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Markus Wolf

1923 - 2006

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Markus Johannes Wolf (19 January 1923 – 9 November 2006), also known as Mischa, was a German spymaster who served as the head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung), the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, abbr. MfS, commonly known as the Stasi). He was the Stasi's number two for 34 years, which spanned most of the Cold War. He is often regarded as one of the best-known spymasters during the Cold War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Markus Wolf is the 11th most popular public worker, the 893rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 768th in 2019) and the most popular German Public Worker.

Markus Wolf was a high-ranking East German spy who became head of the Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung (HVA) and was responsible for the surveillance of NATO and West German intelligence operations. He was also in charge of the Stasi's foreign espionage operations.

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Among public workers, Markus Wolf ranks 11 out of 15. Before him are Mikhail Kalinin, Gaius Maecenas, Demetrius of Phalerum, Robert Walpole, Thomas Cromwell, and Ali Hassan al-Majid. After him are John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Pascal Lamy, Susan Dougan, and Chelsea Clinton.

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Among people born in 1923, Markus Wolf ranks 42. Before him are Anne Baxter, Carroll Shelby, Masao Ono, René Girard, Alice Miller, and Dev Anand. After him are Nizar Qabbani, Diana Douglas, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Linda Christian, Erland Josephson, and Vladimir Gelfand. Among people deceased in 2006, Markus Wolf ranks 42. Before him are Alida Valli, Clifford Geertz, Seymour Martin Lipset, Claude Jade, Romano Mussolini, and Telmo Zarra. After him are Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Steve Irwin, Zoia Ceaușescu, Karel Appel, Ed Bradley, and Ahmet Ertegun.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Markus Wolf ranks 893 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), William Stern (1871), Kurt Zeitzler (1895), Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636), Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), and Harald Quandt (1921). After him are Götz von Berlichingen (1480), Radegund (518), Wilhelm Kempff (1895), Hans Fallada (1893), Theodor Fontane (1819), and Frederica of Baden (1781).

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Among public workers born in Germany, Markus Wolf ranks 1. 

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