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Peter Yorck von Wartenburg

1904 - 1944

Peter Yorck von Wartenburg

Peter Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (13 November 1904 – 8 August 1944) was a German jurist and a member of the German Resistance against Nazism. He studied law and politics in Bonn and Breslau from 1923 to 1926, gaining his doctorate in Breslau in 1927 and passing the civil service entrance examination for lawyers in Berlin in 1930. He married Marion Winter that same year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Yorck von Wartenburg is the 56th most popular lawyer (down from 41st in 2019), the 661st most popular biography from Poland (down from 543rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Peter Yorck von Wartenburg ranks 56 out of 136. Before him are Asad ibn al-Furat, James B. Donovan, Jean Domat, Alfenus Varus, Heinrich Marx, and Hans von Dohnanyi. After him are Hans Litten, Radhabinod Pal, Robert Bilott, William J. Brennan Jr., Alan Dershowitz, and Lucius Cincius Alimentus.

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Asad ibn al-Furat
759 - 828
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 50
James B. Donovan
1916 - 1970
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 51
Jean Domat
1625 - 1696
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 52
Alfenus Varus
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 53
Heinrich Marx
1777 - 1838
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 54
Hans von Dohnanyi
1902 - 1945
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 55
Peter Yorck von Wartenburg
1904 - 1944
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 56
Hans Litten
1903 - 1938
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 57
Radhabinod Pal
1886 - 1967
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 58
Robert Bilott
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 59
William J. Brennan Jr.
1906 - 1997
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 60
Alan Dershowitz
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 61
Lucius Cincius Alimentus
300 BC - Present
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 62

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Peter Yorck von Wartenburg ranks 148. Before him are Miguel Capuccini, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, James J. Gibson, Edvard Kocbek, Antoun Saadeh, and Bruce Cabot. After him are Ellen Church, Lauri Virtanen, Emilio Recoba, Nikos Skalkottas, Grete Stern, and Dmitri Ivanenko. Among people deceased in 1944, Peter Yorck von Wartenburg ranks 175. Before him are Endre Kabos, Hans Graf von Sponeck, Mariya Oktyabrskaya, Miklós Radnóti, Félix Fénéon, and Eduard Wagner. After him are Sára Salkaházi, René Daumal, George David Birkhoff, Alois Musil, Árpád Weisz, and Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven.

Others Born in 1904

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Miguel Capuccini
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1980
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 142
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek
PHILOSOPHER
1904 - 1983
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 143
James J. Gibson
PSYCHOLOGIST
1904 - 1979
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 144
Edvard Kocbek
WRITER
1904 - 1981
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 145
Antoun Saadeh
PHILOSOPHER
1904 - 1949
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 146
Bruce Cabot
ACTOR
1904 - 1972
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 147
Peter Yorck von Wartenburg
LAWYER
1904 - 1944
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 148
Ellen Church
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1904 - 1965
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 149
Lauri Virtanen
ATHLETE
1904 - 1982
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 150
Emilio Recoba
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1992
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 151
Nikos Skalkottas
COMPOSER
1904 - 1949
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 152
Grete Stern
PHOTOGRAPHER
1904 - 1999
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 153
Dmitri Ivanenko
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1994
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 154

Others Deceased in 1944

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Endre Kabos
FENCER
1906 - 1944
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 169
Hans Graf von Sponeck
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1944
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 170
Mariya Oktyabrskaya
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1905 - 1944
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 171
Miklós Radnóti
WRITER
1909 - 1944
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 172
Félix Fénéon
WRITER
1861 - 1944
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 173
Eduard Wagner
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1894 - 1944
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 174
Peter Yorck von Wartenburg
LAWYER
1904 - 1944
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 175
Sára Salkaházi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1899 - 1944
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 176
René Daumal
WRITER
1908 - 1944
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 177
George David Birkhoff
MATHEMATICIAN
1884 - 1944
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 178
Alois Musil
WRITER
1868 - 1944
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 179
Árpád Weisz
SOCCER PLAYER
1896 - 1944
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 180
Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1899 - 1944
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 181

In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Peter Yorck von Wartenburg ranks 661 out of 1,694. Before him are Emil Leon Post (1897), Tadeusz Kutrzeba (1885), Leopold Okulicki (1898), Stefanie Zweig (1932), Salomon Morel (1919), and Janusz Kusociński (1907). After him are Martin Rathke (1793), Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin (1922), Józef Glemp (1929), Theodor Kaluza (1885), Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852), and Hermann Boehm (1884).

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Emil Leon Post
MATHEMATICIAN
1897 - 1954
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 655
Tadeusz Kutrzeba
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1885 - 1947
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 656
Leopold Okulicki
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1898 - 1946
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 657
Stefanie Zweig
WRITER
1932 - 2014
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 658
Salomon Morel
MAFIOSO
1919 - 2007
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 659
Janusz Kusociński
ATHLETE
1907 - 1940
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 660
Peter Yorck von Wartenburg
LAWYER
1904 - 1944
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 661
Martin Rathke
BIOLOGIST
1793 - 1860
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 662
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1922 - 2013
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 663
Józef Glemp
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1929 - 2013
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 664
Theodor Kaluza
MATHEMATICIAN
1885 - 1954
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 665
Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz
PAINTER
1852 - 1916
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 666
Hermann Boehm
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1884 - 1972
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 667