SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Karl Ludwig Sand

1795 - 1820

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Karl Ludwig Sand (Wunsiedel, Upper Franconia (then in Prussia), 5 October 1795 – Mannheim, 20 May 1820) was a German university student and member of a liberal Burschenschaft (student association). He was executed in 1820 for the murder of the conservative dramatist August von Kotzebue the previous year in Mannheim. As a result of his execution, Sand became a martyr in the eyes of many German nationalists seeking the creation of a united German national state. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Ludwig Sand is the 338th most popular social activist (up from 364th in 2019), the 3,155th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,445th in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Karl Ludwig Sand ranks 338 out of 840. Before him are Franca Viola, Cut Nyak Dhien, Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, Miriam Rodríguez Martínez, Russell Means, and Mirzo Tursunzoda. After him are Pavel Pestel, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Katarina Taikon, Hanan Ashrawi, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, and Venetia Burney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Karl Ludwig Sand ranks 38. Before him are Karl Eichwald, Policarpa Salavarrieta, Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Anton Schindler, Heinrich Rose, and Kondraty Ryleyev. After him are Ghazi Muhammad, James Braid, Joseph Böhm, Peter Jan Beckx, Arthur Morin, and Joseph Bienaimé Caventou. Among people deceased in 1820, Karl Ludwig Sand ranks 31. Before him are Arthur Young, Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Gerhard von Kügelgen, Benjamin West, Nguyễn Du, and Antonín Vranický. After him are Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Ivan Gudovich, Claudine Picardet, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Louise Caroline of Hochberg, and Nicolaus Michael Oppel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Ludwig Sand ranks 3,157 out of 7,253. Before him are Helmut Griem (1932), Anne Buydens (1919), Hans Multscher (1400), Karl-Heinz Riedle (1965), Bernhard Vogel (1932), and Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg (1673). After him are Heinrich Vogeler (1872), Johann Melchior Molter (1696), Jacob Hübner (1761), Dragan Holcer (1945), Oliver Riedel (1971), and Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1488).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Karl Ludwig Sand ranks 27. Before him are Christoph Probst (1919), Ludolf von Alvensleben (1901), Harro Schulze-Boysen (1909), Juliana of Stolberg (1506), Christa Schroeder (1908), and Hanns Martin Schleyer (1915). After him are William I, Margrave of Meissen (1343), Anita Augspurg (1857), Inge Scholl (1917), Theodor Loos (1883), Henriette Herz (1764), and Helene Stöcker (1869).

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