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Isidor Straus

1845 - 1912

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Isidor Straus (February 6, 1845 – April 15, 1912) was a Bavarian-born American businessman, politician, and co-owner of Macy's department store with his brother Nathan. He also served for just over a year as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the state of New York. He died with his wife, Ida, in the sinking of the Titanic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isidor Straus is the 7,327th most popular politician (down from 5,083rd in 2019), the 2,002nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,380th in 2019) and the 586th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Isidor Straus ranks 7,327 out of 19,576. Before him are Anne Jules de Noailles, Tonyukuk, Gyeongsun of Silla, Takeda Sōkaku, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, and John the Orphanotrophos. After him are Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir, Ernesto Zedillo, George Grenville, and Princess Hildegard of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Isidor Straus ranks 34. Before him are Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Gustaf de Laval, José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Mary Ann Nichols, and Infanta Antónia of Portugal. After him are Tristan Corbière, Jacint Verdaguer, Félix Tisserand, Harriet Backer, Ödön Lechner, and Émile Baudot. Among people deceased in 1912, Isidor Straus ranks 42. Before him are Henry Tingle Wilde, Nicholas of Japan, William Booth, Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, Ion Luca Caragiale, and Duchess Amalie in Bavaria. After him are Edward Wilson, Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia, Georg Heym, Eduard Strasburger, and Herman Bang.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Isidor Straus ranks 2,003 out of 7,253. Before him are Jean Cabanis (1816), Friedrich Naumann (1860), Oswald Boelcke (1891), Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark (1808), Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (1200), and Wilhelm Ackermann (1896). After him are Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg (1772), Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825), Johannes Sturm (1507), Michael von Faulhaber (1869), William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532), and Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (1800).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Isidor Straus ranks 586. Before him are Herbert von Bismarck (1849), Garibald I of Bavaria (550), Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (1719), Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1891), Friedrich Naumann (1860), and Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (1200). After him are Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825), William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532), Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1882), Johann Homann (1664), Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818), and Otto Dietrich (1897).

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