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Karl Haushofer

1869 - 1946

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Karl Ernst Haushofer (27 August 1869 – 10 March 1946) was a German general, professor, geographer, and diplomat. Haushofer's concept of Geopolitik influenced the ideological development of Adolf Hitler. Rudolf Hess was also a student of Haushofer, and during Hess and Hitler's incarceration by the Weimar Republic after the Beer Hall Putsch, Haushofer visited Landsberg Prison to teach and mentor both Hess and Hitler. Haushofer also coined the political use of the term Lebensraum, which Hitler also used to justify both crimes against peace and genocide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Haushofer is the 1,670th most popular politician (down from 1,255th in 2019), the 419th most popular biography from Germany (down from 331st in 2019) and the 120th most popular German Politician.

Karl Haushofer was a German general and geopolitician who is most famous for his geopolitical theories.

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Among politicians, Karl Haushofer ranks 1,670 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander I of Serbia, Mentor, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Constantine VIII, Yu the Great, and Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Mátyás Rákosi, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Ibrahim Lodi, Philip of Swabia, Jiajing Emperor, and Orestes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Karl Haushofer ranks 16. Before him are Frederick Trump, Nadezhda Krupskaya, Fritz Pregl, Mary Mallon, Emma Goldman, and Bogd Khan. After him are Christian Lous Lange, Harvey Cushing, Hans Spemann, Siegfried Wagner, Calouste Gulbenkian, and Karl Seitz. Among people deceased in 1946, Karl Haushofer ranks 23. Before him are Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Manuel de Falla, Werner von Blomberg, Fritz Sauckel, and Gertrude Stein. After him are Draža Mihailović, Ferenc Szálasi, Paul Langevin, Gilbert N. Lewis, James Jeans, and Ananda Mahidol.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Haushofer ranks 419 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Ritter (1779), Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904), Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), Franz Bopp (1791), and Richard von Weizsäcker (1920). After him are Alexander Grothendieck (1928), Karen Horney (1885), Christian III of Denmark (1503), Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Emil Nolde (1867), and Gerd Binnig (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Karl Haushofer ranks 120. Before him are Chlodio (393), Maria of Yugoslavia (1900), Georg von Hertling (1843), Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904), Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), and Richard von Weizsäcker (1920). After him are Christian III of Denmark (1503), Leo von Caprivi (1831), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805), Frederick I of Sweden (1676), Conradin (1252), and Hedwig of Silesia (1174).

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