (1928), Jürgen Stroop (1895), Thomas Bach (1953), and John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658).

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