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Raoul Wallenberg

1912 - 1947

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Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg (4 August 1912 – disappeared 17 January 1945) was a Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian. He saved thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust from German Nazis and Hungarian fascists during the later stages of World War II. While serving as Sweden's special envoy in Budapest between July and December 1944, Wallenberg issued protective passports and sheltered Jews in buildings which he declared as Swedish territory. On 17 January 1945, during the Siege of Budapest by the Red Army, agents of SMERSH detained Wallenberg on suspicion of espionage, and he subsequently disappeared. In 1957, 12 years after his disappearance, he was reported by Soviet authorities to have died of a suspected myocardial infarction on 17 July 1947 while imprisoned in the Lubyanka, the prison at the headquarters of the NKVD secret police in Moscow. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raoul Wallenberg is the 11th most popular diplomat, the 49th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 51st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Diplomat.

Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of tens of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. He was captured by the Soviet Union in 1945 and never seen again.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Raoul Wallenberg ranks 11 out of 90. Before him are Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, John Jay, Ban Ki-moon, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Alexandra Kollontai, and John R. Bolton. After him are Antony Blinken, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Adlai Stevenson II, Mohamed ElBaradei, Madeleine Albright, and Lucien Bonaparte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Raoul Wallenberg ranks 13. Before him are Jackson Pollock, Wernher von Braun, Milton Friedman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, and John Cage. After him are Clara Petacci, Alfredo Stroessner, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, János Kádár, Millvina Dean, and Carlo Ponti. Among people deceased in 1947, Raoul Wallenberg ranks 13. Before him are Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Philipp Lenard, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, George II of Greece, Kurt Lewin, and Jozef Tiso. After him are Pierre Bonnard, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Victor Horta, Alfred North Whitehead, Frances Cleveland, and Halford Mackinder.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Raoul Wallenberg ranks 49 out of 1,879. Before him are Princess Märtha of Sweden (1901), John III of Sweden (1537), Emanuel Swedenborg (1688), Benny Andersson (1946), Oleg of Novgorod (900), and Björn Ulvaeus (1945). After him are Hannes Alfvén (1908), Haakon VI of Norway (1340), Eric XIV of Sweden (1533), Princess Birgitta of Sweden (1937), Anders Jonas Ångström (1814), and Eyvind Johnson (1900).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Sweden

Among diplomats born in Sweden, Raoul Wallenberg ranks 2. Before him are Dag Hammarskjöld (1905). After him are Alva Myrdal (1902), Folke Bernadotte (1895), and Hans Blix (1928).

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