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Paul Schmidt

1899 - 1970

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Paul Otto Gustav Schmidt (23 June 1899 – 21 April 1970) was an interpreter in the German foreign ministry from 1923 to 1945. During his career, he served as the translator for Neville Chamberlain's negotiations with Adolf Hitler over the Munich Agreement, the British Declaration of War and the surrender of France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Schmidt is the 66th most popular diplomat (down from 59th in 2019), the 4,222nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,854th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Paul Schmidt ranks 66 out of 90. Before him are Christiana Figueres, Roberto Azevêdo, Jules Cambon, Joseph Grew, Vatslav Vorovsky, and Ri Yong-ho. After him are Filippo Grandi, Edward M. House, Seán Lester, Yasushi Akashi, Jacques Diouf, and Max Jakobson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Paul Schmidt ranks 202. Before him are Jean de Brunhoff, Väinö Kokkinen, Hart Crane, Haddon Sundblom, Carlyle S. Beals, and Colleen Moore. After him are Giorgio Chiavacci, Bernhard Rogge, E. B. White, Elisabeth Langgässer, René Petit, and Ian Keith. Among people deceased in 1970, Paul Schmidt ranks 181. Before him are Nathan Altman, Anna Louise Strong, Marcel Minnaert, Karel Pešek, Julius Pokorny, and Shoichi Sakata. After him are Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Arne Nyberg, Christopher Kelk Ingold, Helene Madison, Inger Stevens, and Cyril Scott.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Schmidt ranks 4,224 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann, Prince of Wied (1814), Princess Frederica of Hanover (1848), Helmut Wick (1915), Ruth Westheimer (1928), Robert Spaemann (1927), and Mathieu Carrière (1950). After him are Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1811), Henriette Herz (1764), Karl-Heinz Körbel (1954), Max Lange (1832), Emanuel Geibel (1815), and Karl Georg Christian von Staudt (1798).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Germany

Among diplomats born in Germany, Paul Schmidt ranks 3. Before him are Martin Luther (1895), and Adam von Trott zu Solz (1909). After him are Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (1904).

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