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Otto Braun

1900 - 1974

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Otto Braun (28 September 1900 – 15 August 1974) was a German communist journalist and functionary of the Communist Party of Germany with a long and varied career. His most significant role was as a Comintern agent sent to China in 1934 to advise the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on military strategy during the Chinese Civil War. At the time Braun adopted a Chinese name, Li De (Chinese: 李德; pinyin: Lǐ Dé). It was only many years later that it became known that Otto Braun and "Li De" were the same person. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Braun is the 8,629th most popular politician (down from 6,902nd in 2019), the 2,381st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,885th in 2019) and the 710th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Otto Braun ranks 8,629 out of 19,576Before him are Ippolito II d'Este, Vladimír Remek, Paolo Boselli, Joseph Paul-Boncour, Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and René Moawad. After him are Floris V, Count of Holland, George Tupou I, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Elizabeth Richeza of Poland, Talabuga, and Ernst Wollweber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Otto Braun ranks 114Before him are Roman Steinberg, Emanuel Ringelblum, Evald Aav, Leonardo Conti, Arnold Orville Beckman, and Herbert Blumer. After him are Zhang Wentian, Santos Urdinarán, Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás, Srinagarindra, Giovanni Urbani, and Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. Among people deceased in 1974, Otto Braun ranks 76Before him are Gino Cervi, Donald Crisp, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Bill Finger, Jean Daniélou, and Charlotte Bühler. After him are Wolf Messing, Jean Wahl, Stanisława Leszczyńska, Walther Meissner, Bernard Voorhoof, and Victor Boin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Braun ranks 2,382 out of 7,253Before him are Ruth Fuchs (1946), William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1682), Princess Hilda of Nassau (1864), Irmina of Oeren (700), Helmut Lachenmann (1935), and Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1783). After him are Wilhelm Raabe (1831), Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724), Lothar Collatz (1910), George Dzundza (1945), Ernst Wollweber (1898), and Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1744).

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