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Rudolf Hess

1894 - 1987

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Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician, convicted war criminal and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer (Stellvertreter des Führers) to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position until 1941, when he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate the United Kingdom's exit from the Second World War. He was taken prisoner and eventually convicted of crimes against peace. He was still serving his life sentence at the time of his suicide in 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Hess is the 300th most popular politician (down from 256th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Egypt and the 10th most popular Egyptian Politician.

Rudolf Hess was a high-ranking Nazi official who attempted to negotiate peace with the United Kingdom during World War II. He was captured by the British and later convicted of crimes against peace and sentenced to life imprisonment.

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Among politicians, Rudolf Hess ranks 300 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis the Pious, Margaret I of Denmark, Olaf II of Norway, Ursula von der Leyen, Wangari Maathai, and Balian of Ibelin. After him are Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Güyük Khan, Constantine XI Palaiologos, Ali Khamenei, Anwar Sadat, and Philip I of Castile.

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Among people born in 1894, Rudolf Hess ranks 3. Before him are Edward VIII, and Nikita Khrushchev. After him are Gavrilo Princip, Aldous Huxley, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Georges Lemaître, Boris III of Bulgaria, Jean Renoir, Maximilian Kolbe, and John Ford. Among people deceased in 1987, Rudolf Hess ranks 3. Before him are Andy Warhol, and Louis de Broglie. After him are Dalida, Carl Rogers, Primo Levi, Lee Byung-chul, John Howard Northrop, Rita Hayworth, Andrey Kolmogorov, Fred Astaire, and Walter Houser Brattain.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Rudolf Hess ranks 22 out of 642. Before him are Hosni Mubarak (1928), Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918), Ay (-1380), Plotinus (203), Moses in Islam (-1392), and Catherine of Alexandria (287). After him are Anwar Sadat (1918), Imhotep (-2800), Naguib Mahfouz (1911), Hagar (-1800), Hero of Alexandria (10), and Athanasius of Alexandria (295).

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Among POLITICIANS In Egypt

Among politicians born in Egypt, Rudolf Hess ranks 10. Before him are Amenhotep III (-1403), Yasser Arafat (1929), Khafra (-2550), Hosni Mubarak (1928), Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918), and Ay (-1380). After him are Anwar Sadat (1918), Caesarion (-47), Ptolemy XIV of Egypt (-60), Mohamed Morsi (1951), Farouk of Egypt (1920), and Menkaure (-2001).

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