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Léon Degrelle

1906 - 1994

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Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle (French: [dəgʁɛl]; 15 June 1906 – 31 March 1994) was a Belgian Walloon politician and Nazi collaborator. He rose to prominence in Belgium in the 1930s as the leader of the Rexist Party (Rex). During the German occupation of Belgium during World War II, he enlisted in the German army and fought in the Walloon Legion on the Eastern Front. After the collapse of the Nazi regime, Degrelle escaped and went into exile in Francoist Spain, where he remained a prominent figure in neo-Nazi politics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Degrelle is the 1,716th most popular politician (down from 1,539th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 59th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Belgian Politician.

Léon Degrelle was a Belgian fascist politician and SS officer. He was the founder and leader of the Rexist Party, and a vocal supporter of Nazi Germany. He is most famous for his leadership in the Waffen-SS Charlemagne Division.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Léon Degrelle ranks 1,716 out of 19,576. Before him are Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France, Charles III of Naples, Şah Sultan, Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, Roger Williams, and Han Duck-soo. After him are Gaspard II de Coligny, Artaxerxes III, Rafael Trujillo, Henri, Count of Chambord, Giulio Andreotti, and Leo von Caprivi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Léon Degrelle ranks 36. Before him are Giuseppe Farina, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ilse Koch, Sergei Korolev, Hassan al-Banna, and Hermann Fegelein. After him are Ed Gein, Josef Kramer, Clyde Tombaugh, Marcelo Caetano, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, and Soichiro Honda. Among people deceased in 1994, Léon Degrelle ranks 25. Before him are Harry Nilsson, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Melina Mercouri, Andrei Chikatilo, and André Michel Lwoff. After him are John Wayne Gacy, Paul Feyerabend, Mas Oyama, Domenico Modugno, Billy Wright, and Roland Ratzenberger.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Léon Degrelle ranks 66 out of 1,190. Before him are Henry van de Velde (1863), Yves Chauvin (1930), Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Dominique Pire (1910), and Isabella of Austria (1501). After him are Jacob Jordaens (1593), François Englert (1932), Django Reinhardt (1910), James Ensor (1860), Hugo van der Goes (1440), and Gerard de Ridefort (1141).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Léon Degrelle ranks 26. Before him are Margaret of Parma (1522), Herman Van Rompuy (1947), Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), Samo (600), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), and Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927). After him are Gerard de Ridefort (1141), Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919), Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1217), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350), and Marie José of Belgium (1906).

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