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Paul von Hindenburg

1847 - 1934

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Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German military and political leader who led the Imperial German Army during the First World War and later became President of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934. He played a key role in the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 when he appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. Hindenburg was born to a family of minor Prussian nobility in the Grand Duchy of Posen. Upon completing his education as a cadet, he enlisted in the Third Regiment of Foot Guards as a second lieutenant. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul von Hindenburg is the 270th most popular politician (down from 181st in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Poland (down from 10th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Politician.

Paul von Hindenburg was a German field marshal who became the first President of Germany in 1925. He is most famous for being the commander of the German army during World War I.

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Among politicians, Paul von Hindenburg ranks 270 out of 19,576. Before him are Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Mehmed IV, Enver Hoxha, Konrad Adenauer, and Frederick IX of Denmark. After him are Mehmed I, Elagabalus, Olav V of Norway, Edward the Martyr, Lucius Verus, and Slobodan Milošević.

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Among people born in 1847, Paul von Hindenburg ranks 3. Before him are Thomas Edison, and Alexander Graham Bell. After him are Maria Feodorovna, Otto Wallach, Bram Stoker, Auguste Escoffier, Joseph Pulitzer, Jesse James, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Georges Sorel, and Jean Casimir-Perier. Among people deceased in 1934, Paul von Hindenburg ranks 2. Before him is Marie Curie. After him are Lev Vygotsky, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Edward Elgar, Fritz Haber, Ernst Röhm, Raymond Poincaré, Albert I of Belgium, Nestor Makhno, Kurt von Schleicher, and Sergey Kirov.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Paul von Hindenburg ranks 12 out of 1,694. Before him are Catherine the Great (1729), Rosa Luxemburg (1871), Albert A. Michelson (1852), Lech Wałęsa (1943), Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906), and L. L. Zamenhof (1859). After him are David Ben-Gurion (1886), Günter Grass (1927), Johann Gottfried Herder (1744), Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846), Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686), and Wisława Szymborska (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Paul von Hindenburg ranks 2. Before him are Lech Wałęsa (1943). After him are David Ben-Gurion (1886), Lech Kaczyński (1949), Władysław IV Vasa (1595), Sigismund II Augustus (1520), Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), Casimir III the Great (1310), Donald Tusk (1957), Sigismund I the Old (1467), and Władysław III of Poland (1424).

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