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Hermann Göring

1893 - 1946

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Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈɡøːʁɪŋ] ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician, aviator, military leader, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which governed Germany from 1933 to 1945. He also served as Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe (Supreme Commander of the Air Force), a position he held until the final days of the regime. He was born in Rosenheim, Bavaria. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Göring is the 166th most popular politician (down from 129th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Germany (down from 40th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Politician.

Hermann Göring was a Nazi military commander and the second-highest ranking member of the Nazi Party. He was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials and sentenced to death by hanging.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hermann Göring ranks 166 out of 19,576. Before him are Herod the Great, Silvio Berlusconi, Lorenzo de' Medici, Titus, Diocletian, and Hatshepsut. After him are George Marshall, Mary, Queen of Scots, Mark Antony, Vespasian, Skanderbeg, and John Major.

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Among people born in 1893, Hermann Göring ranks 2. Before him is Mao Zedong. After him are Joan Miró, Ip Man, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Walter Ulbricht, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Leslie Howard, Allen Dulles, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, and Alexander of Greece. Among people deceased in 1946, Hermann Göring ranks 2. Before him is H. G. Wells. After him are John Maynard Keynes, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Alfred Jodl, Amon Göth, Ion Antonescu, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Gerhart Hauptmann, and Hans Frank.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Göring ranks 44 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Dönitz (1891), Heinrich Himmler (1900), Friedrich Schiller (1759), Robert Schumann (1810), Josef Mengele (1911), and Albert, Prince Consort (1819). After him are Bertolt Brecht (1898), Franz Beckenbauer (1945), Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Werner Heisenberg (1901), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), and Robert Koch (1843).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Hermann Göring ranks 11. Before him are Henry Kissinger (1923), Frederick the Great (1712), Angela Merkel (1954), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), and Heinrich Himmler (1900). After him are Christian IX of Denmark (1818), William I, German Emperor (1797), Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), Konrad Adenauer (1876), Reinhard Heydrich (1904), and Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361).

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