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Karl Liebknecht

1871 - 1919

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Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht (; German: [ˈliːpknɛçt] ; 13 August 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a German politician and revolutionary socialist. A leader of the far-left wing of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Liebknecht was a co-founder of both the Spartacus League and Communist Party of Germany (KPD) along with Rosa Luxemburg. Liebknecht was born in Leipzig as the son of SPD co-founder Wilhelm Liebknecht, and studied law and political economy. In 1907, he was imprisoned a year for writing an anti-militarism pamphlet, and in 1912 was elected to the Reichstag. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Liebknecht is the 890th most popular politician (down from 765th in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Germany (down from 207th in 2019) and the 69th most popular German Politician.

Karl Liebknecht was a German socialist who led the Spartacist uprising in Berlin in 1919.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Karl Liebknecht ranks 890 out of 19,576. Before him are Gojong of Korea, Maurice, Prince of Orange, Jadwiga of Poland, Ngo Dinh Diem, Charles IV of Spain, and Yulia Tymoshenko. After him are Gallienus, Horace Walpole, Vidkun Quisling, John A. Macdonald, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, and Robert II of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Karl Liebknecht ranks 8. Before him are Marcel Proust, Ernest Rutherford, Alexander Scriabin, Friedrich Ebert, Grazia Deledda, and Victor Grignard. After him are Guangxu Emperor, Pietro Badoglio, Paul Valéry, Albert Lebrun, Baroness Mary Vetsera, and Lesya Ukrainka. Among people deceased in 1919, Karl Liebknecht ranks 10. Before him are Emil Fischer, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernst Haeckel, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Alfred Werner, and Gojong of Korea. After him are Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, Emiliano Zapata, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Georg von Hertling, Andrew Carnegie, and Carl Larsson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Liebknecht ranks 229 out of 7,253. Before him are Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), Georg Simmel (1858), Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567), Otto von Guericke (1602), and Wilhelm Dilthey (1833). After him are Adolf Butenandt (1903), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), Emmy Noether (1882), Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075), Edith Stein (1891), and Arnulf of Carinthia (850).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Karl Liebknecht ranks 69. Before him are Ferdinand I of Romania (1865), Hans Frank (1900), Augustus III of Poland (1696), Walter Ulbricht (1893), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), and Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567). After him are Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075), Arnulf of Carinthia (850), Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841), Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744), Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620).

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